It’s official. Myself and a good number of people behind me declare that Christmas really does suck, and should be canceled with all the stress, hypocrisy, and gluttonous spending it represents.
We are not scrooges, nor are we schmucks. In fact, we are people who are very kind, generous and giving throughout the year, and find the Christmas idea of giving as contrived as the acting on a late night infomercial.
The fact is, we are all tired of it: the crowds, the traffic, and the line-ups. We no longer choose to wonder aimlessly down the crowded isles of department stores, picking out gifts with as much thought as pocket calculators; devices that know only one thing: that they should by something for somebody, because that’s what they are supposed to do at this time of year.
Nero once said: as long as you keep the masses happy with bread and circuses, you can control them. Like $13 movies and $5 Pepsi’s, Christmas is a circus in itself. Its a sham, a way of feeding the pockets of the wealthy by encouraging the desperate masses to be generous and open their wallets and spend more and more of the money they don’t have. The sense of power and control that consumers feel when they use their bank or credit cards lasts about as long as it takes Visa to send them a bill when its all over. And any hopes of getting out of the financial shackles they’ve grown into dissipates into yet another year of interest payments, and any hopes of North America’s average savings rate to rise above 0% vanishes into the next 12 good ol’ days of Christmas.
Look at it this way: at Christmas, do the companies you work for, the same companies that invest millions of dollars every year into TV commercials that convince you to spend your savings on presents, do they show you any generosity by giving you a week off – not even a paid week off – to be with your families? What about their contribution to the Christmas spirit? Most of the people I know had to be back on the 26th. Every year, Christmas becomes less and less an act of giving and more and more a payoff for not seeing your loved ones enough.
The fact is, Christmas has little to do with religion, and it has little to do with giving:
A) It’s neither mentioned in the Bible, nor is it for certain when the three wise guys made their way across the desert to find the baby Jesus. The Christmas tree is just a mishmash of beliefs from China, Egypt, Germany, and the lights are representative of an ancient ritual where victims were burned alive as an offering to convince a sun god to warm things up a little.
B) Santa Claus, the old Santa Claus, not the contemporary Santa Claus invented by Coca-Cola, but the original one known as Saint Nicholas, was a simple Bishop living in Turkey who once a year – NOT DECEMBER 25th – would stuff candies and trinkets into the little shoes of children. He did this because he, and the children were poor. Then, it was a humble act of giving. Now, in today’s North America, it’s not about giving, it’s about spending. It was an idea bread from poverty, and was never meant to be a novelty of luxury.
C) The original idea of Christmas has about as little to do with a developed country like ours, as Buddhism – another idea bread from poverty – has to do with BMW driving yuppies in Kitsilano, Vancouver.
And so, it is for these reasons, that many others and myself believe that Christmas should be canceled and replaced with daily acts of giving. Instead of one day of spending, people everywhere could enjoy showing their appreciation for one another in the some of the following ways:
1. Don’t tailgate. Its annoying.
2. Start a conversation with a complete stranger, every day.
3. Never send group emails, like this one.
4. Volunteer once a week.
5. Look people in the eye and say “please” and “thank you.”
6. Don’t be a snobby, ignorant bigot.
7. When some one wants to change lanes in front of you, don’t speed up and try to block them.
8. Don’t complain or brag repeatedly about your problems, they are meant to be solved, not worn as a badge.
9. And when you complain about your problems, don’t snub the advice you receive. When people give advice, they are giving a bit of themselves.
10. RAK: Random Acts of Kindness. Do one nice thing for someone, every day.
11. Don’t swear.
In conclusion, we believe that by following some of these examples everyday, instead sheepishly heeding the corporate call to the cleaners every Christmas, we could make life better for everyone ever day.
Happy Holidays (what holiday?)
This is just wonderful!
Could you make this Anti-Christmas world-wide? I’ve been against Christmas for years. Killing animals, cutting down trees and over-consuming aren’t just the ideas I have of a pleasant party.
Transmission from Finland ends now.
Finland? Isn’t that where that extreme ecologist lives, the one who thinks the world would be better off if the human race killed itself? He mentioned something about not committing suicide himself because it would be pointless…..
What a happy attitude! Merry Christmas to all of you, even if you hate the joy of human festivals.
Using one person to snub a nation: nice tactic.
I don’t hate all human festivals, I dislike one, especially one that is now run by the powers that be, that brainwash people into making hollow guestures of love with their Visa Cards.
Is it just coincidence that the most advertized and promoted Holiday Event of the year in the Western Hemisphere is the one which people go out and buy gifts from the same companies that promote it? HMMMM….
Here ya go Grandma, see you in another year!
The cost of a human soul? Priceless!
I HAVE HATED CHRISMAS ALL MMY LIFE. THE SPENDING,
THE BULL SHIT TREES, MMMMMAYBE IT STARTED OUT TO BE SOMETHING GOOD BUT IT HAS CHANGED. I HAD A BUDDY OF MINE PASS AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO. HIS WIFE TOLD HIM IT WAS HIS FUCKING JOB TO MAKE SURE SHE WAS HAPPY. FOR CHRISTMAS SHE TOLD HIM THAT
A $3,000 LIMIT FOR HER AND AQ $300.00 LIMIT FOR HIM. HE GOT EXTRA WORK AND SAVEED AND SOLD WHAT HE COULD. THEN THE BITCH MADE A LITWS OF HER WANTS. IF HE DIDNT COME THROUGH THERE WAS HELL TO PAY. HE DIED OF A STROKE IN NOVEMBER. SHE HAD THE GALL TO HAVE ME HELP HER FIND HIS STASH.
WHAT A BITCH. I TOLD HER TO SUCK ASS
All Christmas does for me is add more stress in my life followed by guilt.
Uh Darrel,
A little tip. People generally laughed AT Beavis and Butthead for saying thngs like “suck ass,” not WITH them.
The idea of a midwinter celebration cuts across most known cultures. When it’s dark and cold and the ground is frozen, you feast communally.
Agreed, screw Christmas and what it’s become, but that’s no reason not to celebrate your own way.
I hate Christmas, it is so overrated!! The times when I did like Christmas it sucked, every year around Christmas something would happen in our family and we could have a Christmas. Christmas 2002 sucked and I know Christmas 2003 will too. I especially hate the family gift exchanging parties to, I hate seeing everyone being noticed and handed huge presents and all I get is 3 small chocolate NASCAR vehicles. I am for real… I am not lying, plus I dont even like NASCAR. Anyways, I am not looking forward to this Christmas. Santa can kiss my A$$!
Christmas really is a stressful time of year for most people generally. Feeling forced to participate in festivities that do not appeal to you as well as forking over hard to come by cash, just so that you are not made to feel guilt. And believe me, the guilt does get heaped upon you if you forget. There is no joy in the holiday except for the ones who can afford it. For the rest, it is an agonizing feat of futility.
Christmas… SUCKS. K Bye.
Christmas isn’t all that bad comeon, sure, it takes a little effort, but when have any of you ever got together with your whole family and not had to make a little effort? Isn’t it worth it? to see the people who know you better than you know yourself? yeah sure the corporate marketing wheels are in full swing and the billboards are extra busy but fuck it. It’s christmas, and if your lucky enough to have a family to visit and a meal to eat stop your whining and enjoy the company and ignore the marketing….. Happy christams.
I have never been able to understand my family’s attitude toward x-mas. To this day they insist that it’s this great, happy time of year, and it NEVER HAS BEEN. Every year my sister bitches that her husband doesn’t “get it” and can’t get behind the holiday, or my mother whines that her kids just don’t seem to understand THE SPIRIT anymore, and as far back as I can remember, x-mas has ALWAYS sucked at our house.
These people have been complaining about x-mas since as far back as I can remember, and they STILL say that it WOULD be great if so-and-so would only do this, or if only they had more money, or if people weren’t so damned whatever and blah blah blah.
It’s just unbelievable how many people buy into the advertised ideal of what America and Americans SHOULD be like, even after years and years of sound, solid PROOF that it’s always been a lie.
I swear, people in this country are still not happy unless their family is the Cleavers and their girlfriend is…I dunno, Jennifer Lopez or something, or their boyfriend is Brad Pitt.
I seem to have digressed, but I really haven’t. X-mas is just the most ridiculously obvious example of this mentality, and I see it in otherwise perfectly intelligent people (making me wonder just how intelligent they really are.
Nice to have found this site. Very few people in my circle of aquaintences really understand how I can hate x-mas quite as much as I do and still be a reasonably happy, well-adjusted person. Any other time of the year, I’m the nicest guy. Seriously. Just ask my wife (who is Chinese and doesn’t really even KNOW about x-mas, thank you very much!)
Christmas sucks!!! All this bullcrap starts in the middle of October. They can’t even wait for Halloween & Thanskgiving to be over for crying out loud. And yes, the over-commercialism & the “buy-buy-buy” attitude really makes Christmas unenjoyable. What was 1st posted was very wise indeed. That we should be nice & giving 365 days a year, not just one stupid day. I don’t mind buying gifts for friends & family, but now, it’s like they have everything they could possibly need & want…what else is left? They don’t need anything else!! Why tell us that we need to get this & that…so that the corporations can make a huge earning? Plus, this overall image of how everyone is supposed to be happy & carefree….well, try telling that to the people in Iraq & Afghanistan. Not to mention even in our own country, there’s plenty of misery to go around & we’re supposed to be something that most of the time, we are not? Such hypocracy. So, yes, while I will buy some gifts for my family & friends (plus the added workout from running all over the friggin malls), I must totally agree in that Christmas sucks!!
All this perscribed bullshit about a festival of hypocrisy that totally disastablishes the reasons as to why the day was also established in the first place. I hate having to feel oblieged to buy people material possesions, just so they feel loved. What? My conscience isn’t enough? So this new CD or video game convinces you, does it? Motherfuckers. I know I’m only reiterating what Rocco said, but that’s because he took the words right out of my mouth. Good job man.
I loath this time of the year because:
1. My husband’s immediate family alone is 25 strong. With, of course, a bunch of kids all who get a whopping fifty bucks a piece. 5 of them drive better cars than we do and since we are living with his parents, they probably live in better conditions. I mean really — when does it stop — these kids are in their 20’s! Then of course, the adults all need gifts — most of them have four car garages all filled with junk — what could they possibly need?
2. There is not one but two parties. And this is the dullest bunch — it’s almost like they got the idea of how Christmas should be from TV and that’s what they do. Every Christmas tree in every house I walk into has a train around it. 3. No one drinks — unless you count 1 beer before dinner. The ice chest has more soda than beer — wow talk about a culture shock.
4. No egg nog. No loaded punch. Just kids. Squealing. Everywhere. With their hands out. And all the adults all think the kids are the cutest things they’ve ever seen. It’s the main topic of conversation: ‘oh look at that — isn’t that cute’….. they’re in high school for God’s sakes.
5. OK no booze should = good food. Nope. A small tray of turkey from the grocery store deli and the rest is unidentifiable Chinese food. No wait — I can usually pick out the BBQ pork and white rice.
6. No Christmas music. No music at all.
7. Most of the adult kids give the parents (my in-laws) money done up in clever little ways. I mean really — is this necessary?
Whew…… The one good thing about this time of the year is that I can give to those I really love and really know — wonderful thoughtful presents. Everyone gets a bottle.
Well, growing up 30 years or so ago, this used to be a nice holiday. My folks and I would get together, exchange a few gifts, have dinner and call it a day. Maybe we’d go for a ride and listen to the waves on the shore and go home to a fire in the fireplace. Nice, quiet, happy, peaceful.
Now I’m married, and Christmas means hauling 20 four foot long Tupperware boxes full of decorations up from the cellar and polishing all the subatomic particles in the house because we might have guests and the house has to look nice. It means hearing Silent Night and the same goddamn depressing songs over and over and over and over and over and over until I want to stab myself in the ears with a screwdriver just to make it stop. It means spending money I don’t have, just because otherwise we sit around on Xmas day feeling like shit because there’s nothing else to do. It means going to office parties that I’d rather skip because it’s the politically correct thing to do. It means hearing about merchants bitching about the snow and how it’s affected their bottom fucking line.
It’s corny plastic mangers in store windows, placed there by store managers who don’t give a shit about the holiday, it’s just corporate policy. It’s about radio stations that play carols amidst commercials to “GO OUT, BUY NOW AND SAVE”. It’s about cheesy Christmas specials – not the classics, but schmaltzy, weepy ones like “a Very Special ‘Touched by an Angel'” in which little Johnny (who’s now 25 years old and has a drug/drinking/emotional/criminal problem and who will be reunited with his dying father/mother/brother/uncle with whom he had an argument 20 years ago (that led to his life of crime), and both end up crying in the last 10 minutes of the episode as the relative realizes that they have terminal cancer and it’s Time to Put Things Right because (cue hokey special effects and backlighting around Roma Downey) God Loves You.
It’s knowing that there are people out there who really DO deserve something better and there’s nothing I can do to help them. Giving money to charities means that 80% of it winds up in “administrative expenses”, and that the people it should have helped got the short end of the stick. It’s knowing that there are perfectly good animals in shelters who are going to be put to sleep, not because they’re dangerous or sick, but simply because we live in a society where everything’s disposable.
Amen.
Maybe it`s because I`ve been away from home for so many holidays that I have grown tired of the loads of commercialized crap that get`s thrown in everyones faces. I miss what Christmas meant to me when I was a kid(and yes, when I didn`t know about all the work my mom had to do to get everything ready)…well, that`s not quite it. I miss the family part I don`t miss much of anything else. Even when I was a stupid little kid, I always got excited about seeing family. The whole presents thing would be over in no time and nowadays I can barely remember most of the presents I ever got. Nowadays I get Christmas-in-a-box…which ain`t so bad. It`s the thoughtfulness that really counts to me. And I live now in a country(Japan) where christmas is generally ignored(but sadly it`s catching on more and more…oh crap!) so I think I could do without the holidays but not without what they should mean.
You know,it’s not the idea of Christmas that sucks it’s the fact that everybody assumes that everybody else has somewhere to go and people that want them there. It sucks for those of us who will be alone on the one day of the year that is supposed to be a family time. How do you tell your friends that your family doesn’t have time for you, that’s pretty hard to admit, so you just let them assume that you are spending the holidays with family and instead you spend it by yourself. So for all of those who spend the rest of the year working their tails off to keep it together good luck surviving this holiday and remember that on Dec 26, it’s all over for another year.
I don’t like many Xmas traditions ? I make my own. If there was a family gathering I was obliged to attend, and I didn’t like something about it, I would actively change it (bring food, etc.).
Here in Van, the film industry buys (collectively) stacks o’turkeys and gets volunteers to cook them then has catering trucks dish them out. I cooked two last year, then ran into friends serving and stayed the day. Got extra props for making a saskatoon-berry sauce as an alternative to the canned cranberry.
One way or the other, take back your Xmas. Spend the day cooking a turkey, then take a dozen servings in foil pans and give them to the homeless. Leave art around the city. Squeeze whatever good you remember out of it and don’t let the commercialism get you down. If you do, they win…
And I’m an atheist…
I am so sad. This Christmas I am not geting any thing. Because of the “no money” issue.
I Like Christmas, because you can spend time with your family. I feel very sorry for the ones who dosn’t. Merry Christmas! even I don’t like it any more except because Jesus was born on this day. (thats something great)
HI:
What I don’t like about christmas is all the commercialism and the way those of us who can’t get with family are made to feel like outcasts. I can’t even go to a restaurant or for a walk on the beach alone without these pitiful stares. So when I’m alone I stay in bed all day and read or sleep and wait til tomorrow.
What I love about christmas is when I do have a place to go and celebrate it’s great! I love buying stuff for people and yes I do do that all year long. I love the colors and the songs and the weather.
But mostly since I’m alone on christmas. It sucks! And I can’t wait til it’s over.
I spoke to my brother loast night and we agreed not to buy each other dumb shit for christmas. what a relief! I’m going to get everyone in the family to join in next year. This holiday is insane in some ways and wonderful in some ways. I just resent the obligations built into xmas. I have a house full of stuff, some of it useful and functional, much of it is stupid garbage that just bulids up and must be managed (moved, cleaned, shelved, moved again, etc) I’ve had it!
I notice there are a lot of comments recently; Christmas is a hard time of year for many, many North Americans. Hopefully, this site is showing people they are not alone.
A lot of the comments were really eye-opening for me. I think Skyhawk’s idea is great: if Christmas sucks for you, go help out other people who would otherwise have a depressing Christmas. This could mean dishing up turkey for the homeless or getting together with friends who don’t have families to go to (or don’t want to go home to their families) and having the Christmas you want. This might be playing “New Kids Got Run Over By A Reindeer”, slurping back red and green jello shots, & trading stuff you don’t want any more with your pals. I’d just like to remind everybody with a seriously disfunctional family that there is no law saying you have to spend Christmas with them. The point of Christmas is JOY, so why not get yourself some. As in the other 364 days of the year, the only one who can make you happy is you. Ditch the people who make you feel lousy and go on your way rejoicing.
I’m one of the lucky few who gets along with my family all year around, so I’ll be home with them. I have never had a bad Christmas–although, come to think of it, red and green jello shots this year might be great.
You know what I use to love Christmas but now I hate it!I still beleive it is the birthday of Chirst,But I’v been through a lot bullshit!All my dreams have been sattered.To start it off My great Grandmother pass away in 1991,I was married and that din’t work our,But we were still friends after that,eventhrough she haqd the children taken away from her.Two of them were my biologogal children,but I still was the father to all three.The oldest one his real father never came around,But I was always their for him.When me and my wife seperated I moved to Wisconsin.I just throught me and her were arguing too much and I was told by a thrapist that we should seperate not to mention by the pigs one time she had me arrested for some billshit that we did work out,But the fucking court system blamed everything on me.They hald whatever they could aganst me.I got fired from a job,I got arrested becuse they din’t like my opinions in an E=mail so they altered it and told me if I say it was alterede they can put me in the hospital for having illusions.The corrupt Department of Children and Family Service in Il was behind all this.I’m no longer afried to say it on line or even if I go on national TV.Which will be my next step.The lawer I had was not working for me,But aganst me.Paul Katz was the corupt lawer they appointed me.Then whan I filed for the appeal they appointed me this one bitch that never even talked me But I think she talked to this guy Tim Ingold who works @ Keystone house in Chicago were I was staying,becuse I throught they were going to help me out,But they din’t do anything to help me with the children.They were also on the states side I believe.I believe he told this bitch some bullshit!I got to visit my children last year,but it was supervised by my daughters bitch of a foster mother Debbie Handler.Who lives in Arlington Heights Il.I’m waiting to hear from the other foster mother that got the two boys,But she hasn’t called me yet,So I don’t know whats up with her,but these people get all the say so,and me I guess they just think of me as a low life or something,When they took my perantal rights away from me they treated mr like shit.They got me nervious on the stand becuse they know I have an Anxiaty problem.The corrupt states attoney askes me what my daugters favorite color was.How do I know when this big fat bitch Debbie Handler wouln’t let me talk to her.Also I was asked whan my dauters birthday was and I accidently said Sept 10 when it was Sept 2,But I corrected myself right away.But to these people they believe you have to be perfact.I use to go to meetings that would tell you One day at a time,Progress not perfection and all that crap,but the real world isn’t like that.I get depressed on the holidays now.Also my Ex-wife passed away last Augast and they din;t even bring the children to see her,But see did have a visit with the two boys before she died.But she din’t get to see Katrina my daughter.So how I’m I soppose to be happy.I just hate life.I wish somtimes the world would end!
David J Lefever
What an interesting little site. I read through all of this, and find that I agree with most of it, but not all of it. The comercial side does suck, INDEED! and we should be at least amicable to everyone 24/7/365. corporate america should be ashamed of itself, the way it has turned the spirit of giving into the spendfest that it has become. But, I’m sitting here wondering how I’m going to pay for my best friends gift (which I have not chosen yet), let alone a gift for my precious wife.
Christmas does very much suck. and I for one am tired of feeling guilty about the choices I make as far as choosing gifts and whose and what celebrations I attend, so I’m not going to feel guilty anymore and just do what feels right.
christmas sucks
mucho grande
matt
Yeah, i have to say that christmas is the worst holiday in the world.
You know what, christmas is cool, you guys really are scrooges if you can’t stand having ur family around during the holiday, YOU GUYS SUCK THE ASS!
George –
No one forced you to come to this board and read it nor did anyone force you to post. If you have some hard evidence to dispute the fact that Christmas is a big ol’ ball of hypocritical over-commercialized bullshit – i.e. the idea that people can only be kind and give to their fellow man one day out of 365 every year and that the Toys R Us giraffe is the second incarnation of Christ and that Coca Cola is his blood – then maybe we will consider your post valid. Otherwise, go fuck yourself up the ass with a candy-cane. Happy December.
I used to LOVE Christmas before I became an adult. Now I feel obligated to buy presents for people who, although I love, I simply don’t have the money to do so. I find myself hoping that so and so don’t get me a present because then I’ll feel obligated to get them a present in return.
I’m a kind, generous person all year round but this forced gift giving and ridiculous chaos during the holiday season makes me wish I could simply skip Christmas. I can dream…
George,
How eloquent. “You guys suck the ass”…whose ass? Is there one particular ass you had in mind, or is there a generic/collective ass that we all suck?
We are Scrooges? Well, maybe in a Dickensian sense we are, but in this day and age, the three ghosts of Christmas would probably work for a marketing agency and Tiny Tim would be replaced with a politically correct, demographically researched non-ethnically offensive character with all the depth of a bowl of applesauce. Instead of buying a Christmas goose for the Cratchett (sp?) family, he’d go to the local mall and indulge in an orgy of spending, probably on meaningful things like violent video games and Britney Spears CDs. Bob Cratchett’s family would be more like the Osbornes, with Tiny Tim being a drug addict with psychological issues, his wife would be a refugee from a Lifetime movie, and Bob would probably attempt suicide sometime around the end of the story, simply because he can’t get together enough money to afford a Hummer.
Now go shove your head up your ass (any ass, your choice) and jump…
Christmas doesn’t suck. People Suck. Seeing the faces of my girls on Christmas morning, ripping through the paper… that in no way sucks… I give all year.. I don’t tail gate.. Christmas is the last thing that remains that holds the American Family together… As corrupted as it is, to cancel it would be the final nail in the coffin of the American Family… We have already lost mom staying at home with the kids… being there for them… A dad that does what he is suposed to do… A family livin gwithin their means… not above it so that both parents have to take on stressful jobs that drain them of the energy that is needed from the kids… This is not sexist, it is the truth… women are not weaker than men.. I know.. but they are stronger in different areas.. I don’t doubt the fact at all of a womans ability to earn money.. or do a job… but what she was intended for was a mother.. the hardest, most rewarding job on earth.. but most of this seems utopian to those out there today… but it isn’t.. it is simply the way things were meant to be.. Cancel Christmas, do away with the ten commandments, kick God out of ou rlives all together.. The end of that road is no less than destruction..
Be the LIGHT…
I am already tired form a year of working and then christmas comes. I want a month off for christamas not presents. Oh, I forgot you can ask for anything but that for christmas. How much does vacation cost, I’d pay for that if they let me. Oops, can’t do that either. Screw america this place sucks
It’s unfortunate that people miss the real reason for this season. December 26th is so much more anticipated than the actual date of celebration. Well, at least we know the advertising companies are doing there job, and they’re doing it well. Don’t let society trap you. Be an individual and remember why we gather and give, because God gave His only son. And we can declare freedom in that. God bless you and yours this holiday season.
I have denounced commercial Christmas.
I will not buy one more present for the rest of my life and all my friends, family, acquaintances knows not to buy me one. If one is givin to me I return it promptly without opening it and ask that person(nicely) to respect that I do not celebrate Christmas (at least not the gift giving/recieving part) If returning the gift is not possible I’ll give it to a charity and let the person who gave it me know what I have done and why.
Now that thats through I will tell you that I like the rest of Christmas. Family, friends, food, parties, time off work, the music to some extent. Nothing I like better than to have a bunch of people over for dinner and drinks..
Time spent and memories made are the best gifts.
I’ll gladly buy a presents for friends and family.. but only on their birthdays.
Christams has been great since I’ve taken this stance many years ago…. probably because I’ve relieved 90% of the stress from christmas.
Good times for all
Christmas started out good but has since snowballed into the awful thing it is now. If I ever have chirlden then I will do my best to teach them the true value of christmas, not the dollar sign part of it. Every dam time on TV that I see people running like wild animals into stores the day after Thanksgiving I almost get sick. I only buy a few presents for my immediate loved ones and I actually get something they would use and like. I hope the future generations turn christmas back into what it should’ve always been. I hope everyone on this board has the best christmas they can have. We know what christmas should be and at least we can do our part. Take care everyone
I used to love Christmas until I started working customer service at a call center over the holidays and I saw just how horrible people can become over thye holidays. They lose all sense of humanity and think only for themselves and the presents they buy for their bratty children(no matter how old). Parts of Christmas suck but people suck even more. So much for good will or kindness.
The only part about Christmas that I still even enjoy looking at the Christmas tree after it has been decorated
Yes I agree after my excosta rican wife stole my babies in 3/19/99 a girl 6 and a boy 3 X mas has never been the same.It was a favorite time of year playing Santa to them and buying every possible toy I could find for them I spoiled them so good.Well for what she has emailed me here in the states since she has brained washed them every year I send them cards every year she says they thow them in the garbage its been almost five years and I havent spoken to either one of then due to a small phoney democracy country hideing the and blocking the international rights not only as americans but as children yes this year I will put up a website to boycott all costa rican products coffee,bananas,tourism till costa rica address that children and parents have rights in this world paullyb is an american living back in the usa after the costa rican stole all his money and his children.Beware of All Costa Ricans!!!!!!
Hello. I first viewed this forum tonight on christmas eve. I read just about everyones post. I very much agree with the downfall of christmas. At the same time I very much celebrate the birth of Jesus. But Christmas has very much gone downhill and is a joke. buy buy buy. FUCK THAT. Thats not what christmas is about. And the greatest movie to show you that is It’s a wonderful life. The best quote out of that movie is “no man is a failure who has friends.” Thats what christmas should be about, spending time with those you care about most. It should not be about buying shit for people who don’t need it. I used to love christmas. I wish i still did. I used to be so happy at christmas. Now it sucks. It’s now something i have to save up for.
Christmas bloody sucks. I totally agree with the comments. All it does is cause stress and is just shit. Cancel Christmas! You got my vote!
My mom made me feel guilty, so I bought my parents some hermit crabs for Christmas. Mom said she wanted me to partake in the activity of giving, so here you go mom, Merryfucking Christmas. They’ll last you a good 8-11 years. And watch out for the pinchers.
Thank you Rocco and Lisa K. for joining my NY Radio WVOX AM 1460 team and me in our Dec. 23 Christmas broadcast on “T3:Trends, Tips & Topics for Everyday Living.” Your participation helped educate our audience about Christmas history and traditions, distinguish between commercialism and the real reason for the season, and inspire genuine Christmas spirit. Your participation was a true gift. Have a very merry, blessed Christ’s mass!
I just finished reading all the posts this early Christmas morning, and I want to thank everyone for the great present of solidarity. This is the first Christmas that I have refused to go along with most of the outrageous demands put upon us by corporate North America. I work retail, so I know first hand what Christmas is all about and what it does to families (and, YES, the majority of people who over-spend at Christmas are the POOR!). For almost every Christmas I can remember, my mother has held the “festivities” at her house so that she could play her year-long role as #1 martyr to the hilt. So now, I refuse to go to her house for Christmas. This follows my two sisters’ precedents, who both stopped attending 8 and 4 years ago, respectively. My mother is now forced to “solicit” fringe relatives — i.e., my cousin’s wife, — to her mock celebrations. These are mainly comprised of people who are largely unaware of her past violent behavior or her ongoing gambling addiction. To say the least, my family is dysfunctional, but I’ve known this for years, and even this fact wouldn’t have ruined Christmas for me. Case in point, my sister was evicted December 5, and my mother picked this opportunity to pull the “Dr. Phil-tough-love” routine. So, I had to take my sister in, even though my partner is out of work due to an injury and his 18 year old daughter has been staying with us because she too has fallen on hard times. WE HAVE NO MONEY TO BUY ONE GIFT FOR EACH OTHER THIS YEAR! I bought my neice, who is staying with us, and my boy-friend’s daughter gifts, but that’s because they are staying with us, and I don’t care what the circumstances are it would be miserable to be that age and not receive anything on Christmas morning. However, my mother has gone out of her way to buy “extra” gifts for the kids affected by my sister’s eviction. Know why? So, she can look like grandma-the-hero while we are forced to spend our “gift” money on silly things like food and my sister’s damage deposit for her new place. Right now, I’m going to the kitchen to start preparing the turkey. I’m going to thank whatever god may be listening for the food that I have this day, when I know countless others will starve and die. I will be grateful for the beauty of this day, and I hope, everyday. Christmas will be whatever I make it this year, but you know, reading these posts made me feel a part of a bigger family. Ironic, isn’t it? That I would find peace and a greater sense of belonging through a message board whose common theme is that Christmas sucks. Thanks friends! And, a very merry Christmas!
Just for the Record , Jesus wasnt born on December 25th. More then likely he was born around the month of March. Christmas is only made for people to get off work for a day or two, thats about it , that and companys getting money. Its as simple as that.
Well here we are again. Another crappy Christmas. No powerball winner, I did not even match one number out of 5 lines of numbers. No Car again this christmas. No house of my own, its going to be another year of living with my parents. No Woman who is willing to give my a little fun. I got a box of cheery choclates and cookies, a scratch off lottery ticket that was junk. I knew it would be when it was given to me. Every christmas I hope to get what I really want. Sorry Charlie no soap. Its really starting to suck. Ive had it with Christmas. Next year to hell with it. Im not even going to give the Salvation army anything. Im tired of it. Im really begining to wonder if God really exits. It sure does seem like it. Next year Im not even going to put up outside decorations. Im not going to give any body anything. No body is getting anything anymore until finally get what I need. 43 years on this planet and i dont have a damm thing. Oh boy Bankruptcy again I just love it. Next Christmas Im just going to spend my christmas bonus on my self, it still wont get me a car or a house of my very own but nobody else is going to get a red cent of it until I finaly get what I NEED. Christmas is a joke. I dont need it.
Hey, at least some fat cat corporate executive is having an amazing christmas spending your money. If you have nothing else to feel good about on christmas, there?s something. I absolutely hate this holiday, so I invented one of my own. On christmas (and before) I refuse to shop. Instead, the time that I would waste shopping I spend with those I care about. Then comes JANUARY GIFT DAY! That way your act of selfless giving is cheaper (it always puts a grin on my face to think that our fat cat isn’t raping me with profit margins), there is no more traffic than usual, and lines are filled with guilty people that I get to laugh at.
Christmas is about spending TIME, not money.
Steve, it’s your job to make yourself happy! If christmas sucks, then don’t celebrate it. It only took me 22 years on this earth to figure that out!
I hate christmas because people drink that should never drink drink and that makes it
a very bad time for us who drink all time because they are always crying or throwing up
on your new christmas shoes that you have to buy new onesevery year because you got drunk and left them at the airport when they made you take them off
Yet another depressing Christmas. I hate this month so much. Its such a let down for me. They say its the most wonderful time of the year but thats such bullshit. Christmas is so fake and yet people get sucked into it.