11:28AM - Wednesday December 24, 2003
I Just Don't Get It
It's at times like these when I really feel my most alien. I feel like all I'm asking of everyone I meet is "Why?" and I don't understand any of their answers. Maybe it's all the esoteric Christmas traditions I don't get. Britt seems to think I'm stunted from not celebrating Christams when I was a child.

Frankly, I don't see what the big deal is. All I see around me are people running around like chickens with their heads cut off, stressing themselves and their families out. I don't understand why things have to be 'just so' and noone can explain it to me. There doesn't seem to be any 'why' or 'how come' other than 'it's tradition' and 'we've always done it like this.' And that, my friends, just makes me dig in my stubborn Taurus heels and say, "No fucking way, man."

The thing that bothers me the most, I think, is when people say they 'have to' do something and complain about all the work it is. I don't believe that. They are not compelled, they have free will. They are doing this, and putting all this stress on themselves because they want to. Their families won't die if they don't get a huge meal of turkey with all the fixings, or hundreds of dollars worth of presents. They'll be okay. Really.

Now, I love turkey as much as the next gal, and if I feel like cooking one and having a bunch of friends over, I do. I'm a nice person, and when I want to give the people I love gifts, I do. I don't think I'm stunted buy not having Christmas tradtions--every day I'm alive is a gift from the Goddess, and I celebrate my life every day. I am always grateful for my friends and loved ones, and I don't think I need to be extra-special nice to them just once a year.

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