What Do You Want For Christmas?

[Timewalker]

I don't know how to receive gifts. I get all squirmy when I'm given a compliment, even. Random acts of kindness? Ugh. Those are the most difficult to process.

Just smile and say "thank you." Nothing else is required.

As for Christmas presents, I received one I wasn't expecting. So now I have a new adult coloring book (one of flower garden-type pictures), some chocolates, and a stuffed animal that I think is supposed to be a donkey wearing a Santa hat.

 

[Amaris]

Speaking of receiving gifts well, I get the sinking feeling my brother got me something really nice and really expensive, and I have a sneaking suspicion I know what it is (let's just say it's not necessarily "One" of a kind). I say this because I have no job, and no money, so all I can get are little trinkets that they could easily afford themselves.

All I have for him is a small gift set, the same for my sister-in-law, and small gifts for my parents. It's frustrating not having a steady income. When I worked, my Christmas gifts weren't always expensive, but I always had the means to get what I felt would really touch that person.

I don't receive well, either. I much prefer to give.

 

[MANT!]

I would like to see the local government actually help our homeless population,
not with shelters, but with actual domiciles, simple ones for those who really need it.. (Studios for singles and couples, more expansive apartments for families.) The local government really lost the ball when the local Navy base was closed, an entire complex of such places about 500 units(Single enlisted housing) was left to rot over the past 20 years, and now would cost more to renovate than to build from scratch. dumbasses..

 

[Ghost07]

family...or, at least, SOMEone who cares to visit me.

 

[Taylirious]

family...or, at least, SOMEone who cares to visit me.

I'd visit you if we weren't total strangers. It is nice to get together with people who care about you.

ETA: My heart is in the right place but I do sound weird with that comment!

 

[Pondwater]

Earlier this year I was laid off, and the energy sector up here is in the toilet. So I would like a job for Christmas.

I've never been a big on the whole gift thing. I honestly get more joy and happiness out of finding the perfect gift for those in my life, than I do receiving them. It sounds silly, but I don't know how to receive gifts. I get all squirmy when I'm given a compliment, even. Random acts of kindness? Ugh. Those are the most difficult to process.

This Christmas, as money has gotten tight, I'm starting to feel really shitty for not being able to spend much on gifts, if any. It's just a rotten feeling.

So yeah. A job would alleviate some of the pressures I currently have. Get on it, Santa, or Baby Jesus, or whoever handles this sort of thing.

:-/ I know the feeling.