# Fuck Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343 "2012-12-07T20:37:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/41 "2012-12-09T00:23:36Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I thought this year might be different; after I started volunteering at the horse rescue, I was making new friends. I had found a horse there that I adored and was trying to adopt. But my ‘friends’ turned agaist me thanks to the lies told about me by one of the boarders there and ‘my’ horse was sold. I am more alone now than I was before, my heart breaking every day. You need to get over this. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/42 "2012-12-09T00:27:02Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > You need to get over this. Seriously. Since you obviously don’t understand, I’ll just say I wish it was that easy. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/43 "2012-12-09T01:57:30Z")
I personally have nothing against Christmas, but apparently [Eric Idle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqfZUX5svCg) shares the OP’s sentiments. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/44 "2012-12-09T02:13:08Z")
I love Christmas. Lights, parties, booze, presents, time off from work, booze…I love this shit. Hate all you want, it won’t mar my enjoyment a bit. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/45 "2012-12-09T02:28:53Z")
I love Christmas. I love the lights, I love the decorations, I love giving gifts (that I have bought all year) I hate the music. Oh, holy cow, I hates the music so much. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/46 "2012-12-09T02:36:27Z")
I’m an atheist, but I do like a little bit of Xmas music, if it’s well done, and if it’s in small doses. Most of it isn’t done well, especially most modern versions, and most of it is delivered in ALL XMAS ALL THE TIME. I have to admit that I do enjoy Twisted Sister’s versions, but no more than one of their songs every three or four hours is enough for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/47 "2012-12-09T03:06:57Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I just try to think of it as a Festival of Lights. It’s the darkest time of the year and everyone feels icky. Having an excuse to put up some lights… Would putting up lights include a gallon or two of gasoline to light up the house down the road with the big inflatable santas, reindeer, snowmen, elves, _et cetera, ad nauseum_? That’s a ‘Festival of Lights’ I could endorse. Re: Christmas music. Years ago I bought a cassette tape (this was in the days before CDs, so get off my lawn) called “Put the X back in X-mas”. My favorite lyrics from the tape: “Christmas is the time to say ‘Fuck You’ to your neighbor! Christmas is the time to say ‘Fuck You’ to your friends!” I still sing that (when no one can hear me) to myself this time of year… ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/48 "2012-12-09T03:11:42Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I hate the music. Oh, holy cow, I hates the music so much. At work I keep having Christmas music concerts pop up unexpectedly (to me) literally a few feet away from me and I can’t escape. I want to stab someone in the face. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/49 "2012-12-09T03:15:50Z")
> [@Shmendrik](#): > > I personally have nothing against Christmas, but apparently [Eric Idle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqfZUX5svCg) shares the OP’s sentiments. I have not laughed this hard in … months. This is fucking perfect in every fucking way. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/50 "2012-12-09T03:22:18Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > At work I keep having Christmas music concerts pop up unexpectedly (to me) literally a few feet away from me and I can’t escape. I want to stab someone in the face. Get me on your jury if you do. I’ll vote to acquit. It’s self defense, really. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/51 "2012-12-09T04:49:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > _ **Fuckmas?** _ Isn’t that a town in Massachusetts? Fuckmas MA. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/52 "2012-12-09T05:16:19Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > I work at a mall. All Christmas Muzak all the time. I’ve been listening to it for over a month now - heard the first song on 2 November. I heartily endorse this pitting. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/53 "2012-12-09T05:25:15Z")
Every year I try to get all the non-Christians I know to come into the store, ask for the manager, and complain about the offensive music, but they just won’t cooperate… ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/54 "2012-12-09T06:12:04Z")
Back in the 1960s, Charles Schultz made an Peanuts animated special that criticized the commercialization of Christmas. I considered it skillful display of piety. Today, if you think piped carols should be limited to Christmas week, you are attacking Christmas- and Christians! I was at a fast food joint last week that played Christmas muzak. Ugg. And pointless from a commercial perspective: there was no need for a not-so-subtle reminder to fill your shopping cart with presents. It’s a restaurant for Bog’s sake! I liked carols as a kid, but I’ve rarely liked the recorded versions: they are typically over-wrought. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/55 "2012-12-09T07:41:55Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I am gonna hunt down the cuz who sings that jingle…:mad::mad::mad: I came in to post about this piece-of-shit commercial, but I see you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/56 "2012-12-09T07:46:34Z")
> [@Dr.Woo](#): > > …Christmas - to me, anyway, is a DAY, not a fucking month. A MONTH?! What paradise do you live in? It’s a fucking fiscal quarter. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/57 "2012-12-09T20:46:41Z")
Yesterday some of my relatives got all excited because Target has “Merry Christmas” signs, and some of them are playing Christmas music. Is it really that surprising that a store is playing Christmas music at Christmastime??? And yes, my family’s annual letter that gets sent out with the card says “Happy Holidays”! Get the fuck over it…not everyone is celebrating Christmas, and I don’t have time to print out a custom letter for each person. The last time I looked, the damn list was up to 55 names. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/58 "2012-12-09T23:46:09Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Back in the 1960s, Charles Schultz made an Peanuts animated special that criticized the commercialization of Christmas. I considered it skillful display of piety. Today, if you think piped carols should be limited to Christmas week, you are attacking Christmas- and Christians! > > I was at a fast food joint last week that played Christmas muzak. Ugg. And pointless from a commercial perspective: there was no need for a not-so-subtle reminder to fill your shopping cart with presents. It’s a restaurant for Bog’s sake! I liked carols as a kid, but I’ve rarely liked the recorded versions: they are typically over-wrought. That reminds of an incident last week when I was in a Rite-Aid. Among their piped-in musical mix of Christmas and non-Christmas songs (thankfully, they hadn’t gone 100% X-mas tunes yet) was [Jethro Tull’s “Christmas Song.”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdalBvgNAxI) It struck me as odd because (1) you never expect to hear _any_ Jethro Tull as part of Rite-Aid’s in-store muzak and (2) it was readily apparent who ever chose it never really listened to the song. ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_John\_Cobham\_Salad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Jan\_John\_Cobham\_Salad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jan_John_Cobham_Salad)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/59 "2012-12-10T01:50:07Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Isn’t that a town in Massachusetts? > > Fuckmas MA. Haha. I think that’s Falmouth, MA you’re thinking of. 🙂 I have such a different take on Christmas every year. Sometimes I’m indignant at the thought that just because it’s “that time of year”, I’m resigned, one way or another, to spend hundreds of dollars which I don’t have. Sometimes I hate the music. Sometimes I don’t mind the music at all. I always hate the idiotic throngs of people in a super rush to do nothing but stand around like dickheads in stores looking for fuck knows what, just like myself. The spirit of the season is ingrained enough that corporate sell sell sell America can’t even change it, because that’s always been the jist of the holiday anyway, so that’s a good thing. The lights are pretty. I like that. My family has split and divided as I’ve gotten older, I don’t see family at all anymore that I used to spend a lot of time with, nevermind holidays, and my truly important family don’t live close by anymore…so it’s more special now to see them during the Christmas/New Years week. I do like getting presents, and this year I’ve strangely enjoyed buying them, not that I have any more money than I usually do. I think it’s the people rushing around like headless cocks that ruins it the most. It’s like the season kicks a whole bunch of people into some total twat gear they otherwise wouldn’t waste their time with. But most importantly, I love how after new years, everyone shuts the fuck up, goes away and hides for three months and I can enjoy all the wonder, misery and solitude of winter in relative peace. Resolutions aside, the new year always has an extraordinary way of clearing my head. It’s like a colonic for my brain. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-christmas/643343/60 "2012-12-10T02:12:05Z")
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