How are we all handling the holiday season?

I'll go first. Shittily!

I know this is a stressful time for everyone but I just absolutely despise the Christmas season. I love the holiday in and of itself, I'm a religious person so I deeply care about that aspect but it's all the extraneous stuff that just gets me every year.

I don't know why but I just get this overwhelming feeling of panic anytime I'm in a public space around this time of year. It's like I can feel everyone's collective anxiety and it's just overpowering, it's like a background hum that's just getting louder and louder. Stores that are way too full with people milling about at really unfortunate times of the day, shitty pop Christmas music blaring through the speakers... There's just too much.

Don't get me started on the social pressure to spend money and consume, that's always bothered me.

This may be a piss poor excuse for a rant but I just needed to get that off my chest thank you all very much.