Christmas always seems like a strange time of year for me. I like to get into the spirit of things, but it is difficult sometimes. Especially since I've had the electric wheelchair, because it makes getting out to shop much more difficult even compared to when I had a manual wheelchair or the motorized scooter. I used to be able to get into my parent's mini-van with a family member and we could just head to the mall. Now I have to hire a cab (that is $15 each way minimum for people in wheelchairs) or try to get the bus for disabled people (ha, they turn down an average of 60 people a day in regular season, so I shall just say, it's pretty hit and miss, mostly miss for reliability). Anyway, so I don't get out shopping really, I do most of it online. This year I had to get my Mom to go out and get the rest because the weather was very bad, plus I was very tired from going to Calgary twice this month.
Another thing that makes it strange is that people are always going out to parties or to family and friends for get togethers. Since I'm not in school and don't have a job I don't get Christmas parties. Having very few friends in town means also I don't do much visiting (pretty much no visiting, how many people have wheelchair accessable houses anyway, assuming I was invited out, which I wasn't this year). I guess Christmas, for me, is a bit of a spectators sport until the actual day happens.
Another reason Christmas seems odd to me is the fact that Christmas is the celebration of Christ being born. I'm not religious or Christian so that whole aspect sometimes catches me off guard sometimes. I always think of Christmas as a good reason to buy your loved ones a gift you know they will really like, hang out, bake, decorate and eat lots. I think for me I would identify more with the pagan celebration of solstice if it had any religious significance at all for me.
All that said, I will say I like getting presents probably just as much as giving them. This Christmas I got some strange presents from my parents. I sort of asked for a quilt because the one I have is falling apart (my sister made it for me about 7 or 8 Christmases ago) but I think I might have been just as happy if it had been repaired. I now have a large red quilt on my bed with matching sheets. My quilt before was black with squares of sunflowers on a black background. (Just to give you an idea of my tastes, my walls in my room are black and grey and most of my clothes are either black or grey). I thought this new quilt might grow on me, but as I look at it now I'm not so sure. I also got a white hooded sweater (bunny hug to me), though I traded those for a pair of pants my Mom had bought herself. I don't wear white except as pajamas. I got another pair of pants similar to the ones that I traded the white top for... Those I think are ok. I got a bunch of CD-RW, a spindle of DVD+R (which need to be exchanged for DVD-R), a desk and wall calendar that are both going to be returned. I got a couple of plastic pens with my name on them, two soaps from the Body Shop, some Lindor chocolates and a Toblorone Bar, an orange as well as 25 $2 coins in my stocking. From Morrison I got the Jon Stewart book America the Book. My sister and her fiance got me 2 hours of time with the girl who does my tattoos. I got a box of "Pot of Gold" chocolates from C1 (does anyone else think all those chocolates taste fainly of cherries?) and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Extended Edition from C2 (I found that weird just because that's what I got for Morrison). My goddaughter (yes that is ironic) got me a Twisted Whiskers tin with 3 kitty ornaments in it, a picture of her and a gift card for chapters/coles bookstore. Unfortunately, I haven't sent her gift off yet and it's sitting here on the desk beside me. Everything is going to be late this year, including the Christmas cards I sent off on the 20th.
Lest you think I'm complaining, I'm not. I have fairly picky sort of tastes and my Mom does her best when picking out gifts and it can be hit and miss. She's not offended if we want to return things (my sister can be even more picky). I did think it was odd that she got me to star the items on my Christmas list that I wanted the most and then bought none of them.
7:54 p.m. - Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004
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