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Holiday Shopping- 5 Stages Of Grief
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” Let me tell you- whoever said that clearly never tried to decorate a house for Christmas with six overeager kids and a throbbing post-Thanksgiving hangover. So the holiday season is in full swing, and I’m not feeling it. I love the spiritual meaning of Christmas, but I’m often too bogged down with the buying/decorating/hosting aspects to dwell long enough on the real purpose. My holiday shopping experience comes in stages: 1. Denial This starts the day after Thanksgiving, known as the dreaded “Black Friday”– a time for savvy (beastly) shoppers to score fantastic deals on their gift purchases. I never shop on…


