I've been thinking about starting this thread for a little while now. I'm in an Eyore (sp?) kind of mood tonight, so maybe now's the time to do it.

We're getting close to the time of year that I most dread. Starting with Halloween and lasting until after the beginning of the New Year. Most of the major traumas that I've experienced have happened around this time of year.

Consequently, I don't handle the holiday season very well. My first preference would be to go someplace warm and sunny where no one has ever heard of Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, or New Year's Eve, and just forget about them.

I can't do that because my son likes these holidays, and he deserves to be able to enjoy them.

So I'm thinking that maybe if I learned some new holiday customs that don't have any difficult emotional associations for me, maybe I could enjoy the holidays a little bit. Or at least dread them a little less. (Assuming, of course that something really bad doesn't happen during this time.)

I don't know very much about Scandinavian holiday traditions. Does anyone know of any good holiday music that I could learn on my accordion that comes from Scandinavia? Stuff that doesn't need to be sung?

Are there any other holiday phobics in the Mudcat?

Carol

P.S. I appreciate, in advance, any responses that have to do with getting out and helping the less fortunate during the holidays. I applaud everyone who spends their holidays in this way. What I'm looking for right now, are cultural things, like music.