That Time of the Year
Of course I’m going to post about the current time of the year! Unlike last year, when I positively hated this time of the year (the floods etc… were happening), this year I am just so jolly and full of happiness and excitement! The weather has been ridiculously hot, which is traditional for a good ol’ Aussie Christmas but it also feels like Christmas this year. Last year, it was wet, flooding and literally nobody was in the mood for it. This year is so much better!
One of my most favourite things about Christmas, however, is that I get to buy things. I get to think, uhm and ahh, purchase, wrap and give someone a gift. IT’S JUST SO MUCH FUN! Yes, it is definitely expensive - Jason and I’s Christmas Gift List Budget is well over $1,500.00AUD and that is just for immediate family (and Snark Secret Santa of course!). But I just love the fact that everyone gets up off their asses on Christmas and gives - to their friends, family and even to charities. The amount of Christmas Hampers I have seen out the front of stores that are full just makes me really proud to be Australian - we might be shitheads sometimes but there are still a few of us that aren’t rotten out there!
The only thing that does make me sad at Christmas, is when I’m not spending it with my family. I don’t mean to be selfish but the thought of spending a Christmas with Jason’s parents out at Stanthorpe (buttfuck nowhere) instead of with my own just makes me sad. I will do it for him, obviously, but I just love Christmas with my family. This year I won because my Aunt has just come back from a 2 year trip around Australia so it would be nice to spend Christmas with her and Jason understood this. But next year, it’s his turn. I bet so many families/couples out there have this same dilemma every year - which family to do Christmas with?
Do you have a preference or do you just swap between the different families?
