‘Tis the season for nervous breakdowns, right?

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got about a brazillion things to do right now and the list just keeps getting longer and longer every day as we get closer to Christmas. In fact, I’m actually supposed to be knee-deep in gingerbread right now, but because I’m just that dedicated to you – my jolly band of loyal readers out there – I’m postponing (read: putting off) my baking responsibilities for just a little bit to bring a fresh batch of the funny just in time for the holidays! Maybe not so much Sara Lee, but I at least like to think that Santa would be proud…

Nonetheless, you’ve got to admit that it seems a bit odd for us all to be so darned stressed during what’s supposed to be the happiest time of the year. I mean, it makes complete sense because being the awesomest holiday of them all, Christmas is such an expansive and overwhelming occasion and as of course, more is better, we continue to push ourselves to do absolutely everything! Decorating, parties, greeting cards, presents, pictures with Santa, holiday flings, and even volunteering your fiancé to bake dozens upon dozens of goodies for your holiday cookie exchange at work – where does the insanity end?! Here, I can feel my blood pressure rising just thinking about all of the stuff that everybody’s out getting all stressed about!

Of course, the answer can’t possibly be to cut back on one’s holiday spirit – having to choose between Christmas lights or gingerbread cookies would be like choosing your favorite child to spoil absolutely rotten for Christmas. Unfortunately, the big guy at the North Pole pretty much has a monopoly on elf labor this time of year, so outsourcing really isn’t much of an option. Come to think of it, if ever there was an ideal time to develop a temporary case of insomnia, that might actually be your best option for making it through the holidays in one merry piece…

So much to do and so little time to do it – you could probably write a carol about it, but then again don’t you already have enough on your plate without adding musical composition to the list?! I mean, you’ve taken your time out to shoot the breeze here with me and that’s certainly been a grand bit of fun and all, but those presents aren’t going to buy themselves, much less wrap themselves, so I think it’s safe to say that it’s about time for all of us to get back to work! We’ve got halls to deck, credit cards to max out, and I know that I personally won’t be sleeping tonight until a veritable army of gingerbread men has spawned from our oven and been adorned with a armor coating of delicious milk chocolate! But it’s all worth it – happiest time of the year, right?!

Come January, I say we all go on a nice, long vacation…