Not Now! It's still too damned early!

The BBQ Pit
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You know, I say this every year, but still, it bears repeating.

I hate christmas

Well, not really, but I hate christmas in fucking November!

I mean it’s not even thanksgiving yet! I have about enough “christmas spirit” to last about three weeks tops. If I start celebrating and giving too early, I get burned out! By christmas time I swear that if I hear “The little drummer boy” one more time I’m going to rip off some orphans head and spit down their throat!

IMHO, Christmas season starts at the end of November. NOT, I say NOT the day after Halloween! I’m already sick and tired of hearing about “The season of giving” and the TV commercials haven’t even started yet!

And another thing. {seinfeld voice}What’s the deal with Santa Clause anyway? I mean here’s a myth about a big fat guy dressed in red who comes down the chimney late at night and brings “presents” to little girls and boys. If I was a child and had heard stories about some stranger who broke into my house I wanted to give me a “present” I’d fucking run away!"{/seinfeld voice}

I mean christmas spirit is one thing, but ***I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH BEFORE I GO COMPLETELY FUNKING INSANE!!!

YAGH!!!

YAGH!!!

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The day AFTER Halloween?!?

Where do you live, that the Xmas season starts so late? In CA, anything after October 1 is fair game, sad to say…

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My favorite part is when local news stations go to the mall to report on Chirstmas.

To paraphrase a bit from the John Boy and Billy Big Show (on the radio):

anchorman: “Well Buffy, how are things down there at Crabtree Mall?”

Buffy: “Jim, it seems as if the mall is decked out in Chirstmas colors, and all of these people here are shopping for Chirstmas presents.”

anchorman: “Imagine that!”

Buffy: “And according to a quick survey we did, it seems that most of these shoppers had turkey for Thanksgiving.”

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Y’know, this is one thing that I kind of like about being in Japan. A few of the stores have some Christmas-y decorations in December, but by 8pm on December 25th, everything is being taken down.

Still, all the ads here calling KFC “America’s Christmas Dinner!” are starting to grate on my nerves.

–sublight.