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DerStadtschutz
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18 Nov 2011, 1:51 pm

I f*****g hate christmas. My family and an ex girlfriend completely ruined it for me. I've been trying to tell people for years that I don't want anything for christmas, but they either ignore that or get pissed off at me for saying I don't want anything.

I'm sick and tired of all the rampant f*****g commercialism, and I hate the fact that every year, we hear about christmas sooner and sooner because some a**hole wants to make more money. I hate the fact that everything most people know about christmas is wrong. December 25th, whether Jesus's actual birthday or not, was celebrated LONG before christ existed. It was a pagan holiday, celebrated because apparently december 25th is when the days finally start getting longer. To the pagans, it was a sign that winter has lost its steam and is beginning to go away. What does a tree have to do with christ? What does candy have to do with christ? Why, if it's his birthday, do WE get gifts? It makes no damn sense. Not only that, but about 90% of the people who celebrate christmas do so without any observance of jesus's birthday or the day's original reason for celebration whatsoever. Christmas has become nothing more than a big fat consumer whore celebration. That's all it is... "buy this useless junk because we said so." And what I REALLY don't understand is the fact that now people are getting f*****g trampled to death... over some stupid plastic toy. That's right, people are killing other people over f*****g toys... And this is supposed to be some great joyous holiday? Like hell... When people are dying for little Timmy's Tickle-me-Elmo, it's high time we re-evaluate our priorities.

Of course, most of those things mentioned above probably wouldn't matter much if my family hadn't ruined christmas for me by making me feel guilty because I couldn't afford gifts, and when I could, the gifts I gave were ridiculed or simply left somewhere to collect dust. When I was like 10 or 12, my grandma asked me what I got for people. I told her I didn't get anything for anybody. She asked me why not, and I said I didn't have money. Then she said I should have gotten a paper route earlier in the year and saved all the money just to buy christmas gifts for everybody else. An ex-girlfriend broke up with me 2 or 3 days before christmas about 2 years ago. So yeah, I have absolutely nothing positive to say about christmas because I can't see anything positive about it. I wish christmas would just disappear up santa's a**hole.



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18 Nov 2011, 2:05 pm

I don't encourage present buying, my daughter's out of work so she doesn't have much money. We're just happy to be in each other's company and I think that's the main thing.

I can see why you hate it so much though.



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18 Nov 2011, 2:13 pm

DerStadtschutz wrote:
I'm sick and tired of all the rampant f***ing commercialism, and I hate the fact that every year, we hear about christmas sooner and sooner because some a**hole wants to make more money. Christmas has become nothing more than a big fat consumer whore celebration.

I noticed that the day after Halloween stores were already displaying all of the Christmas stuff, I was like WTF, already? It really has become a consumer whore holiday.

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When I was like 10 or 12, my grandma asked me what I got for people. I told her I didn't get anything for anybody. She asked me why not, and I said I didn't have money. Then she said I should have gotten a paper route earlier in the year and saved all the money just to buy christmas gifts for everybody else.

This is such bulls**t, I'm sorry. Why should a kid go bust his ass all year just to spend all of his money on Christmas gifts? That's ridiculous! You know what else I think is ridiculous? People expect GOOD GIFTS. They don't want socks, they want a f**king IPOD. pfffffffffffffffffffffffttttttt

DerStadtschutz wrote:
I wish christmas would just disappear up santa's a**hole.

Cheers.



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18 Nov 2011, 2:18 pm

babybird wrote:
I don't encourage present buying, my daughter's out of work so she doesn't have much money. We're just happy to be in each other's company and I think that's the main thing.

I can see why you hate it so much though.


I agree with this. I like spending time with family and eating lots of awesome food. :) Christmas carols are like nails to a chalkboard...can't stand them and they are everywhere! lol



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18 Nov 2011, 2:38 pm

I loved Christmas when I was married, now I get depressed, I'lll be alone the fifth year in a row.

Chinese restaurant, movie (if open) and then the bar...



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18 Nov 2011, 2:46 pm

one of the beat Christmas's I ever had was when I was younger and I was completely on my own, I had no television and no heating and all I ate was toast the main thing was though that I had a packet of cigarettes a transistor radio and zero stress. Ah Heaven!



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18 Nov 2011, 3:00 pm

I don't really like it that much. I do however enjoy beating my family at board games. =P.


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18 Nov 2011, 3:08 pm

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I F***ing love this time of year, I understand that what our society has done to Christmas (max out credit cards, BUY ALL THE THINGS!, etc.) but I love the christmas lights reflected off of the new layer of pure white snow, I love the crackle of the fire in the fireplace. I love the candy, I enjoy the family gatherings, I love it so much that sometimes I will sleep in our living room just so I can be near the christmas tree. Granted our tree isn't up yet but still... Also we get time off of work and school, which is always good. Maybe I just love the snow and the time off, or maybe, to dig deeper, I love it when the city slows down. When it snowed heavily last year, the city slowed down to where you could barely hear a thing, and one of my fondest memories from last year was standing out in my snowy back yard at night staring at the stars as quiet church bells rang off in the distance, a moment of peace and beauty...oh god I am rambling now, I apologize for my rambling =D


My thoughts exactly.


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18 Nov 2011, 4:37 pm

Whilst I do think the commercialness could be toned down a bit, I'm still a Christmas lover. I love the gifts I get, stuffing my own stocking on Christmas Eve and opening it on Chistmas Day, feasting on turkey and vegtables and non alcoholic Christmas pudding.

I like the Christmas music and TV, seeing others get their gifts from me, knowing that the whole country and a big chunk of the world is celebrating Christmas. I like going online at Christmas and asking people what Christmas gifts they got. Christmas is a big beam of bright light in the middle of all the dark and cold of winter.



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18 Nov 2011, 4:51 pm

Christmas is my favourite time of the year. I look forward to it every December. I love giving presents, trees and decorations and the music that's played. I also like the true meaning of Christmas, as well. People call me Santa. :santa:


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18 Nov 2011, 6:01 pm

Christmas seems to be a holiday celebrating money. The more money you can spend, the more a part of it you are. I hate it.



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18 Nov 2011, 6:13 pm

ManicMinx wrote:
....I hate this time of the year. I don't remember ever liking it. It is annoying, in your face, and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I am a real life Grinch. Anyone else feel the same?


I hated Christmas ever since I remember. It associates in my mind with shopping frenzy, cooking, commotion, dressing up, large family gatherings that I hated and getting useless presents from people who didn't understand what I wanted.



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18 Nov 2011, 6:33 pm

What I hate is I'm usually buying presents for people I'm currently angry at. It makes no sense to me to buy gifts for people that put me in such a mood. And it's a long term anger too even though I do eventually get over it, it's like a deep hate for everything that is them.

I've also never seen it snow for Christmas. It's either raining, windy and sweltering hot.


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18 Nov 2011, 6:44 pm

Though my interest for the holiday has waned since I was a child, I still enjoy it but for different reasons. I used to love receiving gifts; now I enjoy giving other people gifts whenever I can. However, I only accept money since I am a very picky person and prefer buying my own gifts. Even though I am an atheist, I do enjoy the aspects of being with family, the food, and the general atmosphere. I do admit though I hate the advertising and the bickering that happens between certain parties.



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18 Nov 2011, 7:05 pm

I love the holidays. My family is not into gift-giving, but we are into eating, watching videos in bed, and eating.



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18 Nov 2011, 7:46 pm

I absolutely love Christmas. It is the only time I ever decorate my home, and I even go to other people's homes to decorate their houses! I don't really celebrate any other holiday, so I go all out on this particular one. I used to have family and friends here in town, but now that a few of them have died and the rest have left town, I generally celebrate Christmas by myself. This is okay with me, since I have been used to being by myself since I was six years old. It also means I don't have to buy gifts or try to figure out what people want.

I celebrate Christmas for the right reason. Unlike DerStadtschutz, I do celebrate Christ's birth on December 25th, despite the fact that it was originally the pagan holiday of Yule. (Christ was likely born in the summer, several years before 1 AD.) Although I don't give gifts anymore, I used to give gifts in response to God's greatest gift to us: the birth of His Son. I don't like the commercialism either, though. - LJS


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