I am trying to get in the holiday spirit but with Trump coming

[rurallib]

I feel like I am partying as the Titanic sinks.

The cuts to health care, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, food assistance, the crushing of labor that will be coming along with the wrecking of the environment and the crashing of the economy that is almost inevitable.

Did I mention privatizing schools? Or the the end of net neutrality and the curtailment of freedom of the press? Let's not forget the voter suppression on a national level.

Pretty hard to get upbeat when we are looking at an almost certain disaster right after the holidays.

This year we get to spend the holidays with our grandson for the first time in a long time. I will try to hide my concerns, but it will be hard.

Am I the only one? I doubt it. I have been trying to do my little bit with calls to my republican senators and some blogging. But honestly they don't care. Why should they? I don't line their pockets.

War on Christmas? I think the right wingers will kill Christmas for many the next several years.

[HassleCat]

1. Alcohol!

Beer, wine, hard liquor. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. Midnight snack. Hemp is legal here, so I can add that, or smoke it instead of drinking. When I'm too wasted to spell "Trump," I'm halfway there. When I'm too blitzed to pronounce it, that's better.

[rurallib]

5. damn and I quit drinking figuring I never need it again!

[lunatica]

7. Good advice

I shall start tonight!

[etherealtruth]

2. It really is hard this time :-(

My first (and only) grandchild was born Nov 4 ... My joy was equal to that of when my own kids were born, but there is this sick pall over everything.

I am truly thinking about disconnecting from all things tRump until after the holidays ... I don't know how I am going to do it, but for my mental well being I really need to try.

Hoping you can disconnect and have a wonderful time with your grandson.

[mnhtnbb]

3. I have been completely incapable of doing any decorating

for the holidays. None. It just isn't in me. I feel as though the country has chosen hate over love; bigotry, misogynism, racism, and
disdain for people of other religions and countries of origin instead of the welcoming message of unity that has been at the core of the
country's history.

I'm 65 and been through a lot of disappointing elections but I've never felt so utterly despondent. It really seems as though the country
has lost its soul. And that makes it very hard to have any kind of personal celebration.

[pinboy3niner]

4. You're not the only one

A sense of humor is more necessary now than ever.

[Donkees]

6. Peter, Paul and Mary - Light One Candle

[maryellen99]

8. I'm celebrating it but it's more about creating memories with the hubby

We are also going out for NYE for the 1st time in a few years (going to dinner and to see Rouge One) because I have a horrible feeling we will be a nuclear wasteland by this time next year.

[MadamPresident]

9. I've been heartsick for a month over this and I don't see any let up.

It's so hard not to fall into total despair over it. Really, I still can't believe this actually happened. I keep waiting for the ghost of Alan Funt to pop out and say "Smile.........".

I totally understand where you're coming from. This is probably the worst thing to happen for progress in the history of the country.