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

Sat Nov 2, 2013, 05:08 PM

Nov 2013

past, never to gain strength enough to be viable again. The only holiday we celebrate is Halloween, which I don't think is a big h Holiday. After first quarter next year my wife and I will be done with our 125 to 130 hour workweeks and will be looking for a place to live in San Lucia, leaving our house to our daughter. Maybe the new place will have holidays that mean something, and then we will celebrate them. But that isn't here. Even in non-holiday season virtually every media minute is filled with commercials from pineapple-mist douche spray to goat's milk bubble bath. I listen to none of it anymore. Can't take it-- Thanksgiving died about 30 years ago; Christmas about ten years after that. If I want to buy Cousins Billie and Babs a present, I'll do it on a non-holiday. Then they might be surprised. However, having said this, I have no problem with those that partake.

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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