After Christmas blues?

[sunlver]

Anybody have the after Christmas blues????
I get them every year, kind of the same "Blues" when you return from a good vacation.
I love the holidays. Starting with Thanksgiving, there is so much hoopla between then and Christmas. I love the shopping, I love the looking at lights, I love music, and the wrapping and the baking. Christmas eve is ALWAYS so magical for the kids and myself. Then Christmas morning comes, and its over in the blink of an eye.
This year we had my sister in law and brother in law in town. It was nice, as we have no family instate.
They just left today, so the house seems empty. The kids were so excited that their aunt and uncle came and spent Christmas with them. I was excited as well.
Now they are gone, it seems nothing to look forward to. I feel blue every yr after Christmas. It does not last long, but its always hard for me the couple of days after Christmas.
I guess I can plan for our next disney trip which is in June, that always helps
So anybody else feel this way?

 

[ericamanda01]

I get the same way. I just love the entire holiday season. I hate taking down the tree most of all. It's so sad. Thankfully my DH lets me play christmas music until the 1st and we still watch holiday movies. Also to help me through it I am planning our next vacation. It's not until Sept, but with a Disney vacation the is no such thing as planning too soon!

 

[LittleBlue22]

I don't take down my holiday decorations until Dec. 31st. too depressing to do it on official boxing day. I need to be let down easily. I've been surfing for the WDW holiday specials on t.v. with no luck.

 

[JoyG]

I have discovered the perfect cure for post christmas blues...a vacation or mini getaway!

DH had a business trip the day after Christmas in Hartford and we tagged along. We decided to see Boston afterwards and that's where we are now!

We having a blast. We'll get home in time to take down the tree and Christmas will seem like a distant memory.

 

[mytwotinks]

I'm actually usually ready to get on with things. I love the way the house seems so empty and clean when you get the tree down. Don't get me wrong, I love the tree, it just seems so clean when you get all that stuff down.

This year I feel awful though. I had the flu on Christmas day so I basically came out of my room for an hour to watch my girls open gifts and then went back to bed. Today was the first day I even felt human. Now my dd4 is suffering with the flu and my dd9 is finally fever free. I totally missed Christmas this year !

Tomorrow I am going to take the pics. of all of the gifts and take the tree down. I think I'll feel less depressed if I just get rid of the reminders. Next week I am planning a Spring Break trip to the Mall of America to get my mind off of what a stinky Christmas I had.

 

[SDFgirl]

I always feel this way. It seems like such a let down when it's all over...

This year DH and I went out of town for our anniversary. So, we didn't even get home until the 21st and didn't get our tree up until the 22nd. It feels way too soon to take it down yet.

 

[jekajekalynn]

I used to get sad like that after the Holidays..

Not anymore lol.. January is when we start booking for WDW.

 

[minniecarousel]

I do fine if we have at least a mini-getaway planned. DH & I leave on Saturday for 6 days in SoCal, including the Tournament of Roses Parade and Disneyland. Last year, we met some friends at Carmel-by-the-Sea for a few nights in between Christmas and New Year's. We also need to get into full swing in helping with arrangements for our older DS's wedding in May. (Next year we'll be planning our younger DS's wedding!)

So, yeah, it helps if you have something special planned for right after Christmas. Even a day trip into the City or something.

 

[Aidensmom]

I feel the same way. I think next year we need to plan our vacation the week AFTER Christmas instead of the week before.

 

[OK!]

I get 'em every year for at least a day or two afterward. This year was a little rougher than most because I had the post-WDW letdown to deal with the 2nd week in Dec. but got through that by looking forward to Christmas. Once Christmas was over, it felt like there was nothing left to look forward to. However, when I was outside today and it was 62 degrees, I was suddenly ready for spring, and NOW.