Holiday spirit, where are you?

[impy]

  I've been talking to people and it seems like 2012 is the year the holiday spirit went missing. I've heard it other years, but usually I can find someone brimming with Christmas glee so while it doesn't balance out, it does seem like that person just attracted everyone else's super happy yay for the season.

This year I have yet to find that person. I am not that person. Until this morning I wasn't all super mopey about it, it was just kind of abstractly sad, y'know? Then there was a dream that I woke up from all sad and WOE and I couldn't (can't?) really figure out why other than the entire point of dream love is that it's supposed to be happy. :P


Any way. I'm getting this out of the way before I begin my big list of things to do.

For those who are new here, my dad died last year. In our fairly small family (as in Mom/Dad/the boy/Widget/me), he was the one I was most similar in a lot of ways. Mums and the boy both are more dramatic (and I do have my fair share of drama queen genes, I just let them simmer until they go kerflooey) and while Dad had a temper that apparently no one seemed to realize outside the family (which sounds worse than it is, so don't take it that way) he'd mellowed considerably over the years.
  I have a mix of his sense of humor and Mom's and at times this means I'm the only person laughing at something, but hey.

And no matter how many people can tell I'm related to Mums, I take after Dad something crazy. It became really obvious after he died and Mums and the boy avoided me, citing the resemblance as the reason.

So. With this, and a million other reasons, I thought last Christmas would be horrible. The stuff of fictionalized drama! Or, y'know, crying jags.

And it wasn't. Maybe it was the fact that I expected it to be, so I worked hard to not let it be that kind of Christmas (at least for myself)?

Or maybe it just took time to hit me. Or, even more possible, it's not just the fact that we're coming up on the end of a year without Dad in it at all, but 2012 took my tiny black cat and our family's big orange terror as well.

I dunno. But I'm finding it hard to find my Christmas spirit this year. I haven't given up hope though, so let's go see what this Christmas Eve has to offer.

Comments

[zallia.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if it was just everyone down here that was devoid of spirit. Everyone seems to be running late on gifts or wrapping or just not into it. I think I only heard Christmas music yesterday at the grocery store. I know it's kitty losses, with me, but maybe not just that since everyone else seems affected, too. -_-

*Christmas hugs* Do tell what you get though, since I don't want to send my presents quite yet if they're going to dupe. ^_^

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

*festive hugs!* I will share the presenty goodness as it happens. I'm supposed to see Ari this afternoon and then tomorrow will bring Mumsy's. Which I'm hoping is a MH thing but one never knows with Mums!

Did you ever open your oh-so-secret-you-could-never-possibly-guess gift? ;)

I'm sorry the lack of holiday spirit is widespread. *offers nog/cookies*

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Nope! Wrapped presents stay wrapped unless the person specifically tells me I should open it now! Sorry yours are perpetually late. -_-
Mmm, cookies. How I miss you so.

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Oh and wrong place, but these are those MH cards at Walmart I was talking about:
http://monster-high.livejournal.com/995065.html

I already have extras, but still have a few packs to open. So open for trading if you buy some, if not I'll just send 'em your way anyways, since you always find awesome MH fanart pieces to send me. :D

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Heheh, my aunt used to excel at late presents so I just think of it as extending the season. ;)

Aww, no cookie love even for the holidays?

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I haven't even seen those in stores! (Didn't see the MH mag either) Our stores are apparently getting very lax. Aside from the Howleen set restocking, I don't think we've gotten any of the new stuff.

[flamingnik.livejournal.com]

I got my card, and thank you muchly. I hope you find your Christmas spirit, and have a bitchin day with lots of cool gifts.

And as soon as deadbeats start paying me, I can mail you your package.

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad it got to you in time. :D

Boo for deadbeats. I hope your Christmas is happy. :)

[luxken27]

*hugs* I haven't had much Christmas spirit until, well, today. IDK - I guess I managed to abstract myself from most of it. I bought my gifts early (for me), I abandoned the Christmas-carols-only radio station when they started with that shit before Halloween (WTF), I skipped the holiday parties at work. If not for fandom_stocking, I wouldn't have even acknowledged it until now.

But here I am, full of the spirit (finally). It still counts, right? Even with only, like five hours until the day itself :P You're welcome to share in my squee, tho! *spreads the love around*

[zallia.livejournal.com]

They got buried by stupid One Direction cards of the same size at our Walmart, but that section is so crazy they could be anywhere. Haven't seen them at Target, though. I've been trying to be good about limited store-stalking, but of course that just means I've been missing the shipments and left to gather from what's left. Actually saw a Skelita in person, but her eye was so far up in to her forehead it wasn't even funny. So I've gathered a few from the new lines, but not all. Like Target had the small fashions in, but Spectra's was already gone. -_- Hoping I can find Deuce at least once before he disappears off the face of the earth. :p

Ah, don't worry, diet was broken this week, so cookies and brownies were enjoyed!

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Woe for the diet but yay for the cookies and brownies! And yes, I'm aware the logic train didn't even try to stop for that sentiment. :p

I found some of the cards at Target this morning! It's taking all my willpower to not hand Mums my wallet and beg her to stop back by on her way home from dropping the boy off at work.

Willpower!

And, and, and they had Scaris Frankie and Ghouls Alive Frankie! New stuff! Only I passed on both because backlog and it was obvious someone was hiding them both. Fine, and GA! had this weird see through spot on her nose.

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Delayed reaction but your holiday spirit was apparently transferable! Who knew?

Annnnnnd... weird to the carols. Ours normally goes all Christmas, all the time come November first or second, but didn't this year. Work did start the week before Thanksgiving, which was the earliest they've ever started them.

[zallia.livejournal.com]

Yay, new stuffs! I saw Scaris Frankie last night, too! Though I've seen her several times at Walmart already, as well. She's...apparently not too popular and actually I haven't bought her yet either and am not sure I will. It would be the first one I willfully skipped. O_o But that hair...and soooo many Frankies already. I really like her top, though.

Ghouls Alive! What are your thoughts? I haven't seen them at all in person yet. I haven't been impressed by the pictures, but a lot of others seem to love them, so I'm wondering what the difference is in real life. Our Target got in the cards yesterday too, and I was fighting that urge all the way through checkout to run over and grab a few more packs. I need to consolidate all of them and see what I have duped and what I need.

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Envy at seeing the new stuffs already. ;) I didn't look too long at Scaris!Frankie because she had some... special hair and I was trying to be good. Don't look too long, can't fall in love. :p

I actually really liked Ghouls Alive Frankie. If her nose hadn't had what looked like a hole (probably wasn't, I'm betting the plastic is just weird) I'd have bought her. It's like electrocuting her! Which sounds horrible, but I've got enough Wednesday Addams in me to find it hilarious. When you see her in person, make sure you try her out. Just for funsies. I'm thinking the moment I get my super awesome (knock on wood) holiday pay check, bam. GA! Will be mine. I think I disturbed Mums by cackling as I kept pressing the button for two minutes straight.

Also, she didn't look like she'd fallen in a vat of oil like the promo pictures made her appear.

Yay for the cards! Must... resist... urge to send Mums back for the rest. Resist!