I have read so many statistics that state that the time period from Thanksgiving to Christmas is when many people get seriously depressed. I'm sorry so many people get sad during this time of togetherness and joy...but I'm glad I'm not the only one. I get so sad during the Holiday season, that I just want to lie down in a dark room and sleep until it is over. It's dark, it's cold, I get reminded of how little money I have, and everyone is stressed. Why wouldn't I be sad, really? I'm determined to not let it control me this year, because this year I'm throwing a party. I'm throwing a Christmas t-shirts party.
I know that you're thinking that a party that features Christmas t-shirts is going to be a drag. You might even think that a party like this is going to do nothing for my anxiety, but will probably increase it by a few decibels. Well, you're wrong. This party is going to be just what everyone needs to snap out of the trance that the holiday season puts us in and help us to realize that there may be a lot of pressure for things to be perfect, but it's also not the end of the world if they aren't.
The plan is pretty simple. I want to get my closest friends together, away from everyone's family, in order to get drunk and laugh at each other's silly Christmas t-shirts. I'm going to send out invitations to all of my closest comrades with the clear instructions that there will be no kids present, they have to leave their stress at the door, everyone has to find the silliest Christmas t-shirts available, and they have to get drunk. I don't care if there are people in kitten Christmas shirts laid out all over my lawn the next morning, we're going to have a good time and forget that it's Christmas!
If I'm trying to get away from Christmas for a night, then why am I asking all of my guests to wear Christmas t-shirts? Well, I'm so very glad you asked. Since everyone I know who is under the age of 50 thinks of Christmas t-shirts as something old church ladies wear, then it will be jarring and hilarious to see a whole room full of young people wearing them. Imagine showing up to a party to drink and have fun, and everyone there has shirts covered in rhinestones, snowflakes, and Santas. That would be pretty awesomely hilarious, would it not? Once you can laugh at something, it is no longer so scary...which will be the whole point of this party.
There will also be no gift exchanging. The only gifts that are allowed to swap hands at this Christmas t-shirts party are shots of liquor and glasses of beer. I have a feeling that there are going to be lots of friends who are going to turn my invitation down because they are too busy, too stressed, and too tired. They might as well be saying that they are too sad to come. I will have to talk them all into it, and they will thank me vigorously once they get a few adult beverages in them and realize that having a Christmas t-shirts party was the shot in the arm that they needed to get over their Christmas bug.
I know that you're thinking that a party that features Christmas t-shirts is going to be a drag. You might even think that a party like this is going to do nothing for my anxiety, but will probably increase it by a few decibels. Well, you're wrong. This party is going to be just what everyone needs to snap out of the trance that the holiday season puts us in and help us to realize that there may be a lot of pressure for things to be perfect, but it's also not the end of the world if they aren't.
The plan is pretty simple. I want to get my closest friends together, away from everyone's family, in order to get drunk and laugh at each other's silly Christmas t-shirts. I'm going to send out invitations to all of my closest comrades with the clear instructions that there will be no kids present, they have to leave their stress at the door, everyone has to find the silliest Christmas t-shirts available, and they have to get drunk. I don't care if there are people in kitten Christmas shirts laid out all over my lawn the next morning, we're going to have a good time and forget that it's Christmas!
If I'm trying to get away from Christmas for a night, then why am I asking all of my guests to wear Christmas t-shirts? Well, I'm so very glad you asked. Since everyone I know who is under the age of 50 thinks of Christmas t-shirts as something old church ladies wear, then it will be jarring and hilarious to see a whole room full of young people wearing them. Imagine showing up to a party to drink and have fun, and everyone there has shirts covered in rhinestones, snowflakes, and Santas. That would be pretty awesomely hilarious, would it not? Once you can laugh at something, it is no longer so scary...which will be the whole point of this party.
There will also be no gift exchanging. The only gifts that are allowed to swap hands at this Christmas t-shirts party are shots of liquor and glasses of beer. I have a feeling that there are going to be lots of friends who are going to turn my invitation down because they are too busy, too stressed, and too tired. They might as well be saying that they are too sad to come. I will have to talk them all into it, and they will thank me vigorously once they get a few adult beverages in them and realize that having a Christmas t-shirts party was the shot in the arm that they needed to get over their Christmas bug.
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