It’s nearly Christmas, and there are only 10 shopping days left, OMG!
50% of the world’s population, (that’s us, girls), are currently running around like headless chickens seeking out those thoughtful last-minute gifts, writing out our Christmas cards (the true, physical, glitter-encrusted article, each with its own hand-written message), ordering the turkey, baking the cake, making mince-pies and fixing the tree-lights. The other 50%, (that’s you, guys), haven’t even noticed the date yet. If you have, you are probably thinking there is plenty of time left to pop into Boots and purchase a random bottle of perfume, or grab a tatty bouquet at the petrol station shop.
It matters not a jot whether you are a busy stay-at-home-mum or a stressed-out executive: if you are female, come December you are expected to switch into Domestic Goddess gear and engage whole-heartedly in all the labour-intensive, exhausting activity traditionally associated with Christmas. If you are a bloke, however, relax: your role in this annual extravaganza is purely ornamental and non-contributory. Unless you count getting hammered at the office party, eating unfeasible quantities of sausage rolls, falling asleep on the sofa in front of ‘The Great Escape’ or setting fire to the decorations with a carelessly-deployed cigar-butt as positive, creative contributions to Project Yuletide, that is.
For all the poor, stressed-out, over-worked women out there, what can I suggest to reduce your stress levels and save you time? I have already given some pointers on Gift Cards, but, is it OK to send money as a present? Does it send out the appropriate, caring, thoughtful, message? Obviously not. It could be construed, at worst, as the crudest expression of the sterility and emptiness of a modern-day, commercial, God-free Xmas. But what the heck, who doesn’t love cash? I say, go for it, but don’t make the mistake made by the woman executive in this modern Christmas myth featured on the Snopes site…
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