Notice: this article is being written immediately after a tantalizing last-minute Christmas shopping spree.
It's the holiday season, and that means it is time to separate the two types of personalities: those who are ready for Christmas, and those who are not. Those who are ready for Christmas have their shopping finished, their presents are wrapped, and they are relaxing on the final days before Santa's arrival.
Then there are those like us. There are a lot of bad connotations associated with the title of, "Last Minute Christmas Shopper," so it's about time people like us are recognized for all of the goodness we bring to the Christmas table.
1. People have opinions about us.
That's always nice, right? If you're always buying and wrapping presents at the last minute, then your friends and family who witness your frantic holiday experience may see that you are a procrastinator, and perhaps get the idea that you don't care about the holiday season. Now, we know that's not true, for if it were true we wouldn't be doing it all in the first place. Yes, we very much care about Christmas and the people we are celebrating with. We care, it's just that we are lazy and silly, but now we are happy to hear that people may be thinking about us and forming opinions of us! It means that our friends and family care, too.
2. It's exciting.
Who doesn't love a fun-fueled shopping spree of stress and fear? There is an impending countdown that is present with every Christmas decoration and sale that is in the shopping center you are frantically rushing through. If you're a procrastinating thrill-seeker like myself, then there is always that minor adrenaline rush that one receives in exciting times like this.
3. You buy better presents, sort of.
So, in the holiday spree, you have to purchase things with little time to decide, and for that reason, you are more willing to go big before you go home. In a confusing balance of price and impulse, your choice of presents is usually more pricey, which, in theory, means higher quality, and therefore, "better presents." Kind of.
4. It leaves so much time for other things.
This is pretty much a lie. Because you procrastinated and did all of your shopping in one massive spike of action, you therefore left much more time in the previous weeks for activities that include "not shopping." Whatever you did (or more likely, didn't do) was all in preparation for your future frenzy, and there's nothing you can do but hang your hat on all of the nothing done before the holiday season.
5. You have an excuse to be lazy again.
That was hard, doing all of that shopping! I need a nap.
6. "Less work".
Depending on how you look at it, there is technically less that you have to do now. While you were out buying things for your loved ones, your loved ones were doing work in the house or elsewhere to finalize the pre-holiday festivities. Oftentimes (as was the case for me), all of the work is done by the time you get back!
7. Christmas comes faster.
Time flies when you're having fun, or when you are in desperate need of more time! Which logically means that Christmas will only come sooner!
Happy Holidays everyone, I have to wrap the presents I just bought before Christmas sneaks up on me even more. Merry Christmas!
