Great Expectations

Christmas is a time of joy, love, faith, and great expectations. We expect the holidays to bring us cheer.  We expect people to be nicer to one another. We expect to stress over last minute shopping.  We even expect Santa to blow our minds every year.  It is these expectations that set the holidays up for failure.  If you weren't cheerful or nice the other 11 months, December isn't a magic switch.  If we didn't spend time avoiding the stores in anticipation of crowds, jam packed stores on Christmas Eve wouldn't become a self fulfilling prophecy.  Most importantly,  when your dad tells you Santa isn't bringing you a puppy, don't wake up on Christmas morning explosively excited to run downstairs to your new best friend.  Santa doesn't deliver living creatures.  He delivers bikes and Legos and Hatchimals....those are really cool too, Amelia everyone.