Today they put up Christmas lights in our condominium’s lobby. And as I lingered in the lobby tonight on my way out to get coffee, I suddenly remembered my mom and how she shed a tear or two as we passed through rows of lanterns displayed along Ortigas extension a couple of weeks ago.
Christmas lights are evil. (I don’t know why I even thought of putting up those little light bulbs in my room.) They’re among the first indicators that Christmas is near, along with Christmas carols and the much-coveted Starbucks planners. And it’s sad, and torturous, to be reminded of Christmas.
Don’t you just think that Christmas is the saddest holiday ever? Or is it just me?
I think there’s something about it that makes people feel melancholy, inspite of the holiday rush and the shopping frenzy and the colorful wrappers and gifts. It’s.. Sad. Like you just want it over and done with, get what I’m saying?
If I wasn’t blogging this thru my mobile phone, this is the part where I google and link back to that study that claims that suicide rates shoot up during the Christmas holidays, and maybe try to make sense out of this feeling I get whenever this time of the year comes by.
Don’t get me wrong. I like Christmas, and I acknowledge it to be the day in the year when we celebrate Christ’s birth, when we remember that salvation came to mankind in the form of the Father’s only Son.
And well, I love that I can spend nights like this with a good book while sipping Toffee Nut Latte at Starbucks, something you can’t do any other time of the year. (I just kinda wish they’d stop playing all countless versions of Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer already.)
It’s just that.. I really think that it’s the most melancholy of all the holidays, Christmas, and I’m kinda wondering if someone else feels the same way too.
Any other human being who feels the same way? Pls. Let me know. Let’s have coffee and be sad together. My treat. I need 5 more Starbucks stickers.
[Posting with my mobile phone]
Hi, Rhiza, I feel the same way each time each time the “Ber” months come rushing in. There’s something about Christmas that just makes me sad, and I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the Christmas carols, but I remember stopping on my tracks one day at the supermarket when I heard the Mariah Carey song, “All I want for Christmas.” It’s upbeat, true, but there was a tinge of melancholy in it. Must be me. LOL. Good to see you blogging again. Am a big fan!
i feel you sistah. teh happysad feeling when Christmas is nearing. haaaaist.
oh oh oh, date me! hahahaha
You’re right. It’s like you are forced to be happy just because.
Hello again, Riz :)
I don’t know if I should be glad or relieved that I am not alone [haha]. The world can move so fast and it’s kinda hard to move along.
No worries on linking back. I’d love for my blog’s visitors to see where I get inspiration in writing :)
Thank you for reading my blog, too :) I really appreciate it :)
Re: this post, well, I am sad about the holidays, too. I was supposed to fly out to the other side of the world to see my family but my stupid visa expired and I wasn’t given a new one. :(
i feel the same way about Christmas. There is a certain sense of sadness about it that can not be shaken of. perhaps the cold weather does that, I could be wrong.
I think coz it’s the time that we’re “supposed” to be the happiest. When everything “needs” to be perfect. We set unreal expectations for the holiday, that we disappoint ourselves in the end. So i guess we do feel sad for it.
There’s always a glitch. But it’s also a reminder of the reality we’re living in. I truly believe in the adage that we don’t realize true happiness if we don’t know the sadness that could be.
So i guess be glad you’re feeling the sad, coz it just means you’re gonna understand the bliss that comes along with it. :)
And that is what I love about you, you know? :)
Thanks Jody. That totally makes sense. :)
lets coffee ourselves! :D
Stickers.
it was said in a moviewhose name i cannot remember “Life is not about the number of breaths you take. Its the moments that take your breath away”. Its ok to be sad. but its much better to appreciate life. God has blessed you so much so that you can bless the world too. Happy Christmas!
Hihi. Thanks Kuya Noel. Mag BLOGHAPPY na nga rin ako! Hehe.
count your blessings, name them one by one (sabi nung hymn kanina) :)
pwede ka namang malungkot pero at least ikaw may bahay, bagong laptop, pangkape, fans, nanay na maganda, mga kapatid na kwela, love of your life, and *ehem*supergorgeouschurchfriends*ehem* at higit sa lahat Kristo sa buhay. :) :) :)
game ako sa kape. :)
I hate how sanguine you are, you know??
KAPE. Tonight. Stickers. Yii. :)
~R