like all the fuckin ads with the hugging families around winter. any educationally normal adult knows everyone just gets more stressed, with travel and gifts and social obligations and everything, but you’re not even allowed to…openly feel that, it seems? it’s like there’s this happiness benchmark you have to reach, otherwise you’ll feel even shittier and sadder for not having a happy holiday season
Secret Santa or donations to charities of choice maybe? Idk. Presents stress me the hell out because most of the people in my life are impossible to please lol
We started doing that a few years back. Just pool our gift budgets and pick some charities to give to. So much easier and honestly a lot more fun than shopping. We usually still do some stocking stuffers but that’s just small things, little snacks and things.