Comments on: Hubbub Interrupted

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:29:52 +0000

My Christmas spirit bubble popped on Monday when I had to go to work and deal with all the other less chipper a-holes that were mad that they had to be at work too. They really rubbed off on me. Jerks ruining my chipperness.
I will admit that I was sad that Christmas was over. I was really into the spirit this year.

By: Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:09:17 +0000

I have to add my oooohs and aaaaahs too. i have a hard enough time keeping our current toys organized, much less the new ones they received. (Note to self and everyone else: The fact that my husband straightens up the double toddler mess in the living room is awesome. Except that just means that things are put in inexplicable places for inexplicable reasons, and “you’re the one who cleans up in here” is not going to help him remember if he saw the latest tiny plastic toy that the girls are obsessed with and won’t go to be without.)

I love it when the season starts, complete with all the Christmas commercials that I get to fast forward through. But by the time Christmas finally rolled around, I was done. Done with spending money, done with shopping, done with sales, done with crowds, done, done, and more done. Post Christmas is so freaking blah with nothing to look forward to but gray January days, but I’m looking forward to getting our budget back on track and putting together my resolutions.

By: liz

liz — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:48:43 +0000

i feel like the house is empty when everything goes away, though i’m happy for our routine to return to normal.

By: Tina @ Life Without Pink

Tina @ Life Without Pink — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:29:38 +0000

I am so with you! I can’t seem to get back into the swing of things. Now I have a horrible cold that makes me just want to lay around…my house is still filled with boxes, toys, games, etc…and I am not motivated to put them away. I’m hoping after the New Year, I can get back into the groove!

By: Klz

Klz — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:29:48 +0000

I vote keep celebrating. Right up until Jan 2

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:51:23 +0000

Ooooooooh, Ahhhhhhhhh. – you said to save it for the comments

No fair – your questions making me think.

1. A whole month is a lot of build up. I’ve been very Advent-y this Christmas. And I take my decorations down one or two at a time, so they won’t be down for weeks. I have all that time to get back to “normal”. Not sad, because it still lingers until the decorations are all put away. But then I’m not a mom – I have so much less on my table.
2. Advice? Hire nanny McPhee for the Christmas break.

God Bless and Keep

By: alyson: common sense, dancing

alyson: common sense, dancing — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:01:12 +0000

I appreciate the marinated in champagne visual…I’m all in.

And I’m also all about Reluctance as the theme for the waning days of 2010. But I don’t think my Reluctance is a response to the transition of merriment to reality.

As much as the holidays are magical and all that, I find lethargy sets in quickly. Perhaps as a response to the whole ratcheting up of holiday hysteria? I don’t know. But I’m slow to decorate and dreading the putting away — not because it heralds the end of the season, but because it’s so. much. work.

Let’s just open more champagne and wait the whole thing out. Agreed?