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What chaps your ass most about the Holidays?

Christmas decorations going on display before Holloween

39% (31)

Shoppers who will litarally grab things out of your hand

7% (6)

The idea that you have to spend money to show you care

28% (22)

The look of fury on kids faces when they dont get the $300 toy

1% (1)

The family member who asks dinner be held until he arrives... at 2am

1% (1)

Those wonderful drunk drivers driving home after holiday parties

10% (8)

The perky girl at work that goes overboard with decorations

3% (3)

The sub that asks for a complete new wardrobe to stay in style

0% (0)

The boss that makes you work the holidays

6% (5)

Kids who wake you at 2 am christmas morning....

1% (1)

Total Votes : 78

(last vote on : 11/27/2008 8:26:26 AM)
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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 10:22:41 AM

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I HATE the fact they put out Christmas decorations before Halloween is even here. This year I went to my local Walmart and put witch hats on the tops of all the Christmas trees so they looked like they fit into the current holiday more.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 10:31:53 AM

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As for the Christmas tree, that comes from a pagan celebration of the winter solstice, as does the yule log. A feast was begun on december 21st and ended january 6th, a typical pagan party with drunken debauchery, lewd behavior, naked dancers, naked women falling into bed to be ravished.......

Seems to me the pagans had the right idea......

*grins wryly* By tradition, Yule is a major Wiccan Sabbat celebration during the winter solstice. It celebrates the rebirth of the High God, marked by feasting and dancing.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 10:48:49 AM

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What chaps MY ass most about the Holidays?

People who are Soooooo freak'n negative about Every Thing Concerning The Holidays!!!!
...Arrrrhhhhggggggggg!!!!!!

Sorry folks ... I love the majority of ya (hope you know that )
...but ...
Holidays are what the Individual Makes Them!!!
Has Cristmas become to commercialized???
Hell YES!!!
But So freak'n what!!!
if money can be made ...people will find a way to do it.
It Doesn't Mean WE / Me / You ... have to fall in line with the holiday bits Y/you don't Like!!!!
... I hope to hades that the folks found here in CM are those who are about finding their OWN path.
People who Aren't Likely to march to someone elses drum!!!
....Feck Sake .....
Make Christmas Something MORE then a shopping trip, or dinner with relitives You don't Like .... Find A Way To "Celebrate"
... or Don't ... it's about that simple Really

ok ....sowwies ... rant over

by the way Bear ...*huggles-n-snuggles you*
I'm all over the Wiccan Sabbats and celebrating with feasting and dancing ... and ..erm ...
All Good Happy Things!!

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 10:52:51 AM

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I used to work at a place where we took the idea of "The 12 Days of Christmas" and made it "The 12 Days of Eating"... pretty much starting on the first work day after Thanksgiving, someone would prepare lunch or treats every day up until we took off for Christmas. Being that it was in southeast Texas, we had gumbo, barbecued shrimp, etoufee... as well as all kinds of other stuff.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 10:59:12 AM

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The one true thing that gets to me come any holiday is the jackasses that get behind the wheel of a car and believes they can drive.

Yea, the Christmas decorations come far too early, and there are lots of kids that "expect" to get the $300.00 toy... but the scariest thing for me is driving during the holidays. Old George never knows he's had one too many egg nogs until he's wrapped his car around a tree or even worse slammed into an innocent parent driving their children to see Santa. Now, THAT is was chaps my ass!

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 11:25:28 AM

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Christmas decorations going up way too early (I've seen them in Sept. in some cases ) and drunk drivers.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 12:00:12 PM

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I really don't care if the decorations are up all year. But I object to taking regular merchandise off the shelves to put decorations there instead. Yes, I know that decorations of the most ugly kind are more important than selling printer paper and other ordinary items that usually are on those shelves. How about since I have to go to three different stores anyway, that I switch grocery stores while I'm at it?

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 12:17:54 PM

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having never been a real fan of christmas, over the past three years I've changed my mind. I now work as a maths teacher in a secondary (high) school in a very deprived area and the excitement of the kids is wonderful, and I really enjoy planning lessons that bring christmas into my teaching and helps the kids really get into the spirit of loving and giving.

But every year it breaks my heart to see the kids who I know are going to get nothing. They aren't going to get christmas at all, because of family problems. One 11-year old girl has a mother on drugs, and she cares for her younger siblings. Another 14 year old is the eldest of 7, and usually comes to school filthy and exhausted because mother is too busy with the other kids and her deadbeat partner to worry about him.

It kills me that I can't do much to lighten the load for these children. I've lost count of the times I've cried myself to sleep with frustration and despair because I'm not allowed to do more than I am. And I know that I'm not alone - believe it or not, the majority of those hardened, cynical teachers do the job because they actually care about children.

So every year around christmas I figure my job is to give christmas in whatever small way I can to every kid I teach. They will all make and decorate little paper boxes that can be hung from a tree. I will fill each of these boxes with sweeties, paid for out of my own pocket, so that everyone gets a gift. I prepare 'spares' myself so that kids with big families can be given gift boxes for their siblings. We will listen to christmas songs as we work, and tinsel badges will be made and worn by every child in my class. All children will sit and listen while I read 'the night before christmas', and 'a christmas carol'. For some, it's all the christmas they will have.

So while you're sitting listening to that irritating aunt, or wishing the kids would shut the feck up and let you watch the christmas movie on tv, please remember how lucky you are to have them, and give them a hug instead of a sharp word.

Share a little love this christmas...let me start by saying 'Merry Christmas' to all my fellow perverts!

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 12:22:13 PM

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i am doing my best to teach my son the real meaning of Christmas, while others keep pounding home the Christmas/Santa connection.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 12:24:47 PM

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i am doing my best to teach my son the real meaning of Christmas, while others keep pounding home the Christmas/Santa connection.

I think I love you...

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 12:27:04 PM

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i am doing my best to teach my son the real meaning of Christmas, while others keep pounding home the Christmas/Santa connection.

I think I love you...

(((((hug)))))

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 2:31:10 PM

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Really annoyed me that xmas tree and decorations were up in the store when I took my 2 yr old to shop for halloween outfit. It really confused her. And ever since shes talking about Santa (my 2 yr old cannot comprehend a 6 week gap). Other than that I love all things christmasy (except the drink drivers, but that is very well under control here especially over the christmas period)

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 2:33:11 PM

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Who is being negative?

Personally I think we should celebrate the 25th of december with 6 weeks of debauchery, naked women (or guys, depending on the preference) with the only allowed gifts to be made of leather, stainless or gold anodized cuffs and chains, and lots of rope.....

Maybe a couple of gallons of KY warming oil.......

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 2:50:12 PM

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Family members who do most of their shopping in Argus (americans google it :P ) and when their limited knowledge of siblings interests fails them proceed to offer up vouchers

and cheap assed vouchers at that

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 2:55:45 PM

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I HATE the fact they put out Christmas decorations before Halloween is even here. This year I went to my local Walmart and put witch hats on the tops of all the Christmas trees so they looked like they fit into the current holiday more.

Excellent!

It bugs me that there's about a one-week window at stores when the Halloween display is fully stocked, and before they start taking it down for Xmas stuff.

Hell, at our house we leave the Halloween decorations up until Thanksgiving, then replace them with Xmas. Trying to balance the universe a little.

As far as drunk drivers go... in this area, I don't really notice a difference. Between the elderly drivers who can only vaguely see where they're going, the illegals, and the folks who drink all the time, you've got to drive defensively 24/365. Two weeks ago i watched a woman drive a fairly new Jeep Liberty into a massive (12" square steel) *BRIGHT RED* sign upright in *broad daylight* in a gas station at what must have been 10 MPH... just ruined the front end of the car.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 3:38:21 PM

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I guess I am fortunate. Nothing on the list applies to me.

But there are things that do:

ALL christmas music. I'd rather hear nails on a blackboard.

The presumption that everyone is celebrating Xmas, and *no clue* when the other religious holidays take place so I can send cards in time.

Traffic at the freaking Mall. What is it with people? Why can't they get their shit together? From Halloween till like Valentine's day, I can't even find a parking spot. There some shit I actually need from the Mall, yanno.

I happen to enjoy deocrations on houses for any occassion...I think it's fun. Used to drive around during the Xmas season down south to see the lights...don't know where to do that here yet.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 4:34:44 PM

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The decorations!! I had to ask the neighbors to our Haunted House if they could PLEASE refrain from putting up the fricking christmas trees up next to our 8 foot fiberglass skull.

It doesn't work. Really. AND it was still October... put that thing away.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 4:36:34 PM

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The chaps my ass most about the Holidays is that they exist.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 4:38:53 PM

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I have to say Christmas issues in November in all honesty, can't we all enjoy the calm before the storm for a while and that christmas bonus isn't going to be that big this year I fear.

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RE: What chaps your ass most about the Holidays? - 11/15/2008 6:58:03 PM

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You didn't have mine on there, so I will have to write it in.

o Listening to people piss and moan about the holidays

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