"GODDAMN CHRISTMAS!" *bang*

[Brandon's Impotent Rage]

You know that scene in Lethal Weapon where Gary Busey shoots the tv? Yeah, I'm getting there.

Now for the record, I actually really LIKE Christmas. It's a fun time of year. Everything is decorated, there's a festive mood in the air, people seem friendlier, I get to see the family members I actually WANT to see (unlike Thanksgiving, where I realize that there are certain branches of the family tree that need to be cut).

But here's the caveat: I like Christmas when it's in its proper place.

And by 'proper place' I more mean 'NOT IN GODDAMN OCTOBER!'


Now, I know how as you get older the holidays seem to come quicker and quicker.....but apparently it's no longer an illusion.

Because this afternoon I walked into the local Publix to buy some stuff to make tacos with, and I heard the friggin' "Jingle Bell Rock" over the speakers.

Despite liking the holiday, I already hate Christmas music in general (unless its "I Heart the Bells on Christmas Day", mostly because it has an air of melancholy and poetic sadness makes my Vas deferens pulsate with childish glee), but it isn't even HALLOWEEN yet and already I gotta listen to fucking Bing Crosby dreaming about a blizzard.

And apparently it really IS coming sooner and sooner every year. There's radio stations in New York that have been playing Christmas carols since October 5th. K-Mart started running their Christmas ad in September!

ARGH! :mad:

[RedGuevara]

It's Capitalist 101. A big ruse to make more money sooner. The sooner they open for Christmas the more people are likely to buy the higher end stuff because they can pay it off over a length of time. I'm a lover of Christmas and Halloween, even if they're trumped up Capitalist holidays. Leave it to Publix to play Christmas music haha.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Maybe you'll appreciate this Christmas music more:

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[ÑóẊîöʼn]

I know you sort of mentioned it, but as well as Halloween, haven't you Yanks still got Thanksgiving yet to come?

If this sort of thing continues, then I feel sorry for the archeologists of the future. They're going to be seriously scratching their heads over this extended "Hallothanksweenxmass" ritual. :lol:

[Thirsty Crow]

Christmas music is generally crap.

My condolences. Hope you won't be subjected to this kind of torture, at least until December.

[CECE]

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[Quail]

Oh Christmas music. I used to really hate having it on a loop all day when I worked in a shop. That would have ruined it for me if I didn't already hate it.

But yeah... it feels kind of ridiculous that Christmas stuff comes in the shops so early.

[Il Medico]

I know you sort of mentioned it, but as well as Halloween, haven't you Yanks still got Thanksgiving yet to come?

Yeah Thanksgiving is in late November. It was conquered a long time ago by Christmas. It' pretty much just the day you stuff your face, watch an American football game, and have awkward family time before you go holiday shopping Black Friday now.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

What's up with Black Friday? Couldn't they spread out the sales a over a few more days to avoid too much of a rush, or is there something else going on that I'm missing?

[Crabbensmasher]

Call me an asshole, but I don't like Christmas much in general. Like, maybe if you keep it a small affair it's cool, but goddamn, people make such a big deal out of it.

I remember working a fast food job near a shopping mall, and we would just be swamped in the month of December. People would go out shopping, buy hundreds of dollars in gifts, then go cram their faces with hamburgers and fries. These expensive gifts are just meaningless, especially kids toys that they get bored of after the first week. The act of getting somebody a gift has lost it's gratification anyway. Like, it's become a social norm to buy somebody an expensive, material gift on christmas. It's not out of the goodness of your heart, its because its EXPECTED.

God, my future kids are going to fucking hate me.

[CECE]

The act of getting somebody a gift has lost it's gratification anyway. Like, it's become a social norm to buy somebody an expensive, material gift on christmas. It's not out of the goodness of your heart, its because its EXPECTED.

God, my future kids are going to fucking hate me.

I have to agree. The fact that everyone usually expects gifts now takes away the special meaning it's supposed to have. Like you said, you're giving me a gift because it's xmas, not because you randomly thought of me and decided to. Granted I'm sure there is still meaning behind the gifts and love and all that junk it still seems superficial at some level. But maybe I'm just over analyzing it...

I really don't care or not if people get me gifts. If I don't get a gift from someone I have absolutely no problem with it...