Are you in the holiday spirit yet?

[Amy10223]

I don't think it will reach me this year. I have been feeling down since Nov 5th.

I did put up my tree, and am trying to watch holiday movies to get out of this stump. A little shopping for the holidays helps too. Am not watching ANY news at all and trying to stay positive, doing things I like to help relax.

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I got Great question here, and I don't think this was so great at all. But thanks, GAG.

[mstbooblover]

Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm never in a holiday spirit. I don't feel any need for that, the more I live single. A holiday spirit has worth when one can share it with a beloved one, but my wife passed away since a few years. Still, I know how precious such holidays may be for families and especially the kids ;0)

[Pudsmucker]

Christmas is the least part of my holiday seasons. I look at this way there's so many phony people that come out, they're so phony.

[Aubrey97]

It was just 81 on Tuesday so it's kinda hard when it's not cold and wintry outside. Once the weather is more Christmas appropriate, I'll be able to get in the mood for it more.

[Amy10223]

81 sounds good now!

[Simslover92]

Not this year. I haven't been for many years now. It's just another day to me. I'm so ready for it to be over with. I hate the holidays now. Oh Humbug!

[exitseven]

I never get in the holiday spirit.

[Massageman]

I should have it by the middle of January.

[Massageman]

Maybe I should start to drink my holiday "spirits".

[Amy10223]

Haha! That would help a bit, right? I am not in the spirit at all, but I am trying. I am cooking things I like best, painting, just doing things to relax. That's my holiday spirit. Many years ago, IO used to have this strange, almost melancholic vibe that would continue through the season. It's odd but I would feel something just looking out at a snowy scene out of my window and feel nostalgic. But now, ah, there is a restlessness I feel, with just worry.

[Massageman]

Painting- cool. A lot of what I do daily is in the Graphic Arts, so I will usually relax with a bit of organ or piano playing to stay in mental shape. My parents died in December and January, so that takes a lot of the fun out of things, but I do have their spirit (s).

[Amy10223]

Playing the piano sounds very relaxing. I began painting during covid, as one of the pastimes that helped with boredom staying indoors. Odd enough I can paint better than I can draw.
I'm sorry about your parents. One right after the other? :( I lost my eldest brother last November, my favorite sibling. He wasn't healthy and died at a young 75 years, a week after his birthday.

[Gwendoline]

Yes the Christmas spirit is living with in me.

[emeraldsaphire]

I'm in the spirit of wanting them to be over! When I was younger I use to love Christmas, but now with all the drama and living in a much colder climate I hate T_T

[krin_m]

Staying positive is the only way to handle it.

[SmileyLady]

Oh yes, I definitely am. All I have to do now is watch the Christmas Carol movie about Scrooge.

[Jmmmfi4]

Not this year unfortunately

[seeyounexttuesday]

TDS is poison for your mind.

[Amy10223]

What is TDS?

[seeyounexttuesday]

Trump Derangement Syndrome. It’s a brain parasite.

[Amy10223]

I doubt it. It’s more like being awake to truths and not denial or being blind. It’s his supporters that are brainwashed with his rhetoric, that’s the problem facing this country, along with other things.

[seeyounexttuesday]

I'm not the one all depressed at Christmas.

[Amy10223]

Thankfully this was temporary, Now I just feel fear.

[seeyounexttuesday]

yeah, because you've gone mentally ill due to your hatred of Trump. Seek help.

[Amy10223]

On the contrary, of you do not see the danger he poses to this country, I would seek help. You are in a cult, and you do not know it. Brainwashed, you are.

[seeyounexttuesday]

So odd you'd say that. Don't cults usually try to isolate you from your family? - you know like saying you need to hide your vote from your husband/boyfriend?

[Amy10223]

No, they don't need to do that when you're already hooked. Look up all the cult leaders and how people can easily be brainwashed. You're a cult member, you don't know it, and you need to be deprogrammed. Good luck.

[seeyounexttuesday]

Let me guess. you wore a surgical mask from 2020-2023.

[Amy10223]

Shhh. Your ignorance is showing.

[eagle1951]

not really inside

[CarolinaGirl5]

Yep...

[Crazzyyworld]

Monkey spirit