The Annual Anti-Christmas Thread

[Mr. DS]

So here we are...November (at least at the time of the initial post) and the holiday I can't stand is on the horizon already...Xmas.   Although its early, I figured if the stores can pimp their obnoxious singing Santas, tacky light sets and jingle bells then why couldn't I start it now?  

IOW, post your anti-Xmas sentiments here and lets help each other through the yuletide.  Roll the theme song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCFGstW7so8

[indianasmith]

Can't join this party, sorry.

Yes, I do get tired of the rampant commercialization and overhype.

But I am still in love with the whole idea of God coming into the world as a child to bring about man's redemption.  That part of Christmas - not the malls, the Santas, and the cheesy decorations - is what I cherish.

That being said, canned "elevator music" Christmas carols are the WORST.

[SkullBat308]

I hear you......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuNKf82UTgo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gm7lZVwnd8

[meQal]

A radio station where I live plays Christmas music during the Holidays. Normally they don't start until the Friday after Thanksgiving, but this year they have already started. I want to scream anytime I ride int he car with my wife cause she wants to listen to this station all the time.

[Mr. DS]

A radio station where I live plays Christmas music during the Holidays. Normally they don't start until the Friday after Thanksgiving, but this year they have already started. I want to scream anytime I ride int he car with my wife cause she wants to listen to this station all the time.

Oh dude...don't even get me started.  I was the leading factor of getting the radio banned in my workplace Nov 27 through Dec 25.  I don't need to hear White Christmas twice an hour by 16 different artists. 

[meQal]

I like this song a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTGlUMvbhSw

[Saucerman]

I like the idea of emphasizing a spirit of brotherhood among all humanity, not just in December but all year long.  I don't like the overwhelming commercialization.  I don't like in-your-face types of both Pro- and Anti-Christmas camps.  Let everyone celebrate, or decline to celebrate, in their own way. 

That being said, any hypothetical children I bring into the world will be raised on stories of Krampus/Knecht Ruprecht alongside Santa Claus. 

[SkullBat308]

I like the idea of emphasizing a spirit of brotherhood among all humanity, not just in December but all year long.  I don't like the overwhelming commercialization.  I don't like in-your-face types of both Pro- and Anti-Christmas camps.  Let everyone celebrate, or decline to celebrate, in their own way. 

Word, but I find Christmas depressing.

[darthchicken]

Actually, my friends and I were just in Target complaining about how they were playing Christmas jingles... Yes I hate what Christmas has become. I have no problem with people who celebrate it as the birth of Christ, but the commercialism really bugs me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbTULjLtKP4
NSFW

[Ash]

NSFW!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax1OEaGjMAM

And here's a really gory one:

Also NSFW!
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/8695

[Joe the Destroyer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzf8dJjqHys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksOCE5S_Bec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41bbtdqtRhs

[hellbilly]

Can't join either. I'm a Xmas geek and love the holidays. Eggnog and cookies season can't come soon enough 
I like to cook and its always fun for me to prepare the yummys for the family over the holidays. Good times 

[Trevor]

What hellbilly said ~ I like to see children's smiling faces at Christmas. The cookies and eggnog part of it reminds me of something our beloved Gunny wrote a few years back:

I think that several of the regulars are already indulging in eggnog and sugar cookie binge-eating.  Plus, it is rather obvious that "some" (cough - Scott and Menard - cough) decided to drink a full pot of coffee this morning and I do not mean decaf.

[Jack]

Sorry, can't join either.     I love Christmas, it brings back a ton of happy childhood memories and makes me feel like a little kid again.  I love everything from the snow to picking out a Christmas tree;  wrapping presents and watching them slowly accumulate under the tree;  seeing our kids' faces when they open their presents on Christmas eve;  watching the cat tear into the pile of discarded wrapping paper;  baking Christmas cookies, Christmas music at the mall, shopping with a million other people, egg nog, watching Rudolph, Frosty, the Little Drummer Boy, hell I even enjoy the "very special" Christmas episodes of all the TV shows and the Christmas commercials.

Love it all   

[Mr. DS]

All you silly non-joiners need to start your own damn pro-Xmas thread.