Pencil Thin

I don’t know why, but this time of year is so overwhelming for me. I’m having a real hard time getting excited about anything. There is so much pressure to buy the right things and make sure everyone you know gets a little Christmas goody. I miss the days when it was ok to just decorate cookies with the kids, and sit around drinking hot cocoa. The stress is killing me. I feel like the only grinch in a group of happy elves. Am I just going nuts? I am really considering eliminating everything that makes me stress out about the holidays so that I can actually just enjoy my family. I am even telling one relative that we aren’t going to Christmas Eve dinner, because I don’t want to deal with the drama and be bitter.