Christmas? is it?

Its 12:00am , 25th December. They say its Christmas, but something just doesn't feel right. For some strange reason it just doesn't feel like Christmas this year. I spent a good hour pondering but i still have no clue why. Sure, the streets are lit up, there's a Christmas tree set up in one corner of the room, there's a star shining bright outside the window, the SMS greetings are pouring in, but it still feels as if something is missing, the festive mood has not yet set in. It feels just like any other ordinary day, like Mr. Grinch came out of the story books and stole christmas for real.

What makes it worse is that people who you hardly ever speak to normally will want to wish you a merry christmas. Once you're done with the text book response of "wish you the same", you are burdened with the task of keeping the conversation alive, even though both of you know theres nothing much left to say and you have nothing in common to talk about. It can get really ackward and uncomfortable at times. Thats one of the reasons I don't like festivals much, you have to wish everyone, even those you hardly speak to, just because of this abstract little thing called courtesy. Anyway, I will stop here for fear of taking away whatever christmas spirit the readers may have left.

PS: for what its worth, heres wishing you a merry christmas!