I hate fucking Christmas!!!

[gopiscrap]

Jesus wasn't even born in December. I was in a store this afternoon and they are already playing friggin Christmas music.

[DontTreadOnMe]

1. It's the Halloween Xmas Sale!

Buy Early!

[chemp]

109. Halloween lost the war on Xmas last year

So The Christmas Warriors have staked claim on Columbus Day.

[Kalidurga]

2. Do you like Solstice better?

[valerief]

5. That's like asking an atheist who hates Christianity if s/he likes Islam better.

There doesn't have to be a holiday thing.

[Mariana]

11. At least no one plays Solstice music in October. nt.

[freshwest]

48. Well, I do.

[hobbit709]

3. As we used to say at the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar in the last few days every year.

MERRY FUCKING HO-HOS!

[morningfog]

4. Yeah?

[gopiscrap]

14. Well how about that

I am a church choir director. I think I'll use that for a choir anthem during Advent!

[snooper2]

90. people get paid for doing that?

[Egnever]

23. Epic!

Thanks for that!

[Generic Other]

67. That was totally awesome

And I wanna come to be there the day the choir performs this one! LOL.

[femmocrat]

6. I dread it. I hate this time of year with the impending holidays.

I'll be happy in January when they are over with and there is nothing to do except sleep, read, and eat! LOL

[elleng]

7. I ignore it,

but have Chanukah, and 2 new grandsons, so have to start thinking about THAT! (Downhill from Halloween.)

[BlueJazz]

8. Festivus is rather cool.

The "Tree" is fairly inexpensive also...

[Initech]

57. I'VE GOT A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH YOU PEOPLE!!!!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

9. NO! NO, NO,NO!

[font color=green]WE DO NOT BRING UP[/font color] [font color=red]CHRISTMAS!!!!![/font color] ( )

It is 24 days till [font color=orange] HALLOWEEN![/font color] ( )

SO NO TALKING ABOUT THAT OTHER HOLIDAY!!!!!!

[daleanime]

104. Yes, please......

I'm trying to get a family rule, no mention of Christmas until the last person leaves the Thanksgiving table.

[bigwillq]

10. It hates you too.

[hrmjustin]

12. i hate It's a Holly Jolly Christmas.

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[gopiscrap]

17. I hate "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"

it smacks of adultry

[Warpy]

53. The one I hate the most is "Santa Baby," every female vocalist on the planet

trying to outdo each other sounding like a coy little golddigger.

Then there is The Game. 'Nuff said.

[LiberalElite]

18. Now that's running through my head -

THANKS.

[gopiscrap]

21. You're Welcome!

[Nye Bevan]

35. Please. At least get the title correct (nt)

[pipi_k]

96. And I hate

the same Christmas songs done over and over by different artists.

Like "Little Drummer Boy". How many people have done that? But the local stations play every single version like they're...different!



Do they think we're so old and stupid we won't recognize the tune...

[NuclearDem]

13. Is the war starting already?

Reporting for duty.

[Mariana]

69. They fired the first shot.

Intelligence dropped the ball this year, they obviously missed the preparations that were being made to play Christmas music in October.

We'll have to mobilize quickly.

[rug]

15. Then stop doing it.

[Texasgal]

16. Well.. this started early.

DU never disappoints! I think we may be early this year however!

[Thor_MN]

19. Did Christmas ask you to fuck it?

You could just say No.

[freshwest]

39. Hehehe! Actually, OP sings for a living and hates the repetition, IIRC..

And I love Xmas as it was traditionally about hope for the winter to end. So does Solstice. It's a basic thing for humanity to like a little more sunshine.

It's another holiday, the more the merrier. One doesn't have to care about it to have a good time, the varieties of celebrations are infinite. Some would not have anything to celebrate hating if such holidays didn't exist.

It goes both ways.

[Whiskeytide]

92. I'm with you...

... Christmas is also about kids and their excitement, family gatherings and seeing people you don't see the rest of the year, good food and good talks, maybe some football. I love it. Like most everything, it's usually what you make of it.

[freshwest]

100. Yes. And the OP has had an extraordinary life, if you ever get a chance to read his history.

He came out of Germany in the midst of WW2 and is well-traveled. He has seen great suffering but came to the USA and has done well. IIRC, he's sung in the famous Vienna Boy's Choir as a child.

He is singing professionally. The same things over and over, so it may be dulling. I don't know if he writes these in jest or earnest, but the threads get many views. I don't knee jerk one way or the other in these things. Some have an animus about one thing or the other that needs an outlet to express it. A sort of 'team' thing.

Everyone has a struggle and a story. Your family and your celebrations sound very good to me. I'll be alone as usual for the holidays and will be here with those who have lost their loved ones here. We can still remember the wondeful times you are talking about, or do what we can for those we don't know as this time of year approaches.

Life is so short, too short to spend all furious about what someone else is doing to enjoy themselves they don't even know. It is a staple of message boards, though. I hope you and your have a good holiday season.

[Whiskeytide]

102. Very, very well said. And thank you. n/t

[titaniumsalute]

20. The official I hate Christmas thread

Meh.

[Logical]

24. The official "whining about I hate Xmas threads" thread!

Meh.

[Lint Head]

22. Here yay go!

http://m.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

25. Christmas, Michigan, Welcomes You (your kind of town)

The small town of Christmas, MI welcomes you to celebrate the joys of Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and the Elves and Reindeer. All the businesses in Christmas, MI carry out the Santa Claus theme.

Christmas, Michigan, population about 400, was given its name by a Munising man who started a roadside factory to make holiday gift items in 1938. The factory is long gone, but the the community of Christmas continued to grow, becoming a popular resort area and a joy for snowmobilers. Snowmobile Rental at White Pine Lodge in Christmas and in Munising.

Situated just 4-1/2 miles from Munising on M-28, this town is in all reality the town of the Christmas season. During the winter, a scenic Christmas wonderland.

In the summer, the agate beaches of Lake Superior, the roadside santas, stores and signs all welcome the entire family to Christmas, Michigan, a "must" on your Upper Michigan travels.

On July 8, 1966 Christmas acquired its first Post Office and Christmas, Michigan was chosen as the issuing site for the First Day Cover of the 1966 Christmas Stamp. Commemoration ceremonies were held on November 2, 1966.

[gopiscrap]

28. I was at North Pole, Alaska

this summer...same concept..total tourist trap, designed to part you and your money!

[irisblue]

40. but Michigan has Hell too

just sayin'

[FrodosPet]

112. In Michigan, it's only 5 hours (and 8 minutes) to go from Paradise to Hell

http://goo.gl/maps/5J5Dp

[CaptainTruth]

26. I hate fucking Christmas too. That's why I only have oral sex with it.

[notadmblnd]

37. doesn't the sap from the pine needles leave a strange after taste in your mouth?

[TDale313]

27. Way too early!

No Christmas stuff until at least the day after Thanksgiving.

That said, I love Christmas. I'm Wiccan, so not so much the Baby Jesus stuff, but the lights and trees and family and friends and feasting and love. The making the darkest time of the year a little warmer and brighter- I love it. Yep, I'm a sap. I enjoy making a fuss about loved one's birthdays too. Any excuse to celebrate the good people and good things in my life- I'm in.

[freshwest]

43. Me, too for the same reasons. Not Wiccan as I'm not joiner anymore, but

I love all the traditional 'pagan' stuff. The trees, wreaths, garlands, holly, ivy, lights seem like a meld of nature and a sense of comraderie that I can't get enough of:



Xtians were wise to latch onto it, because it just feels so good. And those into the Jesus thing can be pretty nice then. It's not about spending or status for people I know.

JMHO...

[Lady Freedom Returns]

29. STOP IT! STOP IT RIGHT NOW! This Is Halloween!!!!!!!!!

[Initech]

98. This thread needs some Halloween Spooks.

[Generic Brad]

30. We make it a movie day

We skip gifts and instead eat good food and each one of us gets to pick one movie of our choice from Comcast or iTunes or Netflix and the other two have to watch. We don't buy into the merchandising of the holiday or the religious aspects. But we all enjoy watching movies together.

[Egnever]

33. Sounds like Christmas to me

[hedgehog]

81. That's the spirit!

[MohRokTah]

31. Just wait for the Black and Orange Friday sales on October 31 this year.

[littlemissmartypants]

64. LOL. nt

[m-lekktor]

32. I am on autopilot from thanksgiving to jan 2.

not my favorite time of year and i usually don't expend much energy vocally complaining about it BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP etc! lol

[Nye Bevan]

34. I love it! Thanks for the reminder that it's on its way!

Ho ho ho!

[notadmblnd]

36. it bugs me too

buy a bunch of shit for a bunch of people you can't make happy no how. Just take a deep breath, we'll get through it just like the other 55 we've gotten through.

[AwakeAtLast]

38. Merry HallowThankMus!

(no turkey smilie)

All hail the zombie-grim reaper-turkey eating Santa!

[Luminous Animal]

41. Is Fucking Christmas a new holiday?

[Half-Century Man]

44. It's like Valentine's Day

But with condoms and egg nog.

[Luminous Animal]

46. And Oh Come All Ye Faithfuul

[Go Vols]

49. +1

[Initech]

59. That would give new meaning to the song "Oh Come All Ye Faithful" wouldn't it?

[jmowreader]

79. It's not all that new...

The official holiday song dropped in the second season of South Park.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

42. You could celebrate the birthday of the greatest scientist the world has ever known.

Would that work for you?

Sir Isaac Newton, born December 25, 1642.

[littlemissmartypants]

65. Finally a reason to believe. nt

[JI7]

45. christmas is my favorite holiday

[Luminous Animal]

47. It's not a holiday anymore. It's a holiquarter.

[JI7]

50. well, i celebrate it as i want and it's my favorite time of the year

i'm an atheist so it doesn't have much to do with religion for me.

[GummyBearz]

93. NOOOO

You're doing atheism all wrong! My brand of atheism is the one true type of atheism, and it must be followed. We dont like christmas

[bravenak]

103. Wrong!!

My brand of Atheism is The One True Path!!!!! We think Xmas is okay, but we don't shop until after Xmas. We watch documentaries on Xmas. It's the only way.

[freshwest]

105. And that shopping mayhem the Friday after Thanksgiving - NEVER!

Besides I always had all the Xmas gifts bought before Halloween. All the family birthdays fell between Labor Day and Christmas.

Used to budget for buying Xmas all year and couldn't handle the stress of that last minute shopping. Not into the real trendy stuff, anyway.

We usually got clothes for Xmas anyway. Yes, my folks were party poopers but we heard Nate King Cole and Johnny Mathis, etc. for about a month in our house. There was always a tree and stockings and lights. And the dinner...

As far as Halloween goes, it was a bigger deal when I lived in a warmer climate when it was dry and cool at that time of year. Good for going out. Where I live now, it's likely to be a fall gale, cold and rainy and no fun to be outside.

Won't be any mystery about Halloween this year. Since everyone's gonna dress up like the Seahawks this year, anyway. Yay, Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch and Richard Sherman (my fave):











Need I say more?

[bravenak]

107. I wanna be Richard Sherman for Halloween!!

That's a great idea!!!! I stopped doing black friday a few years ago, but my husband is addicted to it. So, now, I just let him get his shop on and I can chill. I just wrap the presents up and wait for A Christmas Story to come on for the year. Imma be a Seahawk for Halloween.

[freshwest]

110. It would be awesome! The dreadlocks, and all, umm, yeah, he's the best!

Lately seems Marshawn *Beastmode* Lynch has more fans among guys. The women still *heart* Richard.

But you get some dreads, a Number 25 jersey, your Legion of Boom cap, safety green and navy blue pants and tennis shoes, gloves and coat, and you will be good to go!

Be sure to practice the attitude and dance, too:

Some of why he's so popular, including his Halloween costume:

23 Reasons Richard Sherman Is Actually One Of The Most Likable Players In The NFL

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjkiebus/23-reasons-richard-sherman-is-quietly-one-of-the-most-likabl#3bxcdm3

A little more about that rant the MSM blew out of proportion, here's where he gave the falsely alleged upset news woman a hug:



This is a good interview, and both he and the CNN reporter go into the racism in this interview:

The Seahawks will be the theme for Halloween and for Xmas here, too. Have a great time and hope the weather is good for some outdoor fun.

[Logical]

58. And? nt

[Drayden]

51. Do you also hate the Valentine's displays that go up Dec 26?

The back to school aisles that spring up in July? Stores always run months ahead of time, not sure why just Christmas displays sets people off. I can't tell you how many times I unsuccessfully sought out replacement gloves or hats or snow boots for a kid that lost theirs in January only to come up empty handed in stories pushing swimsuits and beach towels while there is 6 inches of snow on the ground and almost 3 months of winter left.

[Warpy]

52. Displays are only moderately irritating

It's the music that can make me homicidal.

There is a lot of bad Xmas music out there, awful stuff that would never get airplay the rest of the year were it more secular. And oh boy, do they all play it!!

They start playing it earlier every single year.

[Drayden]

54. There is a lot of bad music out there period.

Thankfully the sound level at most stores allows me to tune it out. An example of an exception would be Hollister. With the loud, horrid music and pitch black stores and perfume reeking from every corner, it is a complete assault on the senses.

[Warpy]

56. Welcome to DU

I'm glad we don't have one of those around here although there is a glut of clothing stores with black walls and playing heavy metal thrash.

That doesn't bother me. What I can't stand is the cloying crap.

BTW, welcome to DU!

[Drayden]

60. Thank you!

It is a testament of my love for my kid I shop there. She is a size 00 and it is almost impossible to find that size jeans anywhere. She is a thrifty kid and will buy shirts from consignment stores, but the Hollister jeans fit the best. So I suffer for her sake.

[Initech]

55. I hate that stores are putting out Christmas decorations in August.

Really, during the hottest month of the year, the last thing I want to hear while browsing at a department store is "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

Oh and to the people who celebrate 1/2 Christmas, you're part of the problem.

[Mariana]

70. Some of the stores

just keep a Christmas aisle going all year long now.

[SamKnause]

61. I saw my first Christmas commercial on tv in July.

It was for artificial Christmas trees.

The Dollar General store had Halloween decorations out in July.

P.S. I am not a big fan of Christmas music either.

[littlemissmartypants]

62. Well that settles it. The stock market is officially going to crash by New Years Eve. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

63. "I hate fucking Christmas!!!"

It's the glass balls.

Right?

[yuiyoshida]

66. Its early October...I haven't

even bought my Halloween candy yet!!! (well, yes i grabbed some candy corns today but just for me.)

[gopiscrap]

71. I love candy corn!!!

[yuiyoshida]

72. Yes i love them too but

candy pumpkins are too much. But I get addicted to candy corns .. so I suppose it probably would not make a difference!

[freshwest]

106. Does it love you back, though, I ask myself. It was my favorite, plus playing in fall leaves...

[Mister Nightowl]

68. Well, on "Three's Company", Suzanne Somers' character was named Chrissy.....

...which was short for Christmas. The show debuted just before my 20th birthday, so I hope you'll understand my mixed feelings about the specifically-worded title of this thread.

[neverforget]

73. Christmas season is a repetitive assault of commercialism to buy! buy! buy!

I especially like the commercials that tell you to buy a luxury car for only $500/month leased.

[safeinOhio]

74. Although it's been said. Many times, Many ways

Bah Humbug to you.

My pavlonian response to the holidays.

[Rex]

75. Then you should love this!

[pansypoo53219]

76. you are not alone!

librals ain't killing the baby jesus, its santa + crapitalism.

[eridani]

77. It's the refusal to do Christmas in its proper season that bugs me

I do wish advertisers and stores would do Labor Day in September, Halloween in October, Thanksgiving in November, Christmas in December, and Hew Years in January. Apparently it's too much to ask.

[Warren DeMontague]

78. "Jesus wasn't even born in December."

Well, that settles it, then.

[jmowreader]

80. If you really want to hate Christmas, get a job working retail

[ProdigalJunkMail]

82. blame the romans... n/t

[whistler162]

83. Awwww... poor little one!!!

[hedgehog]

84. There is Christmas the Holy Day and Christmas the holiday and Christmas the retail season.

Don't confuse what you see in stores with what you'd see with your friends and family or at church. Christmas the Holy Day is for celebrating the Birth of the Lord (if that's what you believe.) Christmas the holiday is for celebrating good times with friends and family. It's pretty much open to anyone who wants to join. Christmas the retail season is about going in debt buying overpriced goods you and the people you know could do well without. It's open to anyone who falls for the advertizing.


BTW - I'm working in Germany right now, and the grocery stores had stollen and Christmas candy for sale last week! The gift stores in town have been selling Christmas decorations for a couple weeks now.

[Vinca]

85. Me, too!

It's the most annoying, most phony day of the year.

[CJCRANE]

86. Christmas should be like the Olympics.

Once every four years.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

88. Christmas should be like the census.

Once every ten years.

[Lilyhoney]

94. Funny you should mention that.

This is how my husband are going to raise our son. We are older parents and he is our only child. He just turned four this summer so this is the first year we will celebrate at our home.

We have gone to grandmas house the past few years, but to me what happens there is not the tradition I grew up with or want to pass on to my son.

[Feral Child]

87. I'm a traditionalist.

I hate to hate Christmas before Thanksgiving, but the stores make me hate It earlier each year...

[get the red out]

89. I am sick of putting up with three months of it

And non-stop power Xmasfrom Halloween on. Traffic becomes impossible for two months anywhere near a shopping center and Xmas music blasts from every speaker and even radio stations go non-stop Rudolph.

[City Lights]

91. I was at the mall a few weeks ago and Macy's

was already decked out in Christmas garb. It made me sick.

[Arugula Latte]

95. You have to Remember the True and Pure Reason for the Season...

not the b.s. johnny-come-lately Xtian religion's Jesusy/Santay ripoff of a pagan celebration

[JEB]

97. Time to start drinking heavily.

Only way to survive the season of spending, guilt and disappointment.

[0rganism]

99. i remember getting a little pissed off when Christmas annexed Thanksgiving

from what you're saying, it's looking to take over Halloween now. how long before Christmas lasts all year?

[BeyondGeography]

101. I thought this was last year's "I hate Christmas" thread

[Avalux]

108. Then stop doing it! n/t

[yortsed snacilbuper]

111. k&R

For the war on Christmas!