Time to be the grinch for a minute. This is a list of things that I dislike about the holidays: 1) Parking lot vultures - You know who I'm talking about...those fat, out of shape morons (trust me, they're ALL fat) that wait for ten minutes while following somebody out of the mall to their parking space. What's the matter, that extra 20 feet of walking distance going to give you a coronary? Oh well, I've ranted about this before, so this will be the abbreviated version 2) The fact that it's cold - Swoly-D will agree with me on this..."happy" and "cold" NEVER go together. Besides, wasn't Jesus born in the spring? If you're going to celebrate Christ's birthday away from the actual time frame, why not pick the middle of summer so I can go to the beach on Christmas Day? Nothing says "Merry Christmas" like greased up chicks in bikinis. We definitely need to have some kind of vote on this. 3) That stupid Folgers commercial where that jackass walks in the house and wakes up his mom by making a pot of coffee. You don't live in that house any more, so how about ringing the doorbell, you ingrate! You're lucky that dad didn't come down with a shotgun and shoot your ass. 4) Celine Dion - For butchering two Christmas classics, "Feliz Navidad" and "Happy Christmas (The War Is Over)" I don't care how good her vocal range is, if Celine Dion sings a cover song, it's automatically considered "butchering" it. She's lucky Jose Feliciano and John Lennon are blind and dead, respectively, or they'd both gang up and beat her down! 5) Those huge inflatable snow globes - Not because they're annoying or anything, but because I didn't invent them and get filthy rich off it! That was the biggest "Why did I think of that?" moment of my life when I first saw one 6) Elf - Cold, undeniable proof of the Will Ferrell Rule: The Will Ferrell Rule states that the crappiness of any movie with Will Ferrell is directly proportional to the amount of screen time he gets. The only thing saving this movie from being a complete turd is that midget kicking Ferrell's ass. I'm sure others have many more...
The thing I hate the most about this time of year is seeing Christmas commercials two weeks before Thanksgiving. Oh yeah...that and the cold weather.
I hate the increased traffic. On the weekends, it doesn't matter what time it is, if you're headed anywhere on 610N, you'll be stuck for at least 40 minutes. Everyone is jammed trying to get to the Galleria. They are so lucky I'm not Magneto.
I hate Christmas songs and having to buy people gifts they probably don't want for the same in return (thankfully I don't have any friends, so this is a small list, but still...).
Along these same lines are the places that play Christmas music nonstop when there really is no need for Christmas music. The Pho restaurant I eat at has been playing Christmas music for three weeks! I happen to love the cold weather.
Oh, I also hate buying gifts. Can't I just give some cash and you go buy your own ****? I tried the gift cards route, but that was shot back to me as uncaring. Well, uh, yea.
Buying gifts for people you see once a year, just because they are your wife's cousin. Cars with ribbons on them. Live nativity scenes.
"Happy Cold Christmas!" - nah, it has NO RING. Shuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrr... (home sick today 'cuz it's cold ASS) Ummmm... A-train... I liked how you avoided the D&D by naming the thread "holiday" dislikes. You missed all the PRUDISH stuff renaming Christmas to "Holidays" just to market a bigger audience. Screw that shiznit. It's "Winter Break" on my daughter's calendar for school, and no ads are showing "Christmas" anywhere??? WTF??? I will also agree with the CELINE DION point. Give me José Feliciano instead of titanic girl any time.
I agree with you A-Train on those parking lot vultures. I cannot stand people who won't walk for a change. When I go to a store, mall, or whatever I just go down a lane and when the cars start getting more and more park I just park. I disagree about the cold. I love the cold weather, no bugs biting or stinging, you don't have to sweat right when you walk outside, football and basketball, no more yard work, and it is easier to pack clothes on than take them off. I also hate the increased traffic on the weekends. I cannot stand it in my town of 60,000 but my girlfriend always wants to go to Memphis (1 hour away) on the weekends and go to Wolfchase Galleria and you have to go through a section of I-40 that is under construction and one lane with everybody trying to get to that one mall. I hate when people leave their Christmas decorations way after the new year. 20+ year olds making Christmas lists to their parents.
Well, you would DEFINITELY hate it down in Texas, the state that originated the concept of leaving Christmas decorations up all year long...
This is exactly why I quit giving gifts on "gift-giving holidays" or birthdays. No one freaking appreciates it nor do they remember. Come xmas, valentine's, b-days, you can forget it. I shouldn't give you a gift b/c someone said I should. I'll give you one b/c you deserve it. It's much better giving when they least expect it and the smile on their face will be genuine.
I hate that r****ded whatabuger commercial where the poor ol' christmas lot guy gives the rich dude a free tree because "it's christmas eve" and then the rich guy gives him his whataburger bag before he drives off in his SUV like it's some sort of exemplary display of charity. Like anybody would honestly be moved by receiving a greasy bag of burgers. Drives me nuts...
This definitely has to include those Lexus "December to Remember" ads. GOd I hate those. "Oh honey, you bought me a Lexus! I guess I'll start having sex with you again because our marriage is a thinly veiled money for sex relationship!" God I hate those commercials so much. If I ever see a Lexus with a ribbon parked around Christmas time, I am setting a car bomb and cutting the brake lines.
Oh- and non-stop christmas music including 80 friggin renditions of jingle bells. Everywhere you go "jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock" argh!
Sorry I didn't mean to put till the new year I meant after the new year...way after the new year. Fixed.
