What holidays?? Just kidding but that's how I would like to handle it sometimes. I'm not a big fan of holidays either and wish I could pretend they're not there lol.

You could do just that and go on vacation or celebrate them according to how you want, instead of all the stressful, over inflated excesses that most people get caught up in. Keep it simple and lower the expectations - you can sit and watch all the over stressed shoppers at the mall.

Another suggestion is go help out at your downtown mission and hand out food to the needy - change your expectations and create your own idea of the holidays instead of measuring it up to the ideal perfect TV image