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Does anyone else here hate Christmas?

Duuuuuuuude said:
I was reading that everyone who lines up for their Black Friday sale at Walmart will be guaranteed to receive whatever the hot item is that they are gunning for. Maybe that will knock down some of the insanity. Probably not.
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I just love how it promotes a mob mentality over garbage. I drove by the local Best Buy(101 & Van Nuys Blvd) and saw people camping out front! You are going to miss Thanksgiving with your family to buy crap that you could buy an hour after the store opens on Friday?
 
gregrocks90046 said:
This thread was inspired by a 'nice' pre-Thanksgiving Christmas thread on here. That's the only reason it exists. I wasn't going to hijack that thread.
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I wasn't trying to single you or your thread out, just using it as an example of the "Christmas before everything" concept that drives me crazy.

Thanksgiving is really my favorite holiday. I really only care about cooking and eating good food. Here in Colorado it's usually still nice enough to sit outside for awhile with a beer, talking with the family while the turkey smokes.
 
The only part I enjoy is the few hours I get to see and spend time w/ family that I don't see very often. Aside from that, I could go w/out it. My parents divorced when I was 5 months old, so I've had almost 30 years of having a minimum of 2 Christmas hoopla's each year. My mom remarried when I was in 4th grade, so then we had 3. Then she got divorced...back to 2. Now I'm married...back to 3.

This year, we said screw it. We leave for jamaica at 8am Christmas Eve. When everyone's headed to xmas mass, we'll be on the beach here :flipoff:

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Nope, I love Christmas, always have, always will, but I HATE HATE HATE the commercialism of it. I was in Wally world picking up Halloween decorations and there was a guy putting up Christmas Trees.

I wanted to punch him.

But, I love shopping for and giving gifts to the people who are important to me, and the thrill of watching my kid's faces light up on Christmas morning is always the best feeling in the world.

The biggest thing about Christmas every year is up 'til now it was always a struggle financially, and I never had the money to do what I really wanted for people. But not this year! This year's gonna be fun.

And then there's my wife. Good god. Every year I start dropping hints around Halloween of what I want for Christmas. I give her AND the IN-laws a list of wants, needs, colors and sizes.

Do I ever get any of it? Fawk no. I always get some crap that makes me wonder if my wife knows anything about me at all.

One year she got me a windbreaker and an Adidas jogging/workout suit.

I haven't run unless being chased by someone (or something) in Fifteen years!

The woman has got to be the worst present buyer I've ever seen.
 
I'm with ya Greg, in fact I just said this same thing a few days ago. I HATE the commercialism. I do want a new toy, but like you said, I want it anyway. Ultimately will be buying it for myself, in a round about way, but I now have to WAIT until the 25th to "open" it. :roll:
 
JavelinSST390 said:
And then there's my wife. Good god. Every year I start dropping hints around Halloween of what I want for Christmas. I give her AND the IN-laws a list of wants, needs, colors and sizes.

Do I ever get any of it? Fawk no. I always get some crap that makes me wonder if my wife knows anything about me at all.

One year she got me a windbreaker and an Adidas jogging/workout suit.

I haven't run unless being chased by someone (or something) in Fifteen years!

The woman has got to be the worst present buyer I've ever seen.
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If it weren't for the fact that I've never met you or seen you here at the house, I'd swear we were married to the same woman. :lmao:

My wife mentioned last night that she wanted to get me some new clothes for Christmas. Nice clothes. I have no damn clue why. We very rarely go anywhere that requires dressing up, and my occupation guarantees that at some point I'm going to ruin whatever I might be wearing. Apparently she plans on me sitting around the house looking stylish.
 
Duuuuuuuude said:
If it weren't for the fact that I've never met you or seen you here at the house, I'd swear we were married to the same woman. :lmao:

My wife mentioned last night that she wanted to get me some new clothes for Christmas. Nice clothes. I have no damn clue why. We very rarely go anywhere that requires dressing up, and my occupation guarantees that at some point I'm going to ruin whatever I might be wearing. Apparently she plans on me sitting around the house looking stylish.
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Wives and their picking out our clothes...that's a whole 'nother thread!
 
I guess I missed the part where you are forced to celebrate Christmas, participate in it, buy stuff for your kids and etc? Don't like it don't participate. If it bothers you that much move somewhere else more to your liking. Of course that does involve making a decision for yourself and give you less to bitch about.
 
dkf said:
I guess I missed the part where you are forced to celebrate Christmas, participate in it, buy stuff for your kids and etc? Don't like it don't participate. If it bothers you that much move somewhere else more to your liking. Of course that does involve making a decision for yourself and give you less to bitch about.
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Not forced to celebrate, but there isn't much choice opposite of jumping into the fray to do a little bit of shopping.

I stopped by Walmart this morning to pick up a couple of things. Packed. Parking lot? Jammed. My quick 5 minute trip turned into a 15 minute wait in line behind already frantic X-mas shoppers.
 
dkf said:
I guess I missed the part where you are forced to celebrate Christmas, participate in it, buy stuff for your kids and etc? Don't like it don't participate. If it bothers you that much move somewhere else more to your liking. Of course that does involve making a decision for yourself and give you less to bitch about.
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geez...who pissed in your cheerios this morning? :shock:

you're bitching about someone bitching in a section of the forum meant for bitching.
 
dkf said:
I guess I missed the part where you are forced to celebrate Christmas, participate in it, buy stuff for your kids and etc? Don't like it don't participate. If it bothers you that much move somewhere else more to your liking. Of course that does involve making a decision for yourself and give you less to bitch about.
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You did miss that part, as I never said I was forced to participate. Your 'Love it or leave it' style post can easily be applied to yourself as well.
 
Duuuuuuuude said:
Not forced to celebrate, but there isn't much choice opposite of jumping into the fray to do a little bit of shopping.

I stopped by Walmart this morning to pick up a couple of things. Packed. Parking lot? Jammed. My quick 5 minute trip turned into a 15 minute wait in line behind already frantic X-mas shoppers.
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That is a lot like how is my area throughout the year at times and at certain times each week. Saturday and place like Wally world is packed and I avoid it. Today we have the option of ordering online. Bitcing and pissing and moaning like you have no choice when you obviously do don't wash with me. Sorry.
 
dkf said:
Today we have the option of ordering online. Bitcing and pissing and moaning like you have no choice when you obviously do don't wash with me. Sorry.
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So you're saying I should buy milk and contact solution over the web? Interesting...
 
Duuuuuuuude said:
So you're saying I should buy milk and contact solution over the web? Interesting...
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I was making more a general statement that a lot of stuff is available online but I will bite. Most grocery stores around here have both those things and some you can order online at the store to pick up or have delivered. For those to things pick a grocery store or a pharmacy like CVS which will most likely not have the frenzy of buyers that Wal-Mart does. There are choices out there to avoid the mobs, you just have use the old noodle.

Pot, meet Kettle.
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Oh that hurts, captain cry baby.:ror:
 
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