Christmas, happy families and "love"

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I feel the days before Christmas very stresfull - not only because of all that cleaning, baking (every proper housewife here "SHOULD" bake very small pieces of cakes to show others that she is a GOOD one -- LOL, not me, I spend time in the kitchen when I want...), nervosity at supermarkets and shops, all places overcrowded, people saying either they are looking forward to Christmas, or that they would like to forbid it if they could... etc... etc...

But mostly I am stressed by the slogans forcing us to spend time as a "happy family" - what exactly does it mean? Pictures from commercials? I cant see almost any in a real life around me... People pretend being happy with their relatives, and as a therapeut I know they would like to be somewhere else... with someone other... This hypocracy depresses me...

Me personally would enjoy Christmas celebration in the woods, in the mountains, feeding deers and hares (bears are usually asleep :-)), talking with them, as well as with the spirit of the woods, faeries and other (super)natural beings...

OK, back to Earth (I know I came here for a purpose... lol...) and back to the city...

Anyway, I wish you a merry Christmas!