Badger Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 .....because it is after Halloween, and you are not allowed to not be excited. Note: Yes, tired of it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 I predict that in ten years, the Christmas stuff will be going up right after 4th of July weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 No snow in my part of the continent yet. I don't like snow, cold, ice, any of those winter environmental phenomena. Christmas is in winter, so mentioning it now reminds me all that stuff is almost here. Hence being reminded of Christmas at this time just depresses me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Christmas is going to be unusually bad this year. Which is really saying something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sociotard Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Get your tinseled toes off my Thanksgiving. aylwin13, Hermit, bigbywolfe and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Well, I have gotten to where I only buy gifts for my parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 No snow in my part of the continent yet. I don't like snow, cold, ice, any of those winter environmental phenomena. Christmas is in winter, so mentioning it now reminds me all that stuff is almost here. Hence being reminded of Christmas at this time just depresses me. I used to love snow. And cold weather never bothered. Last couple of years, the cold has started to bother me more. As far as snow, I started to hate when I took my current job a decade ago. Despite living in the South, they have a little trouble understanding the concept of NOT OPEN TODAY!. The new boss (of the last 3 years) isn't as bad as the old boss. But, I still end up feeling the need to make a token attempt to make it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 Talk to me after Thanksgiving. I've grown to really resent Christmas season. The obligations not just for gifts but the seeming cultural enforced requirement to be so ####ing chipper about it coming some have. Pressure to visit and socialize (When I just did a big one on Thanksgiving) which is fine for you healthy sorts but nerve wracking for those of with us with social anxiety disorders. The growing emphasis on Greed, the reminders that folks are willing to mow each other down on a holiday when folks are supposed to be with their families just to get 'the best deal' (Yep, I think making people work Thanksgiving is just sad), all depress me. And folks try to start it earlier every year, and it seems to take forever for the stupid decorations to go down. I have violent urges when I see Christmas Decorations in October and feel like frothing at the mouth when I see decorations haven't been taken down by January 30th. Ho Ho ####ing ho. aylwin13 and tkdguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 'Tis the season, so let's get in the mood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 6, 2015 Report Share Posted November 6, 2015 I guess we all need to save a seat by the fire for Scrooge and the Grinch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 But those guys came to love Christmas, remember? Perhaps we could ask their advice as to how to enjoy the season again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well, one needed ghosts, and the other needed Whos. I don't think either of those are available to help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well, one needed ghosts, and the other needed Whos. I don't think either of those are available to help me. how about the ghost of Doctor Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 But those guys came to love Christmas, remember? Perhaps we could ask their advice as to how to enjoy the season again. I played Scrooge in 5th grade (True story!), and here's my advice for learning to love Christmas: Love Thanksgiving first. Hermit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well, one needed ghosts, and the other needed Whos. I don't think either of those are available to help me. The Grinch just wanted his obnoxious neighbors to avoid noise pollution and leave him the #### alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I saw the first coke bottles with Santa on them this week. Because, you know, Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 When I think about being single it is worse. Once Christmas is finally over, I have to deal with yet another month where I get to feel like an unloved freak. It is amazing every year I am not gone maniacal supervillain by mid-February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Odd how generosity has come to mean "buy super-expensive trinkets for your friends to show they you are capable of buying super-expensive trinkiets -- even if you're not." Every Christmas most families get deeper and deeper into debt. Want to be generous? Feed a stranger who hungers and don't tell another soul in the world that you did it. Lord Liaden, BoloOfEarth, pinecone and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yeah, the true test heroics is not making a big deal about what you did. And the contrarian in me says, I will be generous to other people when I am generous to other people, I don't give a damn what time of year it is when I do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Talk to me after Thanksgiving. I've grown to really resent Christmas season. The obligations not just for gifts but the seeming cultural enforced requirement to be so ####ing chipper about it coming some have. Pressure to visit and socialize (When I just did a big one on Thanksgiving) which is fine for you healthy sorts but nerve wracking for those of with us with social anxiety disorders. The growing emphasis on Greed, the reminders that folks are willing to mow each other down on a holiday when folks are supposed to be with their families just to get 'the best deal' (Yep, I think making people work Thanksgiving is just sad), all depress me. And folks try to start it earlier every year, and it seems to take forever for the stupid decorations to go down. I have violent urges when I see Christmas Decorations in October and feel like frothing at the mouth when I see decorations haven't been taken down by January 30th. Ho Ho ####ing ho. Well, I think one neighbors leaves the outside lights out year around (they just don't cut them on after mid-January) We are talking about an area that shoots off fireworks on Memorial Day, June 30, July 1, July 2, July 3, Independence Day, and July 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Being able to shop on the internet sure is a godsend. I typically only make one in-person trip for gift shopping, and that's only because the people in question are extra special to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Well, I think one neighbors leaves the outside lights out year around (they just don't cut them on after mid-January) We are talking about an area that shoots off fireworks on Memorial Day, June 30, July 1, July 2, July 3, Independence Day, and July 5. Sounds like a terrible place to be of you have PTSD from war service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Time to update my essay soon I suppose. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says yule see it when he gets around to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 The "No gift" policy in the family alleviates most of the holiday suffering. So I think the only reason I have a problem with Christmas "creep" is the music. Holiday music is, in general, pretty f'n bad! Then you go and substitute holiday sale lyrics for the existing ones. And having to listen to it for longer and longer every year... sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Some people like to talk about "the war on Christmas". If Christmas didn't want a war, it shouldn't have crossed the borders of Thanksgiving to attack Halloween. Lucius, FrankL, Michael Hopcroft and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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