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32. I saw my first ad three days before halloween. So wrong.

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Sat Nov 2, 2013, 02:54 PM

Nov 2013

I don't really hate xmas, yet.

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I HATE CHRISTMAS!!!! [View all] gopiscrap Nov 2013 OP

Is it time to start the war already? treestar Nov 2013 #1

Christmas decorations are in the stores - it's not too early to start the war! csziggy Nov 2013 #2

thank you gopiscrap Nov 2013 #4

You're welcome - and I hate Christmas, too! csziggy Nov 2013 #5

I started in December of 1943 russspeakeasy Nov 2013 #38

IMO... pipi_k Nov 2013 #97

At the rate the retailers are working, Christmas will never end csziggy Nov 2013 #103

The Macy's near me is already decorated for christmas by late September. Beacool Nov 2013 #107

Wow - I'd be really tired of Christmas well before Thanksgiving! csziggy Nov 2013 #109

I went on a warm day in late September one year and I noticed the decorations. Beacool Nov 2013 #112

I was thinking that by Halloween, I'd be really surly csziggy Nov 2013 #113

Yeah, those poor employees. Beacool Nov 2013 #115

around here they didn't even wait LiberalElite Nov 2013 #111

War is over. Christmas lost. New shutdown in Feburary. nt tsuki Nov 2013 #104

K & R because LeftofObama Nov 2013 #3

Even if no one expressed an opinion like yours Cirque du So-What Nov 2013 #6

exactly, that's why I hate it! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #7

My favorite piece of music for the season... 2naSalit Nov 2013 #127

Great! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #128

I thought you would 2naSalit Nov 2013 #133

Just commercial crap- ruffburr Nov 2013 #21

Independent stores who sell “made in USA” and fair trade items ... busterbrown Nov 2013 #61

you know we could be giving to progressive causes and candidates gopiscrap Nov 2013 #71

People don’t need steaks or roasts.. busterbrown Nov 2013 #123

actually I only buy clothes when they totally wear out gopiscrap Nov 2013 #124

a lot of people do that. busterbrown Nov 2013 #129

what's a hobby? gopiscrap Nov 2013 #130

I’m thinking you have a garage full of tools... busterbrown Nov 2013 #132

nope I hate fucking around with tools gopiscrap Nov 2013 #135

Good...What websites do you hit? n/t busterbrown Nov 2013 #136

all hat no cattle daily kos and this one gopiscrap Nov 2013 #137

Hardly bastions of right wing political persuasion busterbrown Nov 2013 #138

would never go to a right wing site gopiscrap Nov 2013 #139

I do.. To fuck with them big time. busterbrown Nov 2013 #140

silly me Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #77

If it was just the food and family,- ruffburr Nov 2013 #102

It's a #WarOnThanksgiving. n/t Gore1FL Nov 2013 #57

Is your heart two sizes too small? hfojvt Nov 2013 #8

yup gopiscrap Nov 2013 #9

I like to celebrate my yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #10

OMG gopiscrap Nov 2013 #12

:D yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #20

! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #48

Thank you! Now I know what I'm giving for Christmas! Chicken! Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #53

You must be fun to be around, RC Nov 2013 #62

I'm better than I used to be. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #54

Great Zoth! ChazInAz Nov 2013 #68

Better book by 30 November shaayecanaan Nov 2013 #87

here. yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #91

Oh , okay... shaayecanaan Nov 2013 #94

Heh.. yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #96

I just ask the wife... shaayecanaan Nov 2013 #99

Awesome! yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #100

I have four more gifts to buy, two to make .... and I'm done !!! polly7 Nov 2013 #11

putting up lights is a waste of electricity! gopiscrap Nov 2013 #13

I only put a string around my tree and the big window it sits in, now. polly7 Nov 2013 #18

Bah humbug, Ebenezer. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #19

Put your Bah Humbug on your tree! HangOnKids Nov 2013 #131

... nolabear Nov 2013 #69

And your point is? Beacool Nov 2013 #110

Um, for a lot of people . . . Brigid Nov 2013 #27

You are the type of person that people hate!!!! Beacool Nov 2013 #108

LOL I know! polly7 Nov 2013 #114

Naaahhh, you are just super organized. Beacool Nov 2013 #116

Awww ..... well you're a lot nicer person than me, I don't send or give cards to nearly that many polly7 Nov 2013 #117

I didn't even remember to mention the people from church, there go another bunch of cards. Beacool Nov 2013 #119

Wow. You are a VERY kind person, and I'm sure all of those you send your cards to polly7 Nov 2013 #120

Ha, ha, ha, those cards must have been fun to read!!! Beacool Nov 2013 #125

I have to share a secret about one of those cards, polly7 Nov 2013 #145

Thanks, they were tasty. Beacool Nov 2013 #147

That's nice . . . Journeyman Nov 2013 #14

Me too. fadedrose Nov 2013 #28

I love Christmas, but only when it happens after Thanksgiving. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #15

Lounge material. Motown_Johnny Nov 2013 #16

I've always loved seeing my kids and frogmarch Nov 2013 #17

Gorgeous! nt polly7 Nov 2013 #23

One thing I love about Christmas... Earth_First Nov 2013 #22

Only the crass commercialism... I love the lights, decorations, snow and HOPEFULLY hlthe2b Nov 2013 #24

The lights... pipi_k Nov 2013 #98

for me the only saving part of Christmas is the paid day off and extra income from singing gopiscrap Nov 2013 #101

WELCOME, FELLOW LIBERALS, TO THE WAR AGAINST CHRISTMAS!!! backscatter712 Nov 2013 #25

Last time it got ugly when he sent his forces against the supreme court.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #72

Hannukah is the same day as Thanksgiving this year. What's is this Christmas you speak of? mucifer Nov 2013 #26

I love the winter solstice here in the Northwest. I'm originally from TX. I have never liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #30

I'm in the NW too and there are A LOT of Solstice parties that go on. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #75

I'm with you. Iggo Nov 2013 #29

I hate how stores are advertising holiday deals earlier and earlier now. Initech Nov 2013 #31

I saw my first ad three days before halloween. So wrong. tridim Nov 2013 #32

I dislike hate. Christmas? Bah; humbug! nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2013 #33

Christmas is a spotlight on the vast differences between the haves and the have nots. searchingforlight Nov 2013 #34

I'm enjoying being the parents of older children. You don't have to buy as many presents. liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #41

I hate people who waste my time with posts that say nothing... brooklynite Nov 2013 #35

I LOVE Christmas, but I don't watch TV, don't live in a town, and don't shop much. Zorra Nov 2013 #36

this is how it should be! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2013 #51

It's the most wonderful time of the year... NealK Nov 2013 #37

Change your clocks tonight...n/t monmouth3 Nov 2013 #39

Thanks for the reminder! Iggo Nov 2013 #65

you will be visited by 3 spirits :P PatrynXX Nov 2013 #40

As long as the spirits are Jack Daniels, Jose Cuervo, and Jim Beam, that's cool. Liberal Veteran Nov 2013 #43

Good one! Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #76

+1 deucemagnet Nov 2013 #42

They can't even wait until after Thanksgiving BainsBane Nov 2013 #44

The power of Christmas compels you, the power of Christmas compels you. hrmjustin Nov 2013 #45

Saw my first Xmas themed commercial 2 days BEFORE Halloween. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #46

then don't celebrate it ajk2821 Nov 2013 #47

Can we at least finish hating Thanksgiving, First? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #49

I love Thanksgiving gopiscrap Nov 2013 #52

Well then: In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #144

"Simple Gifts" or in lots of hymnals: "Lord of the Dance" gopiscrap Nov 2013 #146

Warren DeMontague Z_California Nov 2013 #55

It's a tough time for many, commercialism or not War Horse Nov 2013 #50

This will be my 45th year hating xmas. graywarrior Nov 2013 #56

gopiscrap Diclotican Nov 2013 #58

I HATE NEW YEARS EVE!!!! Autumn Nov 2013 #59

Christmas is what you make it. Nine Nov 2013 #60

The War on Consumerism Rain Mcloud Nov 2013 #63

We don't celebrate it anymore. Nor Thanksgiving. They are artifacts of the boomersense Nov 2013 #64

I do they perpetuate the greedy, materialist, capitlaistic status quo gopiscrap Nov 2013 #73

Yeah, but everyone's path is different....and we may all meet again boomersense Nov 2013 #79

I wish we would just ban it already... penultimate Nov 2013 #82

thank you I agree gopiscrap Nov 2013 #83

Thanksgiving too... I know you said you like it, but I hate it. penultimate Nov 2013 #85

I like Thanksgiving because there's tons of food, two paid days off and I don't have to do any gopiscrap Nov 2013 #88

That's all the stuff I hate about holidays... penultimate Nov 2013 #90

too Mao lunasun Nov 2013 #118

that's an awful big broadbrush fizzgig Nov 2013 #89

First prisoner taken in "The War On Christmas ™" Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #66

bah... demwing Nov 2013 #67

''What you resist, persists.'' ~Carl Jung n/t DeSwiss Nov 2013 #70

Halloween every night! RosettaStoned77 Nov 2013 #74

June 26, 1870. MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #78

The holiday, Si. The commercialism, No. DinahMoeHum Nov 2013 #81

Love it! ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #84

I'm tired of HATE! relayerbob Nov 2013 #86

I don't have a problem with Christmas, but Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #92

Ohh, someone needs a hug. Beacool Nov 2013 #106

Thx Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #121

You're welcome. Beacool Nov 2013 #134

Let me be the first to say xfundy Nov 2013 #93

very nice gopiscrap Nov 2013 #95

Aren't you a little too early with that pronouncement? Beacool Nov 2013 #105

amen n/t riverwalker Nov 2013 #122

Not again BeyondGeography Nov 2013 #126

so do i. DesertFlower Nov 2013 #141

i'm an Atheist and Christmas is my favorite Holiday JI7 Nov 2013 #142

I hate content-free posts in GD! LeftyMom Nov 2013 #143