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bobdole369

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Fuck Spends-Cember. That is all - discuss how shitty christmas has become from its first iteration (saturnalia).
 
FoBoT

FoBoT

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D1gger

D1gger

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I hate Christmas, this miserable, overrated holiday and I hate the way it makes people behave. I hate the shallow, fake little advertisements I see every damn place I go that tell me how by going into endless debt to buy shit for my family and friends I’ll somehow be a better person. I hate the lines in the stores, I hate how the decorations go up mid-October under the guise of “Holiday Spirit.” And I hate the people that buy into that sort of thing. I got news for you–Giant Department Store isn’t throwing up the fake evergreen cause they just can’t wait to go carolling and make cocoa with Aunt Sue. They want your MONEY, you fools!

While we’re on the subject, I really hate people who love Christmas and go all out. I hate how they look at me funny when I say I don’t like the holiday and I don’t celebrate it. I hate how they reminisce about their childhoods like they were made just perfect by whatever shitty toy ended up under the tree when they were six. I hate how watching a bunch of greedy, snot-nosed brats go into a psychotic rage over the sheer magnitude of Stuff that their parents throw at them is supposed to make me feel “joyous” and “warm” and “nostalgic,” even though Billy is tackling the cat and gnawing through my goddamn calf to get to his new Nintendo Wii.
I hate how everyone asks for my money at Christmas and tries to guilt me into it.
I hate how everyone remembers poor people and homeless people for two weeks and then promptly forgets about them again.
I hate how the news articles in every goddamn paper are always the same: Nov/Dec: “Buy this shit! Eat this shit! You’re a bad person if you don’t!”
Jan/Feb: “Excise your fat ass and get it out of the debt you’ve shovelled it into!”
Nov/Dec: “But buy this other shit! You need it too!”
I hate how the Christian right won’t shut up about Christmas; how they’ve made the holiday into their own poltical agenda that they shove in my face every chance they get.
I hate HSN and QVC and I hate that out of my measly 14-channel cable selection, I somehow get BOTH of them.
Santa can suck you know what. I HATE CHRISTMAS!
 
TecHNooB

TecHNooB

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Christmas is the best holiday IMO. Especially if it's a white christmas, and everyone's home :) Post christmas day shopping is fun.
 
Bibble

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destrekor said:
I had never heard of Saturnalia. I just read about it, and... Paganism, eh? How?
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We used to have Saturnalia parties in Latin class. It was great because our teacher would serve us food and stuff.
 
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bobdole369

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11 days KT... almost 12 :) still going strong!

Not a Pagan, but I did learn of Saturnalia FROM a pagan. This granola chick I knew taught me all about it, how it turned into Christmas and the Christians actually decided that Jesus should be born around that time, so the Pagans who were to be converted would have an easier time.
 
AstroManLuca

AstroManLuca

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I don't hate Christmas but I do hate Christmas music. I also don't understand why people stress out so much. In my family we always spend very little on each other, and no one expects a huge gift. I normally expect about a $20 gift from each member of my family and only go out intending to spend about $20 on others. That way I don't have to stress myself out and we're all happy with whatever we get. And if someone doesn't like their gift, no one is out much money.

Wanting to make Christmas "perfect" every year at the expense of one's sanity is just stupid.
 
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