Is it wrong to hate xmas?

[Goblin]

At the same time I also warn that unwanted gifts may be returned to them as a gift at a later date - this I have done, typically a year or so later so the memory has faded.

Yeah I've still got smelly bath stuff from last year...are they implying I stink or something? Any useless stuff I get this year will be returned as a birthday gift next year.

It's all well and good for the kids and all, but I have to get the junkmail before the tiny or he just goes on and on and on about wanting all this crap for christmas!

You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas your arse
I pray God its our last

That's the only christmas song I can handle!

[Swoop]

you know, the whole JC thing...

THE MESSIAH!!!!!! John Cleese!!!!!!!!

[Oakie]

My contribution.
Unless you have very good eyesight you'll have to click on the image and view it full size to really appreciate it.

[MattRSK]

[Colapop]

I can see my family any time I want.

I can buy token gifts any time I want.

I can eat a lot any time I want.

I can love anyone I want, anytime I want.

I can be thankful for what I have anytime I want.

So what the hell is xmas about?

The churchies tell us it's all about the birth of Christ - well, according to what I have read, it's actually nowhere near when his calendar date of birth should be, has been sprinkled like most other christian celebrations with multiple pagan ideas and rituals, and is SO BLOODY COMMERCIALISED!

It really is "just another day" to me, and though I try to be christmassy for my kids, I find myself hating xmas more and more every year. In me younger years, I'd try to spend the day sleeping off a hangover, just to avoid seeing people waffle on about what a wonderful day they were having, and how great it was to see dear old Aunt Mavis (you know, the one that smells like cabbage and mothballs...)

These days, I just want to go postal every time I am forced near a shopping mall, I want to destroy my TV whenever a xmas special or charity show is broadcast, I want to hack the NZSE and cause the Warehouse share price to plummet, breaking the bastards, for hammering us with xmas ads 4 months out.

I just want everyone to get along EVERY day, so that schmucks like me who don't have time nor inclination to feign the empty happiness the rest of the populace do, can just get pissed and enjoy the sun.

Rock on New Years though!

Bah humbug! Give presents when you want to. Visit with family all year round. If you believe in religion go anytime not just at xmas. If you really love her/him, tell them every chance you get. Life is short why wait for a season to be merry?

Exactly what you already said!

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I just love to hate xmas... full stop

[Paul in NZ]

That's the only christmas song I can handle!

Jeeze you lead a sheltered life... Check out just one of Robert Earl Keens xmas jems...

Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk
At our Christmas party
We were drinkin' champagne punch
And homemade eggnog
Little sister brought her new boyfriend
He was a Mexican
We didn't know what to think of him
'Til he sang Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad

Brother Ken brought his kids with him
The three from his first wife Lynn
And the two identical twins
From his second wife MaryNell
Of course he brought his new wife Kaye
Who talks all about AA
Chain smokin' while the stero plays
Noel, Noel, The first Noel

Carve the turkey turn the ball game on
Mix Margaritas when the eggnog's gone
Send somebody to the Quik-Pak store
We need some ice and an extention cord
A can of bean dip and some Diet Rite
A box of tampons and some Marlboro Lights
Hallelujah everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the family

Fran and Rita drove from Harlingen
I can't remember how I'm kin to them
But when they tried to plug their motorhome in
They blew our christmas lights
Cousin David knew just what went wrong
So we all waited on our front lawn
He threw the breaker and the lights came on
And we sang Silent Night
Oh Silent Night

Carve the turkey turn the ballgame on
Make Bloody Marys cause we all want one
Send somebody to the Stop 'n Go
We need some celery and a can of fake snow
A bag of lemons and some Dite Sprite
A box of tampons and some Salem Lights
Hallelujah everybody say cheese
Merry Christmas from the family

Feliz Navidad.

[Steam]

Statistics show more people commit suicide in the two days following Christmas than any other week in the year. Yip, xmas sucks.

[McJim]

I work in Advertising.

Christmas = $$$$$

Thanks Santa.

'Nuff said.

[Joni]

There is no Christmas in my house.... unless you are talking about the day we ride up to go to wanganui

[Trudes]

My mum, gran and boss get a bit pissy with me when they ask what I want for Xmas and I say "nothing", them "you have to have something", me "ummm, why? Well then cash",them "oh, what a very meaningful present", me thinks 'what you mean less meaningful than a pair of socks?', me "gift vouchers or petrol vouchers then", reply, "Huff". Well don't get me anything if you don't like what I would like, I didn't want anything anyway! I started asking for a bottle of Jack Daniels from people, and one year I got four bottles, that was a good year as I got pissed and had fun.
Fuckin Xmas, it causes so many fights and upset people and lonely people are usually made to feel even more alone.

[Donor]

I work in Advertising.

Christmas = $$$$$

Thanks Santa.

'Nuff said.

You utter... utter...

[Lou Girardin]

It's 4 extra paid days off. That's good enough for me. Thank you Jesus.

[Meekey_Mouse]

Yuck... christmas... it's so stressfull if you buy into the whole commercial thing. So much easier just to skip it ^_^

[eliot-ness]

Christmas can be a wonderful time. A time to reflect, to think back over the past year and plan for the next one. A time when you can sit back and have a few quiet drinks and not have to worry about anything or anybody. I love it.



















Oh, forgot to add. The wife goes to the UK on wednesday and won't be home till mid January. The kids and grandkids will be at the beach house in Opito Bay, and me? I'll be on my own with a bottle of rum. Yippee Merry bloody Christmas everybody