Look what I found!

I finally downloaded the Christmas pictures from my camera. Hey, I did it before Easter, and that's pretty good for me. I like this first one, fuzzy with lights shining in the semi-dark. The second one here shows a somewhat better view of how this "tree" is constructed. I designed and Superman made this tree a couple of years ago. It's simple. It stores well. It's a series of rings cut from a sheet of thin luan plywood, then suspended from each other by a small chain. It looks really cool when it spins because of the way the rings are canted, but when we plug in the lights the cord prevents it from spinning. It's all for the best, as this way the ornaments don't fling off and crash into the walls. It's important to think about these things.

What else do we have? Ah, a few closer detail shots. Most of the ornaments on the "tree" this year were of the non-breakable variety. We've got an odd assortment of bangles, none of which I particularly like.

With the exception of the angels. I like the angels.

There seems to be only this one picture of an angel, though there was another angel on the tree. It wears a dark red dress (?) and you can see it at the bottom of the tree in the previous picture.
Then there's this pig thing. I don't know where it came from, why we have it, or why it hung on the tree. I didn't decorate the tree. I rarely do. We put it up for the kids.
Honestly, if it weren't for the kids I think we would have eliminated our Christmas celebration this year. I no longer believe in Christmas as I used to. The stress and bother is more trouble than any benefit I gain from the whole thing.

I like buying gifts for my kids. That can be fun. I worry about making sure everyone gets a fairly equivalent bundle of gifts, which matters most for the younger ones. I almost never get Superman anything these days. He would much rather I not spend the money. I don't feel comfortable receiving gifts, for the most part. How much longer do we have to play this game? The youngsters are 12 years old now, in the 6th grade. Presumably they'll be in 7th grade next year. That's probably too young to eliminate Christmas. These days I let Light and Twitch and Superman take care of the decorating and baking, mostly. Like I do on most other occasions, I usually hide in my room. I do that a lot. Hell, I'm doing it now.

I'm too depressed to talk about it anymore. Go out and have a lovely day.