i think that the older we get the harder the holidays get. or the more meaningful they become, in turn making them harder, especially when it comes to gifts. for me, it’s twice as difficult because my birthday is exactly a week before christmas. so i have people asking me “what do you want for your birthday? what do you want for christmas?” and year after year it gets harder and harder for me to answer that question. because what i really want is not something you can buy in a store and wrap in a bow.
my birthday falls in this really awkward time period. back in grade school, while 