I'm skipping Christmas this year. And for a change, I have thought this through. I have several reasons. Some more valid than the other, but they all add up to me not liking Christmas. Enjoy!

1. Christmas songs suck. Big time.
2. The time of the year: days are short, dark and cold. Yuk. I don't want a white Christmas, I want a bloody hot one on the beach of a tropical island with girls (and Lars) dancing for me in bikinis.
3. Lots of small (blinking) lights and candles are annoying to the eye. If you want to make these dark days lighter, use a big fucking spotlight or something, not a million small flickering lights.
4. It's way too commercial these days. That's bad because the value of commercialized things shifts from the true meaning to the money. And money should only be a side-dish in life, but it's the main course much too often.
5. Christmas is a hype, and it's getting worse every year. I don't need other people to tell me what to like, I can choose that for myself. People have been looking forward to this crap for months.
6. I don't even believe in Jebus! Actually not so much a reason to hate it, but it is a reason that makes many people like Christmas that is not a reason to like it for me. Besides, according to Keeker, Jebus wasn't even born in December. And I'd rather believe Keeker than the bible.
7. We don't get Christmas presents in The Netherlands. Otherwise, same story as #6.
8. Christmas dinner is way too fancy for me. I like food, but only in a big pile on my plate for me to eat as fast as I can. Not while trying to make smalltalk and using the 'fancy plates' and all.
9. It's hypocritical. People are (by nature) aggressive and egoistic, unless it's Christmas. Then all of a sudden, when it's Christmas, they like eachother and stuff. It's just fake.
10. #9 means that charity people are coming to your door to beg for money.
11. Trees belong outside, with their feet in the earth. Not inside dressed funnily. Christmas trees are not gay! Don't cover them in sparkly things! Leave them outside where they belong and want to be.
12. All of a sudden my parents want to pretend we're a perfect happy fucking family, resulting in tense atmospheres and stressed situations. We're not a perfect family! Deal with it.

I'll probably come up with some more lateron. But I guess this is enough for now.

See what you want to do with it. Happy New Year!

[Keeker]

You made me stay awake late for this?

*sing*
And on the 12th day of Christmas
Wee Bierty said to me...

Have a Cool Yule instead then.


Actually I agree with many of those... but I'll deal with it tomorrow... when I'm awake.

oh biert, you need a xmas hug

i will dedicate lovecraft's yule horror unto you

but, srsly, i share you sentiments regarding these holidays. all the more when you see sweaty peruvian santas dressed up as if they were in fucking greenland, when in reality its 30ºC and burning hot.

the only good thing is the traditional chilean xmas booze.

I guess I'm buying my own drinks tomorrow night then.


1. I happen to enjoy most Christmas songs, especially The Nutcracker Suite...which I suppose isn't your traditional Christmas song, but it represents the holidays best for me. Same with the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas (Vince Guaraldi Trio).
2. I like the winter and snow, but I'm a Northern gal. I've never, EVER been somewhere warm and tropical. I guess I don't know what I'm missing. I can do without the girls in bikinis tho, but I'll take a hot cabana boy. Or Lars. Same thing.
3. I'll take twinkiling lights over a spotlight any day (or night).
4. I totally agree.
5. Agree.
6. I'm agnostic. I look at Christmas these days as hanging out with family and friends and having a good time. In other words, it's another day to eat good food and drink too much. And I don't have to work!
7. Ok
8. We don't sit down with fancy plates at a formal dinner at home. We did at our official Christmas party, but it was a fun time with lots of fun people and lots of alcohol (there's a theme running here...)
9. I agree for the most part.
10. I never answer the door anymore unless I know the person.
11. I agree. Artificial trees are the way to go, AND you don't have to worry about pine needles all over the floor. Personally, I hate seeing trees being cut down just so someone can keep them in their house for a couple weeks. Poor trees. Such a waste.
12. I get along with my family, so I can't relate.

Now see, Keeker sang to you, and Dunkel is offering a Xmas hug.
It's not all that bad.


Dunkel, what's the "traditional chilean xmas booze"?

its a drink called "aguardiente" makes vodka look like bottled water, coffee, milk, and cinammon or something!

it makes one jolly

Arent you a cheerful one...

I like the colours of Christmas. Whoever designed Christmas has a good eye. Especially those wooden Nutcracker men. They're awesome. Unfortunately I don't think they sell them here. Anyone in America want to send me one?

Also I love the smell of pine in the house. But now that you mention it, it IS pretty stupid to go and uproot trees just because it's tradition.

Not to mention the food. It's not too fancy and its filling. And the 5 week holiday! And also its Summer and after galivanting around here we go to the beach. And the place becomes a circus, all these stupid arguements and people getting mad. It's nothing serious though, they just get drunk. They later realise how stupid it is, make up, and have another drink.

And of course nobody cares about Jeebus! (well, except for the countless Christians, of course) But that's why you can make Jeebus jokes on the cards! That reminds me... I'm running out of ideas for cards. There are only so many Christmas gags...

And forget the commercials! Let materialists live in their sad world! Just sit back with your family, and if you can't laugh with them, laugh at them. Merry Christmas!

My reasons for not liking x-mas

1) I'm Jewish
2) So many god damn lines for something i'm not apart of.
3) alienation
4) christmas specials


On the plus side, I do like giving gifts to people.

Trying to find and buy decent gifts (heard that 70% of gifts are missed) in commercial-diarrhoea stricken city is right pain in the ass. At least for me.

[Keeker]

Just so you don't worry too much... Christmas trees are 'farmed' My neighbour grows a few. New ones get planted to replace.

[djskrimp]

Where the hell's Sarai so she can pinkify your bah humbugness!

Oh, and one reason to loves da Christmas: Christmas cards from Dev and Family. Woo hoo!

I really don't give a shit, whether it's Christmas, Easter or any other superstitious holiday. As long as it gives me free from work, I'm a happy guy.
But I DO agree with some points. It's naive to love everyone all of a sudden, because of one day.
Christmas in my family means only one thing: driving to my mother's house, renting/buying a pile of DVD"s, ordering out, and eat and watch movies, until we (my mum and I) fall asleep. Well, that's just a perfect evening for me. Nothing to do with Christmas, but just one of the only days, on which we both have the spare time to affort this.

Strangely enough I don't think I have heard a single chirstmas song since last chirstmas. Usually my brains explode immediately when I see a commercial that is in some way related to christmas or hear any of those horrible, horrible christams songs but this year I haven't seen or heard even ten. This was a good year.

pinkify

Awesome word

13. Actually we (my parents) have a fake tree and it's terrible. It barely looks like a real tree (it's all shiny plastic!), but still throws all the needles around...

14. And yeah, people get days off from work. Except the people who work for car dealerships or furniture malls. Guess where I work (I'll give one hint: It's a car dealership).

15. Oh and I don't think the Townsends still send the cards out. I remember Tracy saying that it was too much work, especially with Reyner around.

[Keeker]

13. Actually we (my parents) have a fake tree and it's terrible. It barely looks like a real tree (it's all shiny plastic!), but still throws all the needles around...

14. And yeah, people get days off from work. Except the people who work for car dealerships or furniture malls. Guess where I work (I'll give one hint: It's a car dealership).

15. Oh and I don't think the Townsends still send the cards out. I remember Tracy saying that it was too much work, especially with Reyner around.

Biert, yer a greetin' faced big bairn!