So I attempted to Christmas shop for someone today, and this was my experience-I went in to a few stores, walked around like a zombie, circled the aisles, and left. Came home, stopped for groceries and cat food. I confess, I do most of my "shopping" on line. The stores are full of so much shit! I guess I got overwhelmed and will go tomorrow to the small store in a village close to me and get some quality items, specialty foods, maybe some good wine for a few folks. I do not drink anymore, but I used to, and know what is good. I am a hermit by choice, and the older I get, the less I need to get out and about. I feel like the world has gone crazy and all I see are automatons in the general public. Maybe it is my age, which is fine. The world and all its retail wholesale commercialism is such a turn off. I do have the Christmas spirit, I put the tree I went out and got yesterday up and put all the lights on it, we have some bird and angel ornaments that will go on it tomorrow. I have changed. My spirit is so full, I find myself needing less and less of that world out there and will be content in living small. Modern life has slipped into this rural area, but not in my home. I should have been born 100 years ago, because that's what I would prefer to live in.