What is it about the week of Christmas that is so dang hard???
Don't you miss being a kid where every day before Christmas was full of longing and anticipation for that glorious moment you were allowed to open your presents????
The two best days out of the entire year for a child is Christmas and their Birthday. Seriously. The. Best. Days. Ever.
Now, I'm an adult, a mom of three and...Christmas is a great day, but it so dang stressful leading up to the day. And sometimes stress during the day and after the day... Yeah, Christmas is just not the same.
To add to the stress of the Christmas spirit is the two very different messages floating around out there.
Message one: Christmas time = gifts, parties, and lots and lots of food and goodies. What better way to share the Christmas spirit than with a plate of sugar cookies, a tub of fudge or a tin of chocolate?
Message two: Christmas time = intense pressure to look your very best (which for most of society means skinny). I'm sorry, I can't enjoy the entire month of the Christmas season if I have to constantly worry about what is going into my mouth, what I might look like in my sweater (ugly or not) and if the scale will be "kind" the day after.
And really, what are we telling our children, especially our girls, when we are constantly flip flopping between these two messages?
This is probably the one area where I am a bit of Scrooge. We do not make a ton of holiday treats, if any. I do not attend cookie exchanges. I do not give goodies to friends and relatives. I just don't.
Now, if I am invited to a party or given a plate of goodies, I eat them. I sure with the family. We eat a little every day to make one plate last a good week, but I don't go crazy over trying to stay any certain size. Life is life. You know what I mean?
Share smiles. Share cards. Share season's greetings. And if baking is your thing, then by all means bake and share those goodies.
Just don't make me feel like a Scrooge for not baking and don't make me feel ashamed for eating the cookie that was brought to me. Life is way to short to add the stress of food to the Christmas holiday (I got enough stress ensuring each of my children feel loved & special throughout the month, but especially on Christmas morning as the gifts are being opened).
Thankfully, Christmas is just a few days away and the stress will magically disappear. Ah. Looking forward to it.
Happy Journey!
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