Christmas Crabbing


I love this time of the year but it does bring out the super sentimental part of my personality. I think about loved ones who aren’t alive anymore to spend Christmas with me. I try to reconcile all the good cheer and holiday parties with the annoying problems of real life: broken vacuum cleaner, bills piling up, visits from relatives that mean cleaning the guest room and planning special meals, trying to squeeze blood out of a stone so that everyone gets a present.

I try to dump the Martha Stewart Christmas vision out of my mind and replace it with the facts: lights on tree are now intermittently working; presents have been lost in shipping; finding out the present I bought relative A was already purchased by relative B, so I must return the one I have and look for something else. No bonus this year and the family and friend invitations/edicts about where I’ll be every moment of the next few weeks.

Arrgggh

And the glorious, eye-glistening Christmas music that sometimes is so happy it makes me want to cry because I just can’t match the mood.

So that’s why, I play this particular Christmas Carol frequently during the days leading up to Christmas. I love the lyrics and it puts me, believe it or not, in a happier mood than if I were just listening to Deck the Halls and Jingle Bells.

If you aren’t familiar with it…I recommend it highly.

Not every minute of this jolly season is jolly -- and this song speaks to times when for no good reason or for many good reasons you just feel a little lonely, a little sad or a little down.



Hard Candy Christmas

By: Carol Hall
Original Appearance: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas

Hey, maybe I'll dye my hair
Maybe I'll move somewhere
Maybe I'll get a car
Maybe I'll drive so far
They'll all lose track
Me, I'll bounce right back
Maybe I'll sleep real late
Maybe I'll lose some weight
Maybe I'll clear my junk
Maybe I'll just get drunk on apple wine
Me, I'll be just

Fine and Dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow get me way down

Hey, maybe I'll learn to sew
Maybe I'll just lie low
Maybe I'll hit the bars
Maybe I'll count the stars until dawn
Me, I will go on

Maybe I'll settle down
Maybe I'll just leave town
Maybe I'll have some fun
Maybe I'll meet someone
And make him mine
Me, I'll be just

Fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

I'll be fine and dandy
Lord it's like a hard candy christmas
I'm barely getting through tomorrow
But still I won't let
Sorrow bring me way down

'Cause I'll be fine
(I'll be fine)
Oh, I'll be fine


And don't worry, I'm fine!

I just want to share this song with you in case you ever feel overwhelmed, under appreciated, over the top or under the weather during the holiday season.