ammogirl

My last post totally needs to be clarified, because I took two separate things, and they ran together into one, and it all equaled me sounding like a great big crankypants.  Which I’m not.  Most of the time.

So.  Point number one was the telling people what I want thing.  That’s…well that’s pretty much unchanged.  I just don’t think that it should go like this:  It’s Christmas, here is what I want/It’s Christmas, tell me exactly what to get you.  UNLESS, that is, when dealing with children, because for children, half of the fun IS the list.  In fact, none of my last post applies to children. OR you, or ANYONE ELSE, just me.  Some people expressed this better than I did in my comments, but basically, if I know you well enough to give you a gift, then I will know exactly what you want, because I have spent a quantity of time with you prior to the gift giving experience, and I won’t have to ask you at all.  If I have no idea what you want, then…well, maybe I should just stick with a card. 

Point number two was the getting gifts/reciprocal gifts thing.  Look – I am ALL ABOUT getting gifts.  If I came across otherwise, then I was completely in error.  Especially for birthdays, because as we all know, birthdays are already Entire Days (weeks/months, depending on how far you can stretch it) About Me (or you, you know what I mean).  What I’m talking about is the people who, at Christmas, sit down with a list of 873 people (my brother’s father-in-law’s sister, my 3rd cousin whom I’ve seen twice, OR, worse – co-workers you hardly know) and agonize over giving these people gifts, because you know you are going to get one from them, and/or don’t want them to be angry.  People, THAT’S OBLIGATORY GIFT GIVING.   And that, to me, completely destroys the whole concept. 

There.  Which did I do: 1. clarify 2. confuse, or 3. merely restate my original point again, leading to neither choice?

In other news, we have the first of not one, not two, but THREE work Christmas parties to attend this evening.  I mean, there is not three parties TONIGHT.  That would be rather exhausting.  No, tonight is John’s work party, and the other two are MY work parties, and basically what I’m getting at is Parties!  And New People!  And of course, Possible Drinking! 

I would say there might even be pictures, but we know how THAT’S going for me (I suck at it lately so don’t hold your breath).

Tschuss!!