To Gift or not to Gift . . .

Christmas is almost here and today I'll be spending time preparing the few gifts I'll be giving.  Admittedly when I was young, this was a really big holiday for me.  But, over the years a number of changes have happened in me to cause me to question the way this holiday works.

Cycles and Christmas Gifts

Yes, that's right, I am currently making all of my Christmas gifts for 2011.  A little late you say?  Well that's just the way things go sometimes.  For me it seems that's the way it almost always goes.  For some reason I cannot get used to the gift giving cycle.  This is a funny predicament because I am actually a big fan of cycles.  I absolutely love the cycle of the seasons.  The lunar cycle is perfectly lovely.  The cycle of life, the water cycle, even the Krebs cycle is worth gaining an understanding of.  So what is my problem?  I know without doubt that there is this one day in December when this ritual takes place.  Why don't I just start in July?