# Why I Hate the Holiday Season **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333 "2004-11-30T15:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/121 "2004-12-07T23:02:04Z")
If I’m not mistaken, **QuarkChild** , I took a leeeeetle bit of poetic license there…crack actually IS the product of freebased cocaine. I don’t know anything about freebasing heroin…hell, I don’t even know anything about freebasing cocaine, other than the fact that it’s super addictive, and Richard Pryor set his head on fire while doing it! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/122 "2004-12-07T23:10:50Z")
> [@lorene](#): > > hey! Those sound like good reindeer names! _On, Dizzy! On, Shaky! On, Sweaty! On, Nauseous!_ Just make sure Nauseous isn’t flying _into_ the wind. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/123 "2004-12-07T23:14:20Z")
Good things about the holiday season: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Pretty, twinkling Christmas lights. Cold weather and a warm, crackling fire My annual Christmas basket from work. Eve’s “Why I Hate the Holiday Season” thread All the stupid Christmas shows means a Buffython 2 weeks off of work! Woo Hoo! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2004, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/124 "2004-12-11T18:08:56Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Are you gonna share? [Yep](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291305). ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/125 "2004-12-14T09:39:03Z")
Hey, Eve, from [CNN.com](http://CNN.com): [Study: Christmas deadliest day for Americans](http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/12/13/health.holidays.reut/index.html): > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Christmas is the deadliest day of the year for Americans with 12.4 percent more deaths than normal, researchers said on Monday. Just thought I’d share. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/126 "2004-12-14T09:45:57Z")
**Buckner** , I resent that… we don’t even know how many of those deaths [n]Eve\*\* is responsible for. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/127 "2004-12-14T12:51:57Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I like this time of year. I like winter, and I love the snow. I like when it’s chilly and overcast, and I like that nippy breeze. I love those Canadian cold fronts that make it 40° degrees at night, so I can throw open the window for some fresh air for sleeping. > God only knows why I live in the Mid-Atlantic, where it’s unbearably hot and humid five moths of the year. I should move to Alaska. Man, I thought I was the only freak who thinks this way… I like all the seasons in all their variety, but I really like the cold dark rainy London winters. Just makes me want to rush home and cuddle up all warm with my sweetie and make like bunnies in the snow. That, plus the winter sports that I truly adore (snowboarding is my new thing, having skiied for 19 years, and I can’t wait to go out again!). And the excuse to get kinda fat, what with the additional warmth it generates and all. As for the excessive holiday displays, I just avoid them as much as possible and try like hell to avoid work parties with any but my closest teammates and friends. [Luckily](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=291615) (:() my company seems to be on a cost saving kick this year and cancelled the Christmas party… so I got lucky there… ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/128 "2004-12-14T13:10:37Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Buckner** , I resent that… we don’t even know how many of those deaths **Eve** is responsible for. Well, if she’d turn in her damn bounty tags, we could credit her. She knows full well how the Straight Dope Black Ops Agency works. She got her membership handbook just like the rest of us… ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/129 "2004-12-14T19:58:57Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > **Buckner** , I resent that… we don’t even know how many of those deaths [n]Eve\*\* is responsible for. Now, see, that’s just not in keeping with the Spirit of Christmas. You have to have _faith_. It may seem impossible that one woman could be responsible for a 12.4% increase in mortality in a country as big as this one, but I _ **believe** _ in Eve! And I’m sure they all deserve it, too. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/130 "2004-12-14T20:16:05Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Now, see, that’s just not in keeping with the Spirit of Christmas. You have to have _faith_. It may seem impossible that one woman could be responsible for a 12.4% increase in mortality in a country as big as this one, but I _ **believe** _ in Eve! Ha! We should give her a nickname for that. Like, uh, New Year’s Mary! Or Independance Day Georgette! Or… Eh, that’s all I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/131 "2004-12-14T20:39:10Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Ha! We should give her a nickname for that. Like, uh, New Year’s Mary! Or Independance Day Georgette! Or… > > Eh, that’s all I can think of. Nah. Go classic. _Ms. Golden_. Like Mrs. Peel. But bitier. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/132 "2004-12-14T20:55:34Z")
Okay, I have something else to bitch about other than it’s my birthday: > [@Our Office Administrator](#): > > In the past several years alcohol consumption at the floor parties has gone up. I am told that our initial intent in including alcohol was to share a toast to the season. What has taken place at the most recent floor parties is entirely different. As a result this year we are asking that only beer and wine be served. We want everyone to have a safe holiday season and moderation will help ensure that goal. No Jello Shots at our floor party! Will the horror never end?!?!? Yeah, right, I’ve been here 15 years and we’ve always gotten shit-faced drunk at our floor parties. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/133 "2004-12-14T21:15:41Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Ha! We should give her a nickname for that. Like, uh, New Year’s Mary! No, I think [this](http://www.riptaylor.com/main.html) is New Year’s Mary. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/134 "2004-12-14T22:32:35Z")
> [@GomiBoy](#): > > Man, I thought I was the only freak who thinks this way… > > I like all the seasons in all their variety, but I really like the cold dark rainy London winters. Just makes me want to rush home and cuddle up all warm with my sweetie and make like bunnies in the snow. Ahh, my soul mate! Too bad you live clear across the ocean. 😉 We even go on vacation every year between Christmas and New Year’s, to a snowy resort and stay in a cheesy Alpine-themed motel and go snow tubing and play in the snow. Fun! Sorry about your Christmas party, **Gomi**. We’re going to my husband’s office Christmas party tonight. It’s an open bar and I expect good food. Gotta go get dressed! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/135 "2004-12-15T00:27:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Nah. Go classic. _Ms. Golden_. If you’re nasty. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333/136 "2004-12-15T10:10:39Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > Ahh, my soul mate! Too bad you live clear across the ocean. 😉 > > We even go on vacation every year between Christmas and New Year’s, to a snowy resort and stay in a cheesy Alpine-themed motel and go snow tubing and play in the snow. Fun! > > Sorry about your Christmas party, **Gomi**. We’re going to my husband’s office Christmas party tonight. It’s an open bar and I expect good food. Gotta go get dressed! That sounds like heaven! I did the same thing last year, and it was great fun! And yeah, the Christmas 'do was pretty depressing, but oh, well - it is the season of darkness, suicide, and random office violence! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-hate-the-holiday-season/277333.md?page=6)