The Christmas weepies. A dangerous syndrome that can have a profound effect on even the most stout hearted, Christmas loving soul. What, exactly, are “Christmas weepies” you ask? Well, since you have asked, I will answer. In my experience Christmas can be a very emotional and for some stressful time. This is directly related to the fact that our society puts a lot of emphasis on various secular aspects of the holiday. One example would be the romantic aspect. Now I am just as romantic as the next guy, maybe more so depending on who I am being compared to, and even I find this a bit nauseating. I don’t think you can go for more than 10 minutes without seeing some kind of commercial that involves buying diamonds for the woman of you dreams or a chainsaw for that logger in your life. For those who are single, this constant barrage of finding your self worth in buying some girl a diamond advertising can be irritating, frustrating, and in a worse case scenario, a point of infection for the weepies. After the weepies have infected someone, all their Christmas spirit is quickly sucked out through the skin. The end effect is a poor, zombie like creature who is barely human. People with the weepies walk around through the snow with sad or sometimes bitter looks at people who are enjoying the Christmas spirit, especially couples. This is classic type-A Christmas weepies. A sad, yet not uncommon disease. Type-B weepies is similar, yet different. Type-B weepies are more likely to effect adults than youth, especially women. Girls like to plan things out and have everything perfect. This involves everything from getting everyone the perfect gift to planning out the perfect Christmas or New Years party. Perfect decorations, perfect food, perfect accessory in the hair. Everything perfect. For some reason the holiday season seems to heighten this need for perfection in some people. Romans 3:23 tells us that All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, thus none of us are perfect. While it is important to strive towards perfection, we cannot allow it to destroy our lives when we fail. On the moral level, this is why we have the sacrament of confession. On the non-moral level, we just make mistakes. Parties don’t turn out the way we plan them, people don’t like their gifts, etc. People who get caught up in everything find there world crashing down do to our human nature. And then the weepies move in. People with type-B weepies are always tired because they are too stressed out to sleep and bald because they have pulled out all their hair. A dangerous predicament to be in. The question then arises, how can we avoid the weepies this year? First and foremost we must keep our eyes on the prize, and I don’t mean gifts under the tree. This season is about Christ; not girls, gifts, and parties. If serving him is our primary goal, we have already set things in motion for success. This doesn’t mean there won’t be some snags, it just means that our goal is worth working for. Maybe spend some time in Adoration on Christmas day and tell the Lord thank you. If all that fails you can always hug a puppy, which I hear helps some people feel better, at least in the short term.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Beware the Weepies: Things that hit us at Christmas (12-23-2007)
The Christmas weepies. A dangerous syndrome that can have a profound effect on even the most stout hearted, Christmas loving soul. What, exactly, are “Christmas weepies” you ask? Well, since you have asked, I will answer. In my experience Christmas can be a very emotional and for some stressful time. This is directly related to the fact that our society puts a lot of emphasis on various secular aspects of the holiday. One example would be the romantic aspect. Now I am just as romantic as the next guy, maybe more so depending on who I am being compared to, and even I find this a bit nauseating. I don’t think you can go for more than 10 minutes without seeing some kind of commercial that involves buying diamonds for the woman of you dreams or a chainsaw for that logger in your life. For those who are single, this constant barrage of finding your self worth in buying some girl a diamond advertising can be irritating, frustrating, and in a worse case scenario, a point of infection for the weepies. After the weepies have infected someone, all their Christmas spirit is quickly sucked out through the skin. The end effect is a poor, zombie like creature who is barely human. People with the weepies walk around through the snow with sad or sometimes bitter looks at people who are enjoying the Christmas spirit, especially couples. This is classic type-A Christmas weepies. A sad, yet not uncommon disease. Type-B weepies is similar, yet different. Type-B weepies are more likely to effect adults than youth, especially women. Girls like to plan things out and have everything perfect. This involves everything from getting everyone the perfect gift to planning out the perfect Christmas or New Years party. Perfect decorations, perfect food, perfect accessory in the hair. Everything perfect. For some reason the holiday season seems to heighten this need for perfection in some people. Romans 3:23 tells us that All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, thus none of us are perfect. While it is important to strive towards perfection, we cannot allow it to destroy our lives when we fail. On the moral level, this is why we have the sacrament of confession. On the non-moral level, we just make mistakes. Parties don’t turn out the way we plan them, people don’t like their gifts, etc. People who get caught up in everything find there world crashing down do to our human nature. And then the weepies move in. People with type-B weepies are always tired because they are too stressed out to sleep and bald because they have pulled out all their hair. A dangerous predicament to be in. The question then arises, how can we avoid the weepies this year? First and foremost we must keep our eyes on the prize, and I don’t mean gifts under the tree. This season is about Christ; not girls, gifts, and parties. If serving him is our primary goal, we have already set things in motion for success. This doesn’t mean there won’t be some snags, it just means that our goal is worth working for. Maybe spend some time in Adoration on Christmas day and tell the Lord thank you. If all that fails you can always hug a puppy, which I hear helps some people feel better, at least in the short term.
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