relevant seasonal update

[jmtorres]

I am not Christian. My family is nominally Christian and celebrates Christmas. I was raised nominally Christian/mostly actually secular humanist-culturally Christian, so sometimes I slip and talk about Christmas when I mean Solstice. And then other times I feel like I am an oppressed minority because pagan Solstice trimmings were assimilated by the Church, because I can't avoid Christmas, because my family won't let me skip Christmas.

Short version: I have complicated feels about Christmas, and about families at Christmas, and my plan is to sleep through Christmas if anyone will let me get away with it, and if you want to talk to me about your Christmas/family problems, you are not going to get a lot of response, because at this point my defense is mostly to shut down. Sorry.

Also noteworthy: my store has entered the month of neverending Christmas music, so I'm playing defense all day every day.

x-posted to tumblr

Comments

[aris_tgd]

Ugh. If you were in Portland I'd invite you over for Chinese food, wine, and movies. (Annual those-days-I-have-off tradition by now.)

[enemyofperfect]

This is useful information to have about your state of mind, thank you.

Also, sympathies. Especially about the music. Because that's just cruel.

[cimadness.livejournal.com]

Just posting to second this. Dear gods.