Most wonderful time of the year?

Since Xmas is upon us (and yes, I have chosen to cross out christ) its the time of year when traffic is at its worst and everyone is in a bad mood because every aspect of life seems to be keeping them from doing what they need to be doing which is buying more crap. And speaking of crap, I have been attempting to get motivated to clear my clutter using feng shui. My main motivator is a book that I borrowerd from a friend called Clearing your Clutter with Feng Shui. The main thing the book has taught me up until this point is that if I keep my clutter "just in case" I need it one day, I am not trusting the universe to provide me with the necessitites of life and because I don't trust the universt to provide, the universe will not provide. So the universe is a lot more tough lovey that I realized.