I think I finally figured it out. The "bah-humbug" attitude starts to descend upon me as I get closer to having to go to a store. I hate holiday shopping, the crowds, the pressure to over spend...WAY over spend, the endless food and sweets and pressure to make and bring them to the endless festivities, the 75% increase in traffic, the 30 minutes it takes to get through a stop light that used to take 3 minutes to get through, the cluelessness about what to get for anyone...the pressure....did I mention the pressure? This holiday has lost all of it's true meaning and it is just a big consumerfest...did I mention it's a pressure-filled "holiday"?.