Money, money, money
It's crazy how much the whole idea of Christmas has gotten out of hand. Tyler works for American General Financial Services and I hear horror stories of how many loans they do for people to buy Christmas gifts. Around Christmas time they have their "Customer Appreciation Days" and rewrite everyone's loan to give them the month of November and December off (in other words, they don't have to pay on their loans for 2 months). They do this because they know that when it comes down to a battle between spending money on buying gifts and paying bills, the gift buying will always win.
I, myself, am guilty of getting caught up in the "let's see how much money we can spend on eachother" hubbub of Christmas. It's ridiculous. I have spent $700 dollars on xbox 360's for Tyler for Christmas, I've boughten $400 recliners for him as a graduation present, I've spent $450 for him to go to the Chiefs v. Denver Broncos game two years in a row...the list goes on and on.
I know I should realize the true meaning of Christmas, but it's hard to do when it seems like Christmas (at least in my family) has almost become a competition. I always want to get nice things for everyone because I know they're going ot get nice things for me.
This year I have had to swallow a lot of pride. As you all know, I lost my job a few months back and I've struggled to find anything that can pay my bills, let alone buy Christmas gifts. I haven't been able to buy the Chiefs tickets this year or spend hundreds of dollars on the people I love. It kills me, but I need to realize that it's not all about that.
My parents moved two hours away from me about six months ago. I konw that's not far, but with my busy schedule, I don't get to see them much. My sister lives in California and my grandparents live in Holton (again, that's not far away, but I've been to busy to go see them too).
I really need to realize that just being able to spend time with all of them at Christmas this year is more than any present could ever offer us. I really need to get my priorities in order, and I think the rest of the world could do the same too.
I, myself, am guilty of getting caught up in the "let's see how much money we can spend on eachother" hubbub of Christmas. It's ridiculous. I have spent $700 dollars on xbox 360's for Tyler for Christmas, I've boughten $400 recliners for him as a graduation present, I've spent $450 for him to go to the Chiefs v. Denver Broncos game two years in a row...the list goes on and on.
I know I should realize the true meaning of Christmas, but it's hard to do when it seems like Christmas (at least in my family) has almost become a competition. I always want to get nice things for everyone because I know they're going ot get nice things for me.
This year I have had to swallow a lot of pride. As you all know, I lost my job a few months back and I've struggled to find anything that can pay my bills, let alone buy Christmas gifts. I haven't been able to buy the Chiefs tickets this year or spend hundreds of dollars on the people I love. It kills me, but I need to realize that it's not all about that.
My parents moved two hours away from me about six months ago. I konw that's not far, but with my busy schedule, I don't get to see them much. My sister lives in California and my grandparents live in Holton (again, that's not far away, but I've been to busy to go see them too).
I really need to realize that just being able to spend time with all of them at Christmas this year is more than any present could ever offer us. I really need to get my priorities in order, and I think the rest of the world could do the same too.
posted by valerieh @ 2:32 PM
1 Comments:
At 1:36 PM,
Regina Cassell said…
I hear ya! It's so hard not to buy the boys everything I see! They don't need all that crap, and I certainly don't need to clean it up all the time.
But, I love them! I don't even have my cards finished yet (sigh!)
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