You're All I Want For Christmas

It is amazing how everything comes to a standstill when it gets to Christmas. Suddenly we are no longer concerned about anything but the festivities. Our jobs take the 'back burner' and even the recession seems to wait as we delve into all the excitement around us. We forget about budgets and only think about gifts, partying, traveling, shopping, fun and yes, more money.

I took the liberty of doing a little survey of my own. I called it: 'You're all I want for Christmas'. It was really very interesting. When I asked people what they wanted for Christmas these are some of the answers I got. The females were very interested in Christmas gifts, Christmas decorations, Christmas lights, Nano ipods, digital cameras, clothes, perfumes, chocolates, wines, flowers among other things. The males on the other hand did not seem to want much, in their words. They were interested in things like flat screen televisions, PSP, CDs, DVDs, iphones, Wii games, new cars and more money.

Hardly anyone mentioned any intention of getting out of debt. So I guess when it comes to Christmas we throw all caution to the wind. 'Last minute family travel, here I come.' 'New car 4 me, thank you very much.' 'Weird Christmas gifts, bring it on.'

I guess when we look at it, taking away all the craziness, these are just little things that people need for their comfort. If we really stopped to think, if money was not an issue, we would be going all crazy as well. Hence my title, you're all I want for Christmas.