Until now the high inflation, the high cost of living is felt like earthquakes and succession of tremors all over the world. The pressure of buying and selling during the Holidays add up to the malady and to think that no matter how the conflict affects everyone still is some people are to celebrate as in being optimistic to whatever situation is. Great! Why not? Christmas Day happens only once a year. New Year's Day is once a year too except if you are Chinese you have to celebrate it twice.
In search of Roger's sugar? I know sugar is hard to find in leading supermarkets and stores but that doesn't stop some people from baking holiday cookies when they can purchase cookies in supermarkets and bakeries. I can only think that those bakers would like to take matters into their hands of creating their own brand or signatures in those traditional cookies based from hand-me-down old recipes from their great grandmas or great aunts. Let them be for having such customary and traditional way of celebrating Christmas. As in mind your own business. If they want to have lavish dinner of festive roast butterball turkey bigger than their table... it's okay! Who cares?
You want to have a large chunk of roast ham with pineapple slices and sprinkles of raisins on top that's also much better if you don't like turkey. It's how we celebrate it that makes us happy is more important or what fond memories you are creating for your family. Every family tree has a sap, no family is perfect as in imperfections always a part of every occasion. You just cannot please everybody. Everyone has personality different from one another that complicate things in any given occasion. The promise of an enjoyable happy get together sometimes is more futile and to expect the unexpected is part of the anxiety every family has to think about. Pressure, too much tensions... what else to be worried about? The gift-giving of course! Who will be happy receiving their gifts and who will be unhappy and who will cry in disappointment upon receiving the gifts they will receive. OMG! The possibilities are endless.
Never, ever annoy or make fun of the host. Never ever, ever, complain about the foods. Just be thankful you are invited. Be grateful for the blessings. Never even start with a conversation about politics because some people cannot understand much of politics nor know what they know about and still want to be in control of the situation only if you allow that being to be right even if he's wrong. Politics is always the cause of disagreement in every lighthearted situation then it becomes a heated debate turned into ugly war. Next thing you know you forgot that the Christmas tradition was actually been ruined and then regrets after regrets...
Thinking ahead of time. The calm before the storm.
