Is Christmas a selfish time?

December 1, 2008  

The husband or as I now call him, Scrooge, has decided that he hates Christmas. It was that bad at the weekend that even his request for an XBOX was taken back. You can see just how bad the mood was.

He does this regularly. The Valentine’s Day after the daughter was born - less than two weeks after her birth - he decided to tell me that he “doesn’t do Valentine’s Day”. Since when? He’d done it every other year but suddenly at the time when I really wanted romance he didn’t!

So he was back in that frame of mind about Christmas. He doesn’t want to buy any presents. Well that’s good - he doesn’t.

Not one present as he bought this year or any year. Well, he does buy me and very nice presents they are too. He never buys any family and friends though. If it was left to him all our family and friends would be receiving a big fat zero and they wouldn’t be getting a visit either. What’s more - they wouldn’t find anyone in our house! Yes, he wants a completely quiet Christmas - just the three of us.

Now I love the husband very, very much BUT he has married a woman who would LOVE her life to be like It’s A Wonderful Life. My brother always accuses me of wanting to live in a fairytale and he’s right.

Christmas is the ultimate fairytale for me. So please don’t destroy it husband.

I couldn’t see anyone on their own at Christmas - he could and he’d even see the daughter with just an orange “It’s character building” - Well maybe it would be character building NOT to receive an XBOX - I don’t think he’d be bothered though! You see NOTHING seems to ruffle his feathers.

I wouldn’t mind if he was being all BAH HUMBUG because he was running around doing everything but he isn’t -  I am. Either he knows that and he doesn’t care or he really does believe in Father Christmas!

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