Holiday Blues!

It is understandable and sad that some people get the blues because they don’t have anybody to celebrate holidays with. But, I know people who get stressed because they can’t afford to buy gifts for others. This is created stress. And, this according to me is nonsense stress. Gifts, I believe should never be a part of any holiday. Even birthdays. I think we should be at liberty to buy them if we have the money and feel like it. But we should never go about setting expectations and making it a tradition of some sort. Forced practices don’t fall into the category of traditions. They are the root cause of conflicts, misunderstanding within families and fodder for many more problems. Try one season of not buying any gifts because you just don’t feel like it. Maybe you even don’t have the money to buy them. You may have actually done yourself and others a big favor. A big favor to others because they don’t have to stress about repaying you!