Christmas 2025 and My Ups and Downs With This Holiday Season

It’s December 1st, which means it’s time for Blogmas to begin on this blog. Sadly, this year I haven’t really been feeling excited about the holiday season.

This has been going on for several years, but this year has been the worst. Along with problems in the world (Economy, job security, ect.) I feel really irritated by the current holiday trends, the way people act around the holidays, and how hard it has become for me to celebrate the holidays in my old favorite ways. To be honest, I’ve been fluctuating between feeling so-so about everything to feeling complete rage about everything.

Yet, now that December has finally arrived, I feel… well… ok.

I don’t feel an overabundance of cheer, but I do feel better than I have been for the past few weeks. I attribute this to making some changes in my life. The first thing I did different is I stopped browsing social media for Christmas content. If I watch another YouTube commentary about how pink isn’t a real Christmas color or how this trend is ruining Christmas, I’m probably going to burst into tears of rage. The second thing I did is I ignored what other people think and started focusing on what I personally like. I like mixing pink and other trendy pastel colors within the rest of my red and green decorations, which, according to the social media that I’ve seen so far, isn’t appropriate. I don’t care. I like them together. They mix well and I enjoy seeing everything together in one big, happy, colorful mix. It’s ok if nobody else does. It’s my decorations in my home. The third and final thing I did was completely ignore shopping for the trendy decorations. If there is one ornament I like, and I have the money for it, I’ll buy it. Yet, I won’t buy everything trendy. I need to really like it before I buy it.

Since I’ve cut myself off from trends, opinions on Christmas decorations and traditions, and focused on enjoying the decorations I already own, I’ve been feeling much happier about this Christmas season. I also plan on focusing on traditions I used to have before the lockdowns in 2020 and see if I can resurrect them this year.

There will some parts this month that will make me sad. Well, more frustrated than sad. This is due to the ongoing repairs and other work going on in my house. I am also clean my things out. These two things will be a major frustration for me for at least the rest of the month. Due to the nature of everything going on, stuff is very disorganized and I need to take up more space to work on my clean out and for the work to continue, I won’t be able to put up a big tree. Instead, I’ve been relying on small, one foot tall trees I purchased in previous years to fill the gap the big tree has left. I still miss having a big tree, but I just can’t put it up this year! I’m pretty down about this, but I know once everything is done, I’ll be able to put up my tree without worrying about it like I have in previous years.

That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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