EVERYBODY WHO HATES CHRISTMAS

[gopiscrap]

CHECK IN HERE AND K N R

[Myrina]

1. kick & rec

n/t

[Speck Tater]

2. Not so much "hate" as "indifferent to". nt

[mitchum]

27. +1 (that is also my attitude)

[cali]

3. why do people who hate certain holidays feel it's important to try and spread their pathetic

hate and misery to others?

[Kansas Wyatt]

5. I don't like any holiday, because it's just another day.

Oh, and I don't like people trying to spread their happy cheer crap to me. And now that you got me started... I hate those damn Christmas songs the radio plays all the damn time. Enough already!!!

I'm not spreading my 'hate and misery to others,' so keep your happy cheer crap off me.

P.S. Bah Hum Bug

[seabeyond]

6. isnt there some saying.... misery likes misery. never made sense. when i am unhappy

i like to go to happy, so i have at least a chance at happy. who works so hard for sad/mad/misery....

[walldude]

35. There was an old Calvin and Hobbes comic

where Calvin was spreading his bad mood around and he said "nothing makes you feel less miserable than spreading your misery around".

[Zix]

7. Well, just to upset you personally, obviously.

[goclark]

18. I love Christmas as well as other holidays

I have always enjoyed the memories of being with my family and dear friends and the traditions that come with it.

I don't worry about those that want to put down holidays because they just can't stop my Memories or my Joy.

My best friend always says, "This is no Dress Rehearsal, this is it!"

That is the way I look at life ~ Enjoy it to the fullest with family and friends and whatever is meaningful to me.

If that means reading a good book, calling friends just to say, " I love You and You are Important in My Life" that is important.

I am a YES person, not a NO Person ~

I feel better being a YES people

Negatives pull me down and I release them quickly from my circle of friends.

Thanks for your words as always and enjoy the Holidays!

[JVS]

29. Seriously. If you don't like Christmas, don't have one.

[Raineyb]

33. You could have kept yours out of this thread. There's a hide thread button you know.

:shrug:

Why do people insist on cramming "joy" and "goodwill" down someone's throat by being nasty and hateful?

[Greyhound]

57. Whew, that's better. You actually said something somewhat meaningful a couple days ago

and I was concerned that you might have been visited by spirits or something.

Glad to have the small, insecure person spreading her self-centered derision back.
:hi:

[cliffordu]

4. yap. That's me.

[marmar]

8. I just don't give a frog's fat ass about it......

I like eating & drinking a lot with family & friends, but I completely tune out to the commercial overload.

[Greyhound]

9. K&R. I h8 what it has become. n/t

[seabeyond]

11. i use to, until i didnt let the outside world ruin it for me and mine. nt

[Greyhound]

53. We keep the spirit year round, but the outside used to get better at this time, not any longer. n/t

[seabeyond]

58. for real. lots of anger going on. but that was one of my things to

not about one day.... year around thing

i guess it was having little ones that made me do it at home.

[sarge43]

10. I don't hate it; I just wish it get the hell out of my face. n/t

[lunatica]

12. It's a guilt-induced commerical holiday like Mother's day

But many very good things happen in the Christmas Season. There are toy giveaways for children who are poor. People are far more charitable than normal and the decorating can be a fun time. It's the cattle like prodding to spend, spend, spend and the willingness to go along with it without question, going into deeper debt that I have refused to do for the last 15 years. It's been quite liberating to skip that part. My boycott of corporate run consumerism extends to all the 'spending' holidays. Especially Mother's Day which was started as a woman's protest against war. In 1872, a Boston poet and suffragist named Julia Ward Howe organized "Mother's Day" meetings in an attempt to create a day for peace. Woodrow Wilson made it official in 1914.

It wasn't meant to be a guilt holiday, or even a day to give presents.

[mr blur]

13. K & R

[pansypoo53219]

14. bah humbug

crapitalism killed babee jesus.

[billyoc]

15. K&R

[Whisp]

16. I don't really hate it anymore...

since I refuse to spend money on useless fucking landfill junk.

we just have a nice dinner or two and maybe for gifts exchange a teeny bit of food items, like little jams and things, something consumable and little.

past christmas' were fucking nightmares. I truly truly hated christmas back when I was ignorant and went with the flow of 'expectations'. Being invited to too many fucking parties and getting some fucking people miffed because you can't be in 2 places at one fucking time, being tired after work and having to deal with fucking christmas shit, fucking shopping for fucking useless fucking shit, paying lots of fucking money just for fucking christmas wrap and fucking useless bows.

gawd I am so glad and over that kind of shit. Still working on the kid tho, she still doesn't quite get it - but guaranteed she's not going to be as fucking stupid as I was for as fucking long.

[Harry Monroe]

31. You "fuck" a lot at Christmas?

I don't mind the use of the word, but a bit of an overload, don't you think? Overuse the word "fuck" and it quickly loses its impact.

[Whisp]

38. I only really swear so much here...

because I can and it relieves some stress for me in an odd way. I rarely do it in real life at all.

don't fucking like it? don't read my fucking posts then. and you're off my fucking christmas list for fucking little jams.

:P

[gopiscrap]

52. I'm fucking glad you feel that fucking way!!!

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I don't hate Christmas, but we're just not doing it this year

except to buy gifts for the grandsons and DU calendars for everyone else. Most of my family lives out of Alaska now, my husband's mother passed away this summer, and I've told my youngest daughter who still lives close that she can spend Christmas with her boyfriend's family. We're probably not going to get a tree for just the two of us and most likely will eat Christmas dinner out. We've always been big celebrators of Christmas, but we started scaling back last year, and this year will be even more minimal. I have no problem with any of this...I feel like a huge weight has been lifted.

[rrneck]

19. done nt

[Christa]

20. I love Christmas

because it is the birthday of Baby Jesus

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[Sultana]

21. Lame thread! Just cuz you are miserable you don't need to tell it to the world

wonder if you'll ever start Eid HATE thread.......









..............ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I won't hold my breath

[rubberducky]

22. Why didn`t you just say, "All grinches check in here"?!!

[frebrd]

23. K&R! .....

The only holiday I really like is Halloween.

:)

[ZombieHorde]

24. Christmas is fun if you are a kid, or have kids. Otherwise Christmas can be a pain in the ass. nt

[cali]

26. My kid's grown up and he'll be away this year. I'll have fun.

I hang with good friends. We eat and exchange presents, play charades, catch up. It goes on for days. On Christmas Eve we have a smorgasbord. Christmas day hang out. The next day is boxing day and we have a bonfire and set off fireworks. It's fun.

[ZombieHorde]

28. That sounds like loads of fun. You must be excited. nt

[distantearlywarning]

44. Hubby and I have been together 9 years.

We are child-free by choice, and Christmas is our favorite holiday. We get a tree every year and decorate it, we have a traditional Christmas Eve dinner (sometimes with friends, sometimes just us), and we open presents in our pajamas. Christmas rocks!

[ZombieHorde]

48. In Japan, Christmas is much like Valentine's day.

I am happy to hear you and your hubby have a great time on Christmas.

[madamesilverspurs]

25. I'll notify my BIL to check in here.

He hates Christmas. To make the holiday extra special, when the family gathers to celebrate he plants himself in the middle of the crowd and glowers and sneers and rolls his eyes. He knows everything and is extremely self-centered, and very pissed off in any situation that doesn't center around him. To be fair, he doesn't confine this behavior to Christmas; he manages to inject his sourness into every family event. It's especially sad because his wife has always loved Christmas; but the asshole can't even let her enjoy a few days out of the year. His most recent trick is to inform his wife at the last possible minute that certain family members are not welcome in HIS house, leaving her to give them the word because she knows what to expect from him if she doesn't accede to his demands. The only happiness he ever imparts is when he leaves the room. No one has ever spoken of any act of kindness on his part, no words of hope or encouragement. So it isn't surprising that a season that brings out the best in others elicits the worst from him.

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[Morning Dew]

30. Christmas would be OK, maybe

If it was about wielding Birkenstocks to kill INNOCENT babies on the hood of a globally warmed Prius before (or after, as local traditions vary) the vegan potluck.

















unrec.

[fascisthunter]

32. I Like Christmas... I just can't stand the commercialization

and material purpose of it in this country. And I am an atheist, so stick that up your nose right wingers!

[Moochy]

34. I'm Burning my War on XMAS draft card!

"Look at how many DUmmies hate Christmas?" - someone somewhere with no life.

[Prism]

36. People spend 1/6 of their lives being inundated

I'm a mixture of indifferent to lightly affectionate about the holiday, but I can easily see how spending two months out of every year being exposed to the same music, the same stories, the same decorations, etc., would lead to someone nursing a nice bit of hostility.

It is a little ridiculous when you think about it.

[we can do it]

37. I Hate Being Coerced Into Visiting and Buying Shit For People I Can't Stand

[Individualist]

39. Interesting

Is this an attempt to bolster the War on Christmas meme?

[fascisthunter]

40. I was thinking of the same thing

we are jaded... or should I say, we have been around DU long enough to second-guess posts like this.

[Individualist]

41. I've become very skeptical during my years at DU.

[Name removed]

45. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[fascisthunter]

46. lol.... yup

yup

yup

yup

[Stephanie]

55. Amazing there were no spelling errors

Although "K N R" might qualify.

[Raine]

50. Certainly seems that way nt

[Stephanie]

54. Yes

Quite transparent -

[ChoppinBroccoli]

42. It's Not Christmas I Hate, It's The People

The people who line up at the stores 58 hours before they open so they can save two bucks on a frickin' Beanie Baby (or whatever the "hot" thing happens to be that particular year), and the bored housewives who used Christmas as an excuse to spend every waking hour for a month in the shopping malls. These are also the same people who think their kids, family, and friends are all giving them "love points" based on how much money they spend for their Christmas presents (and they might fail the test if they don't accumulate enough points). The people who will buy just anything--even things they don't need, want, or really even know what it is--just because it's on sale. I think you could get people to line up to buy a bucketful of medical waste if you put a big sale tag on it and told them you marked it down 75%.

The people who use Christmas as an excuse to be rude, violent, and ultra-competitive are the ones that really ruin it for me, though. People drive like assholes, and you can't get a parking space in the same zip code as any store you go to, even if you're going in there for some small necessity. Trust me, people, your kids will still love you even if you don't get them Super Duper Ultra Mega Nintendo.

This story pretty much sums up the "Christmas Experience" for me. One year, my cordless phone died. I saw in the Target ad that they had a good one on sale for a great price during their Black Friday sale. So, against my better judgment, I decided to go out just for that ONE specific thing. I had no intention of aimleslly shopping. There was one thing I needed, and I was going for that ONE specific thing. Well, pulling into the parking lot, I had to wait to let some woman who looked like she had burst out of her trailer first thing in the morning without even bothering to put on actual clothes (literally, I think she was wearing a robe and slippers) cross the street in front of me. She was pushing a shopping cart in front of her with one hand and pulling another one behind her with the other. And what did she have packed into those carts? About twenty turkey fryers. Yes, turkey fryers. And why did she have twenty of them? The only possible reason I can think of is that they were...........say it with me, now...........ON SALE. NOBODY likes fried turkey THAT much. So, after about a half-hour of circling the parking lot looking for ANY open space, I finally find one located somewhere north of the Arctic Circle and take two shuttle buses and a small burro to the store. Once inside, I head STRAIGHT for the phones. I find the aisle, and squeeze past all the meandering "shoppers" who are staring blankly, hoping to just find a yellow "On Sale" tag SOMEWHERE. So I get in the general area of where the phone I wanted should have been and begin to look. I see piles upon piles upon piles of unwanted cordless phones...........and a great big gaping empty hole. Guess what HAD BEEN in the hole. That's right, the phone I had specifically gone in there to buy. Well, upon doing a little more looking, I found a MUCH BETTER phone for only about 5 bucks more. And there were TONS of them. But nobody wanted them, because why? That's right. THEY WEREN'T ON SALE. Meanwhile, while I'm doing some comparative shopping, an Arab family (sorry to bring up race, but that's what they were) comes down the aisle, and the father literally hip-checks me out of the way and grabs the phone I'm standing right in front of me. I'm not kidding.......he PUSHED me out of the way and never said a word about it. I then decided just to get out of there and took the phone I had selected up to a checkout line in which I was probably the 70th person back. Two hours later, I had my new phone..........and was about ready to go on a killing spree. And when you figure in all the ultra-competitive drivers jockeying for good parking spaces in the parking lot, and the crazed housewives on the roads looking to beat everyone else to the next big sale site, you can see why I absolutely CANNOT STAND Christmas anymore.

But, like I said, it's not Christmas I hate. It's the people who have turned Christmas into some sort of competitive sport. This is what capitalism has turned us into. Hang up a few blinking lights a few decorations, and it's frickin' Thunderdome for a month-and-a-half (because this will go on EVERY DAY through Christmas, start up again for the "after Christmas sales," and then again for the New Year's and After New Year's sales. We're in for a solid 6 months of this garbage, and that's what really makes me sick to my stomach. Everybody's broke, yet everybody's shopping 23 hours a day EVERY DAY for 6 weeks. God Bless us, every one. Bah, Humbug.

[GoCubsGo]

60. God help you if you need something on Xmas day.

Several years ago, on Xmas day, I strained my rotator cuff. Unfortunately, I was out of anything resembling a pain kill. I didn't even have a stinking aspirin in the place. I went out to the drug store, but couldn't find one that was open. The only thing that was open was a quickie mart gas station. So, I wound up paying through the nose for a small bottle of Motrin. My injury wasn't serious enough to require an emergency room, but I was almost to a point of going there anyway.

I really don't get this "shut it all down" mentality. This is NOT the most important Christian holiday. Easter is. Yet, the whole friggin' country doesn't shut down for it. Why is that?

[distantearlywarning]

43. Unrecced for Scrooge-ness.

:-(

[Dulcinea]

47. Agreed.

I like Halloween & Thanksgiving much better. I tolerate Christmas. More hassle than it's worth. If I didn't have kids, I'd blow the whole thing off.

[Raine]

49. NOT checking in cause I'm OK with Christmas

Just do your own thing and don't let what others expect control what you do.

[AsahinaKimi]

51. I like how the Japanese do "Kurisumasu "

A little Kurisumasu cake..a nice dinner, some Umeshu (plum) wine, lights, decorations, some gifts and a romantic night out. Since the majority of Japanese are Buddhist-Shinto.. no muss, no fuss.

[snake in the grass]

56. WAR!!!

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[Honeycombe8]

59. People who focus on "hate" of any kind - pathetic.

As Monty Python sang in Life of Brian:

"Always look on the bright...side...of life (whistle"

Rather than obsess over what you hate, it might be more constructive to focus on the things you love.

(I wonder why anyone would even bother to "hate" a holiday? Seems silly to me. Hate is such a strong emotion to be used for a just a holiday. Hate Hitler? yes. Hate bigotry? Of course. Hate evil people? For sure. But hate a holiday? Maybe you're short of evil things in the world worth your while to REALLY hate.)

[gopiscrap]

61. I'll say it again:

FUCK CHRISTMAS

[WorseBeforeBetter]

62. I watched Rick Steves' European Christmas today.

I think I love Christmas again, especially the Swiss celebration featured.