Merry Christmas! As we get older, going into our twenties, you probably noticed by now that Christmas feels a little less festive every year as we get older. Why is that?
When we were kids, we used to think that Santa Claus was real and we pretended to be good people for a whole month so that we get what we wanted. We used to think that Santa climbed through our very skinny chimney to leave us gifts. It wasn't until we figured it out for ourselves when we were ten or eleven learning about physics and we were smart enough to do the basic calculations that no fat man could fit down there.
After we figured that out for ourselves that Santa wasn't real, then it started to just become another day in the life of a college student on Winter Break. So yes, it does become less festive as we get older; but, there's other reasons why it isn't so festive.
We actually have to shop for people?
If you're like me and you had to do two Secret Santa's, plus buying gifts for family, you know that feeling of "Tis the season to be broke". Totally festive right? Standing in line for 45 minutes, only buying one thing from Macy's, and right in front of you, you have that one person with 20 things. She then proceeds to say to the cashier, "oh, I have coupons for all this". Look at the rest of the line, you can see the anger in all the other customer's faces. Then, it's my turn, I had my coupon ready; I check out and I'm on to the next store to do it all again.
The Secret Santa's weren't that bad. I went to Walmart for all of their gifts. It was easy. You know that Secret Santa's the easy one because whoever you get assigned to probably wants nothing more than just a gift card. However, if they don't tell you anything, you gotta guess a little. I hate guessing. Just make sure people in the group of employees, club, or whatever knows exactly what everybody likes.
Some of us are tired of the Christmas songs .
Imagine listening to the same music for 20 years every December. Nothing else to it. There are some people that just grew out of the Christmas music. Not me. I still like some of it.
"Can I have your list?"
12 years ago, we were writing letters to Santa Claus. Remember how fun that was? Now our mothers asks, "Can I have your list?" You tell her everything you want for Christmas and she'll hit the mall for 8 hours. My dad and I, same exact thing. We'll go into the mall with a list of stuff for my mom and we'll buy it if they have it. Not as fun as before, right?
However, we've been doing it for 20 years or so. Our letters that we would right would then be put into a shopping list. So, we've always been doing it. It's not as festive as before.
Why is Dennis in the Santa Claus outfit?
Waiting in line to see Santa Claus was fun for us. Remember that? Now, in the midst of all the shopping, you glance over and see who the guy in the chair is. You then recognize the voice. He shouts "Merry Christmas." The first thought that comes to your head is, "Dennis, why are you in the Santa outfit?"
The point is, if you start recognizing the people who are in the Santa outfit, then you'll know for sure that Christmas isn't as festive as it once was.
The future (year 2028) is here and we all have kids. Now what?
When we all start having kids of our own by 2028, we have to either do one of two things. We either keep their minds thinking that Santa's real or we just tell them up front, right away, that Santa isn't.
If we choose to do option number one, here's what we have to do. We have to hide the presents really well and that's hard to do when a kid hangs around you 24/7. we have to make sure that the kid actually goes to sleep on Christmas Eve. Then, there's two or three other things we need to make sure of. If you're option number two, don't worry about it!
Merry Christmas.
