wonderful time of the year

for me the holiday season really is the best time of the year. we get two weeks off to spend time with family and relatives and just relax. this is exactly what i did all break and it was perfect. but during this time it bothered me hearing all of these stories of what people got as presents. i know for my family we really cut back this year on how much we spent on presents but i see other families spending bunches of money on things that i would never think people would buy at a time like this. for one, the tax in cook county is outrageous, you could buy rock band for $189 but the tax would bring it up to $208. i dont know about you but i think $19 of tax is a little much. second since the economy has been down people have been losing money left and right. i feel that spending a ton of money on something right now would be very stupid. and anyways the point of the holiday season is not just to go out and spend money, i would rather be with my family then recieve anything for christmas, but that is just me.