The Transparent Hypnotist

Shivering and sleepless, last night I added an extra blanket to the bed and finally feel asleep under its added warmth. How did this happen, this coldness? How did winter weather sneak up upon me when I had barely hung up the white, linen suit? How? Oh heat and sweat, how I miss you!

And was it not just Halloween? Granted, I know many stores put out their Christmas must-haves in deep summer, but what about the rest of humanity? At a peer meeting the other night, I sat sipping free-trade coffee and the background music began to flirt with my consciousness. I found myself humming alone to the sounds of fiddle and guitar. Odd that I could hum along with such a thing and then I realized for the past hour, we had been listening to Christmas carols.

Then on the entrecard forum, a conversation was born asking what we want for Christmas (Pecan pie and peace, please). And I realize I cannot fight this. I cannot push Christmas thoughts away until Thanksgiving. No, I find even in my grumpy self, I want to to have a bout at Harrods again. I want a Carmello. I want home. But that is not to be, either. Home is here and it is up to me to change my mind set and be in this moment, this now.

So, with sponsors all aglow with Christmas posting needs, who am I stop the momentum of we-need-a-little-Christmas? In considering this post for Sears Layaway, I am to chose three of my nearest and dearest, what I would by for them (preferably using their layaway plan of $15 down) and why. Frankly, I would buy The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis ($110) for my most nearest and dearest - ME. But, this is not about me, nor does it focus on apparel, kitchen and tools.

So in moving away from ego-gratification, I would buy my mum a new coat, something vibrantly loud in the sea of UK grey and black, maybe a Harve Benard Boiled Wool Jacket (in Olympian blue) so that she could give her old one to charity (and help her feel better about wanting a new coat when her old one is perfectly fine). My Da, now that is funny - even thinking about buying his bookish self some sort of tool (he would call me a tool for even thinking this way) - I would buy him the Craftsman Toolbox Cooler. Now food is something my Da enjoys immensely. A nice manly bag to take with him in the warmer days when he gets an inkling to grab a book, sit under a tree and read. No more paper sacks for you, Da. Then there is my nephew. He would receive a Euro-Cuisine Electric Beverage Mixer (Hot Chocolate Maker) because he is a chocolate fiend and is is still young enough to indulge a bit without it appearing on the body in most unflattering ways.

So there. I have started trying to get in the spirit of the holidays. It is not quite self-hypnosis, but it does get the juices flowing. Thanks for indulging me. Any one else have any creative ideas about gifts they are giving?

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