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I Hate Christmas

I hate Christmas. I hate Christmas! Ok, there I said it.

Now I am sure I'm not the only one who feels this way. I searched "anti-christmas" and "i hate christmas" on the web and came up with lots and lots of sites. Some even stating F*** Christmas!

Why do I feel this way? Maybe because I am getting ready to spend the next 6 weeks of my life chained to a shop counter selling toys to frustrated, harried parents and their annoying, sniveling children. Gee, that might be it. When did parenting skills start becoming ranked by how large and how expensive a Christmas a parent could give their Kid? Are you a BAD parent because you aren't willing to risk life and limb to buy your kid the latest, greatest, hottest toy? (I blame that on Cabbage Patch Kids, the scourge of the 80's!)

Yes, I work in a toy store so some of you are thinking that I have brought this on myself. I do accept some of the blame for promoting the capitalist way of life full of materialism and debt. BUT it wasn't always that way. 25 holidays in retail have shown me that.

Thanksgiving used to mark the beginning of the holiday season. Then it was Halloween and now it's back-to-school! I knew we were in for it when I saw Reindeer Table linens in Target in AUGUST. Besides, my birthday is in November and I feel completely ripped off. November is just glossed over and treated as a launching pad for December. Next thing you know, November will be struck from the calendar and December will become 60 days long.

It took me years to figure out the Day after Thanksgiving was called "Black Friday" in reference to the accounting term "In the Black", meaning all the stores will make enough money to put their in a positive balance as opposed to being "in the red." I thought they called it Black Friday because it was a horrible @#$%& day to have to work!

Thanksgiving is no longer the busiest shopping day of the year because people are trying to start their shopping but because companies are now whoring themselves out with ridiculous promotions and sales in an effort to capture the customer's last dollar.

On that thought, I need to start my day. Happy Holidays to you (because I'm not allowed to wish anyone a Merry Christmas anymore). -Lamia

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I Hate It Too
Submitted by antilles1974 on Fri, 11/17/2006 - 04:50.

I hate Christmas too. If you're in to "peace on Earth and goodwill toward men" then why should this time of year be any different than any other time of year? Seriously. Shouldn't we be kind, considerate and decent toward others all the time regardless of what date it is on the calendar?

I get no joy out of this time of year. To me it has simply grown into a mass market, money sucking black hole. I'm expected to go out and spend money like a drunken sailor and what pisses me off is that what I get in return in the way of gifts (which is usually money) has to go toward paying off the credit card I used to buy gifts for everyone else. In the end, I don't get anything for myself to enjoy while everyone else gets to have a happy fuckin' holiday.

In the way of finances and career, 2006 has been a shitty year for me. I don't have a dime to my fuckin' name. I have to spend my wife's money to buy her a gift for Christmas. How about that? Meanwhile, we have our first child and I would just rather spend this year with no gifts - just my family. But no, can't do that because everyone else in the family just loves this time of year. Can't I just opt-out of Christmas? Can't I just have that without all the commercials in the media telling me to spend, spend, spend because everybody else is doing it right now!

So, if everyone decided to dip themselves in honey and lay down on an ant hill, should we all do it?

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I have a theory that just makes retail all the more
Submitted by ookie on Fri, 11/17/2006 - 05:04.

painful. It's quite simple really; the closer to the holidays it gets, the stupider (I'm using it even if it isn't a word dammit!) and the bigger assholes they become. They take up the whole damn aisle with their cart, assuming nobody else has to get through (I don't bother with a big cart, it's just me trying to squish through the narrow space they leave and even that is difficult!), they let their kids run around 5 aisles away so you're tripping over them and they're whining about the big bad person who got in THEIR way, they bitch to everyone else that they're running late (was it necessary to stop and by candy canes and milk if you have an appointment in 5 mins?), and the rules one learned to get their license seem to completely go out the window and nobody seems to be aware that YES you do have to stop in a parking lot at times, and you are NOT supposed to run a red light or turn left from the FAR right hand lane. Yay! Next week.... It. Begins.

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Holiday of Guilt
Submitted by Stone polish on Sat, 12/09/2006 - 09:15.

...and the money spent that really shouldn't be..the time that should be spent in other ways..the fun that could be had with just a great meal with as many friends and family as possible..That would be a good Christmas. Naw, it's become a guilt fest. Your remark, "..soon they're just going to dump November and make it 60 days in December.." Don't doubt it. Funny...

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