Anti-Holiday meme

[howeird]

'tis the season to be grumpy,
fa la la la la
la la duh duh

What annoys you most about this season? I'll start. Add your own in comments.

1. All carols, all the time in all the stores
2. Parking lot hell
3. Stores not stocking my favorite stuff because they need the space for Tickle Me Jesus and red-and-green whiffle balls
4. Corny Santa hats
5. TV and radio commercials with custom insipid lyrics set to annoying Jesus music
6. Germanic pagan rituals pawned off as tributes to Jesus:
- How often does it snow in Bethlehem, anyway? Click here for local weather stats.
- Find an indigenous fir tree in Bethlehem, win a prize
- Find a fireplace, let alone a Yule log in Bethlehem, win two prizes
- Correlating the new and old testaments, Jesus was born in April or May, not December.
7. Starbucks starts "celebrating" before Thanksgiving
8. The barrage of junk mail flyers and catalogs
9. Every local "news" broadcast is compelled to have at least one Human Interest holiday story. More is better.
10. Setting aside a single day out of the year to give gifts to people you love, instead of any time you feel like it.

Comments

[svashtar.livejournal.com]

11. People who don't ever leave their houses at other times of the year getting in my way because they feel a need to get into the mass consumerism of the holiday.

12. The inevitable backup on hwy 880 because of all the wankers trying to shop at Santana Row and Valley Faire.

13. Christmas music BEFORE thanksgiving.

14. Working on Christmas Eve, then being expected to drive two and a half hours out to Fair Oaks to celebrate the holiday at my sister's house because she can't be bothered to come to the Bay Area where everyone else lives. She's the one without a job, and can stay at my mom's overnight, if she wishes.

15. People who let their dogs eat christmas tree ornaments.

[howeird]

15A. Leave the damned trees in the forest. Ironic image of the week: a tree loaded atop a Prius.

[spacekatgal.livejournal.com]

1. I'm not such a fan of watching Santa Claus prostituted for crappy capitalistic purposes.
2. Endless advertisements for "A very special X."
3. Being appalled by the mindless **** people buy.

[howeird]

Santa Claus prostituted for crappy capitalistic purposes
Santa hires hookers?

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

If the previous comment is #'s 16-18...

19. the stores that suddenly become packed with rabid shoppers intent with buying the most random pieces of crap when all you want is a new motor for your existing radio controlled car

20. Black Friday, for all of my retail working friends.

21. The strange concept that peppermint chocolate can only be popular from late November until early January. Dammit, I like it all the time!

[howeird]

21A. Egg nog is also good all year!

[cinchntouch.livejournal.com]

11. People who donate to charities only once a year for the Christmas Spirit. Fuck, don't people starve in June, April and February too.

12. Christmas sermons: since the churches are packed with people who would never go to Church any other time of the year, clerics feel the need to dummy down sermons, hence leading to mind numbing blathering.

13. White Christians who insist upon intrducing false celebrations of Chanakah and Kwanza at their "Holiday" parties to appear multi-cultural. In the process they cheapen these holidays and look like idiots themselves.

14. People who are pro-war the rest of the year blathering on about Peace on Earth. Hello, there would be peace if assholes like you stopped blowing people up!

[howeird]

11A. Salvation Army bell ringers

[cinchntouch.livejournal.com]

I hate them. The Salvation Army is so homophobic that everytime I see them I think of Klansmen being allowed to ring bells outside my local Safeway!

[spacekatgal.livejournal.com]

You: People who are pro-war the rest of the year blathering on about Peace on Earth. Hello, there would be peace if assholes like you stopped blowing people up!

Me: Frak yes! OMG, this is such hypocracy. Miss the point much?

[cinchntouch.livejournal.com]

Totally!