# Fuck the holidays and all this fake happy ass shit **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 24, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898 "2019-11-24T01:54:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cutman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/21 "2019-11-24T16:04:43Z")
This the first Thanksgiving that will be exclusively me and mine (minus my oldest son). We lost my MIL this year. Until now Ms. Cutman and I would cook everything at our house and bring it across town to her and the gang of strays she always seemed to take in. The two children that we have with us are 14 and 18. Instead of turkey this year, we decided we will each cook our own Cornish game hen. That way we can do 4 different styles and share. All of the other trimmings will be included. A little less work though. As for the Christmas songs, fuck that, they can keep 'em until Christmas eve. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/22 "2019-11-24T16:41:10Z")
**asahi** needs to change his username to **Grinch**. And put [this album](https://www.amazon.com/Very-Best-Burl-Ives-Christmas/dp/B00000JQMD) on continuous play at home and work. On the other hand, it seems perverse for the local Lowe’s home improvement store to put out Xmas stuff in goddamn _September_. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/23 "2019-11-24T16:50:47Z")
> [@cutman74](#): > > This the first Thanksgiving that will be exclusively me and mine (minus my oldest son). We lost my MIL this year. Until now Ms. Cutman and I would cook everything at our house and bring it across town to her and the gang of strays she always seemed to take in. The two children that we have with us are 14 and 18. Instead of turkey this year, we decided we will each cook our own Cornish game hen. That way we can do 4 different styles and share. All of the other trimmings will be included. A little less work though. As for the Christmas songs, fuck that, they can keep 'em until Christmas eve. Cornish game hens are awesome. That sounds great, I hope you all enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/24 "2019-11-24T16:55:50Z")
I’m with the OP on this. I already wrote a letter to Alaska Airlines telling them that November 14th is way too early for Christmas music. We’re hosting a few people for relatively mellow Thanksgiving (precooked turkey already ordered) but skipping Christmas this year. No tree, no lights, no nothing. The kids are all invited to join us at a Chinese restaurant and relax on 12/25. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/25 "2019-11-24T16:58:09Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKK!!! > > I heard that goddamned song already!!! > > No!!! Just…no!!! > > Can they at least wait until Black Friday?! I like THIS one way better. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/od7GUy9XS7c/maxresdefault.jpg "Corey Taylor - X-M@$") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od7GUy9XS7c) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/26 "2019-11-24T18:05:02Z")
I work as a cashier in a discount store. I get more hours, people are mostly nicer, and the store is more generous with their giveaways. OTOH, people dump more items at the register, there are more huge orders, and people get upset because we don’t have just exactly what they want. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/27 "2019-11-24T18:07:49Z")
This Christmas song is another favorite of mine. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7_U1yTp7cX0/maxresdefault.jpg "Holy Shit, It's Christmas!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_U1yTp7cX0) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/28 "2019-11-24T18:19:42Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > If you move to Canada, you won’t hear Christmas music before Thanksgiving. 😉 Heh, can’t fool me. I’m a USAian, but I know when Canadian Thanksgiving is! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/29 "2019-11-24T19:17:42Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’m with the OP on this. I already wrote a letter to Alaska Airlines telling them that November 14th is way too early for Christmas music. I agree with you, but the reason that airline does it is because their clientele, by and large, like them doing it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/30 "2019-11-24T19:20:13Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Too bad I’ve never had a day off for Thanksgiving. What with cleaning the house ahead of time for guests coming. Doing the shopping and all the cooking (It’s not just one meal, 3 squares a day + snacks for the duration) One of the best thanksgivings I’ve ever experienced was a year when I was in between relationships, and my kids were doing the day with their mom. I was left with nothing to do that day. My friend Billie heard about my situation and invited me to her home. She’s a bartender, and was throwing a dinner at her home exclusively for people who’d otherwise be alone that day. It was AWESOME! The Canadian blues guitarist/vocalist Anthony Gomes played T-giving Eve at the bar where Billie worked, and his band’s travel plans fell through due to weather, so they attended. A friend I hadn’t seen in years showed up; I never knew he knew Billie, and it was great catching up. We had turkey, veggies, nachos, pizzas, etc and _everyone_ brought beer, liquor, and drugs. Anthony and his band played a few sets. The party started at noon. When I left _24 hours later_ there was still a small group of revelers. There was a ton of debauchery, still people sporadically made speeches about what they were thankful for. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/31 "2019-11-24T19:28:37Z")
‘Kayaker’, man oh man, you lead an exciting life.(:)) One year we took the younguns to Disney, over the Thanksgiving week. The kids loved it. It kinda seemed strange to me. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/32 "2019-11-24T20:31:59Z")
My neighbors here in Austin already put up their Christmas lights in mid-October, as they have done in previous years as well. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/33 "2019-11-24T21:02:28Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > My neighbors here in Austin already put up their Christmas lights in mid-October, as they have done in previous years as well. Before Thanksgiving is questionable. Before Halloween should be criminal. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/34 "2019-11-24T21:50:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > What am I’m gonna do run away and hide? Pick your poison; ain’t nobody at deer camp that day. 😉 > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Thanksgiving day is one long ass day. One long ass day? Pfft. Piker. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2019, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/35 "2019-11-24T22:11:23Z")
Spidey! And here I thought we was friends. I see how you are. (:)) I do make it seem worse than it really is. I can always have a pain, DIL will put me to bed. (:eek:) ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/36 "2019-11-25T03:24:44Z")
I tend to identify with the OP. Thanksgiving is not so bad, my sister always hosts (almost always, at least it’s never me) all I have to do is bring some wine, eat some food, avoid politics with the overwhelmingly Trumpy family and leave. Christmas is a different story. I was going to go into detail but…on second thought, I’ll just say Christmas season is something I’m glad to be past when it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/37 "2019-11-25T03:32:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > One of the best thanksgivings I’ve ever experienced was a year when I was in between relationships, and my kids were doing the day with their mom. I was left with nothing to do that day. > > My friend Billie heard about my situation and invited me to her home. She’s a bartender, and was throwing a dinner at her home exclusively for people who’d otherwise be alone that day. It was AWESOME! The Canadian blues guitarist/vocalist Anthony Gomes played T-giving Eve at the bar where Billie worked, and his band’s travel plans fell through due to weather, so they attended. A friend I hadn’t seen in years showed up; I never knew he knew Billie, and it was great catching up. > > We had turkey, veggies, nachos, pizzas, etc and _everyone_ brought beer, liquor, and drugs. Anthony and his band played a few sets. The party started at noon. When I left _24 hours later_ there was still a small group of revelers. There was a ton of debauchery, still people sporadically made speeches about what they were thankful for. Wow, that sounds great. I know who Anthony Gomes is, he played here recently and the venue he played at (C2G) records shows and plays them at 1:00 AM after SNL. Just saw his recently. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/38 "2019-11-25T03:37:26Z")
I went to Panama this year at the end of September/into October and even down there Christmas items were already being put up in stores at that time. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/39 "2019-11-25T09:39:17Z")
i remeber when i went in a fabric store and everything was christmas related ., i bought the sewing kit my aunt needed and asked about it… the clerk asked me "ever see grandma sew/knit a sweater by hand? … thats why we sell the stuff to start start now… … ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898/40 "2019-11-25T17:41:37Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > My neighbors here in Austin already put up their Christmas lights in mid-October, as they have done in previous years as well. Do they live off Guadalupe, on or near 37th St.? If so, that is acceptable. (Cite: I used to live on 38 1/2 St.) Oh, my gawd, there’s a wiki article: > **[37th Street (Austin)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_Street_(Austin))** > > 37th Street is a street in Austin, Texas, known for its many houses that are decorated with Christmas lights. The tradition attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year, though neighbor participation has decreased the past few years due to the original residents having moved away and more students renting homes in the neighborhood. > In the mid-1980s, a couple of neighbors began bridging the street with Christmas lights left by other neighbors and found at fraternity and sorority houses near t... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-the-holidays-and-all-this-fake-happy-ass-shit/843898.md?page=3)