Do you hate Christmas?

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How much do you hate holidays?

A lot
8
12%
Sometimes
10
15%
Not really
5
8%
I have no strong feelings one way or the other
14
22%
Holidays are good
9
14%
If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem
6
9%
I like holidays
13
20%
 
Total votes : 65

Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby Anglerphobe » Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:44 pm

At the time, during the Ethiopian famine, it was probably sufficient to say "Africa." It's not incorrect, just imprecise. And it didn't need to be precise in the context. I really honestly think that the lyrics are fine. It's just the cloying, repetitive, overproduced shite it's packaged in that makes me dislike the song.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby Sparrow » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:56 pm

I love everything about Christmas, especially here. The decorations and events are really a wonderful connection back to the civilized world, although they are making me sort of homesick. Regardless, tooooons of free candy have been floating my way!
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby CarrieVS » Thu Dec 17, 2015 5:29 pm

Sparrow wrote:I love everything about Christmas.

Of course you do. We've long established that you are, in spite of all all apparent differences, actually me.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby Malfeasinator » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:54 am

Things I hate about Christmas:

- the music, all of it
- shitty drivers
- marketing
- the sinking fear that nothing is ever going to be okay
- holy shit I really am going to die alone
- the movies

Things I like about Christmas:

- cookies
- it's basically Thanksgiving 2
- seeing relatives I don't get the chance to see very often, and catching up on their lives
- the warm fuzzy feeling I get from a good Egg Nog
- it's almost time for new year's, so I have the "Twilight Zone" marathon to look forward to
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby NathanLoiselle » Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:37 pm

*sings Feed the World*

Feeeed the woooorld. Don't you know it's beer-bong time.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby IamNotCreepy » Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:36 pm

I have mixed feelings about Christmas.

I love the food, the parties, seeing my family, and getting time off of work.

I like Christmas songs, but I hate the modern interpretations. The whole point of a Christmas carol is to sing along with it, and when you screw too much with the melody that makes it impossible.

I really dislike the whole gift-giving thing. I'd rather just buy myself something and let other people buy something for themselves.

I am terrible at gift-giving, so it always causes me great anxiety unless I just decide to phone it in (which is what usually ends up happening).

Fortunately, this year my wife and I have told everyone that we are not doing gifts this year. We just bought a house, so between money being tight and the stress and time suck of moving and getting things settled, it's just not feasible.

I feel bad, though, because this will be our baby's first Christmas, and I know family members will be getting her gifts.

I love Christmas as long as I can avoid the unnecessary stress that comes with it.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby Knicholas » Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:47 pm

Always loved Christmas.

I love the preparations. I loved getting home on December 22nd, and having only two days to do my shopping. I love the snow (okay, not this year), I love the free time, I love the food, I love seeing people, I love the booze, I love the half-assed approach to work. I love going to Church on the 24th, right after attending a party (I don't do this anymore. I have kids).

But not New Years. New Years can eat a bag of dicks.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby Tesseracts » Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:43 am

REMINDER THAT THE GRINCH DID NOTHING WRONG

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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby mancityfooty » Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:57 am

12.26 means all the radio stations go back to playing the same crap they were before.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby reallifegirl » Mon Dec 11, 2017 4:21 pm

I generally like Christmas for the most part. The stuff I like:

-shopping for people
-decorations
-traditional Christmas carols
-office Christmas party with all of the free food & booze promised within
-spiked eggnogg & whiskey cider
-Christmas food
-the general merriment of it

Things I hate:

-modern pop covers/updates of traditional Christmas carols
-Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey, a song that is nearly as teeth-grindingly bad as Christmas Shoes
-the endless debates about Baby It's Cold Outside
-the endless bitching about Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas
-driving through the traffic that surrounds every shopping mall


Also my extended family is currently experiencing a shit-ton of drama (basically: the cousin who has been hosting Christmas the past couple of years cheated on her husband, moved out and split their assets, and is refusing to talk to anyone because no one is supportive of the affair she is continuing to have with a married-with-kids coworker), so I am anticipating this year's Christmas festivities may be a bit more stressful than usual.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby Krashlia » Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:15 pm

(Walks in)... Huh... So, we all share a dislike of some modern interpretations of Christmas songs? I have a confession. I'm not sure I'm that into Pentatonix.



EDIT: Also, I wish they retired "Grinch" as a term of disapproval. That meme is annoying to me for some reason.
Like, I have this weird idea of starting some thing about getting rid of the Grinch, somehow making Fox think this is a "War on Christmas"/Doctor Seuss is racist thing as bait, only to show them up and press the War on Christmas angle. From there, they'll overuse "the Grinch" and that will be the point where "Grinch" as a term of abuse dies.
Bonus points if the President uses it...

What? I have a life and friends too. Stop looking at me like that.
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Re: Do you hate Christmas?

Postby satan_n_stuff » Mon Dec 11, 2017 7:21 pm

I don't care one way or another about the holiday itself, the music on the other hand...
I absolutely despise most Christmas songs. George Michael in particular should feel pretty damn lucky that he's already dead, hearing that damn song on the radio day in and day out is enough to drive a man to creatively inefficient murder.
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