The Holiday Season 'Stresses'....get over it

I have read other blogs listened to many friends and read articles about how 'bad' the holiday season is from T-Giving all the way to New Year's Day. People complain about how many places they have to go to how many gifts they have to get, etc. Well let's look a little closer at this so called problem. We are all adults here and are able to make our own decisions, no one is making us go to all of the parties and get togethers. Let me give you an example; we were faced with two engagements on Christmas Eve we had a choice 1) we could cram both in or 2) we could choose one relax, enjoy and forgo the other. We went with option #2 and we had a great time. Greg 2.0 exchanged gifts with his cousin and the looks on their faces was well worth making that choice. Yeah a couple people got upset but you can't please everyone and trying to please everyone just ain't worth it. Overall my family had four get togethers in less than 24 hours. We choose to attend two of them, one on Christmas Eve and one on Christmas Day. I had someone on Christmas Day say to me 'just too many places to go", I looked at him and said "commit to one and call it a day." It is just not worth stressing yourself and your family over trying to run all over town going to parties and such. Don't blame the season for your scrooge attitude look in the mirror and realize you are the one that made the choice.