Dear Christmas,

I hate to be a Scrooge but, to be blunt, I can't afford you this year.

I don't even have any money I can fall back on in my bank account because I used up my life savings on vets bills a couple of months ago.

So please go away for about a decade!

Thank you.

Yours Humbuggedly,

~ Aissa.

Anyway, this year my family have decided on a very basic Christmas since none of us can afford it. To be honest, I'm not even sure why we celebrate Christmas. No-one in my family is religious, not that I'm aware of anyway, or if they are they've kept pretty damn quiet about it! Don't get me wrong, I like some bits of Christmas. It just seems a bit odd to celebrate the birth of someone you don't believe in! Apparently it's just for the joy of the family coming together and trying to survive until Boxing Day without murdering each other! Fun!

Also, my mum knackered the Christmas tree this year, and since we can't afford another one we've ended up with this tiny little spare one. It reminds me of that scene in Blackadder's Christmas Carol when Blackadder produces their Christmas tree... which is just a small Christmas twig! XD

Ah well, Happy Holidays to anyone out there who does celebrate something in the coming weeks. Or just have a happy few weeks in general if you don't. Until the New Year.

~ Ace.