The Holidays | ADHD Information

My husband has ADD and loves christmas and loves decorating the tree and putting it up.  I do not  help anymore since I always get yelled at for doing things wrong.  I tell him I am a Jew and never had a tree in my life then we start laughing.  I am from a Jewish family.

Coping strategies? Does anybody here actually feel like they handle it well? Anybody send cards? Decorate the house?

Is there a really foolproof way I can get out of it all? Perhaps come down with a bad case of ebola?

I don't do holidays anymore. I will join someone else's holiday dinners sometimes, but thats about it. Cooking at home maybe. If I had a family I would.

I am not a fan of holidays...is that somehow associated with ADD?

My birthday is in December...less than a week before Xmas...always got short-changed...my mother was never really into the holiday thing either...dad loves to decorate...my sister seems enthralled with most of them (and if ever there was someone who was ADD--along with several other things--it's my sister, oh, she's my adopted/adopted sister (in other words, we are both adopted but from different plces and are not biologically related)(and just, what, does all of that have to do with holidays???))...but anyway, sorry for the tangent...

My GF decorates, I do not.  I do the gift thing, and with her "support" we do cards--this is all Xmas...as for other holidays...well...Thaksgiving is alright...the others...I could live w/o...or with...I'll take another day off work with pay...otherwise...it's really just another day...

I go through phases...Sometimes I really can get into it...Other times I want to find a cave and hibernate.

Having young children in the house made a difference for me.  Now that they are older I have a hard time getting into the spirit of decorating.

Sending out cards is like... a trip to the dentist to have your teeth drilled!  I send cards to family, and fiends that send them to me.  I have a large family, and very few friends.

Maybe you could take your vacation during holidays....I loved St. Thomas

Hugs to you that you are worrying about it in August. Here's an idea:
convert to Judaism. Hanukah is way more low key than Christmas.