That's Ms. Scrooge to you.
Oct. 13th, 2005 10:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyI hate Christmas.*
Actually, saying that I hate Christmas doesn't go quite far enough. I loathe Christmas with a pure and unadulterated passion. And I sincerely wish that there wasn't more of it for me to hate every year.
I hate the music. I hate the frenzied shopping. I hate the way that this holiday makes many people assume that everybody is Christian (or possibly Jewish if they have a slight clue). I hate the superficiality. I hate the materialism. I hate that you're supposed to be having Warm Fuzzies for your bio-family at this time of year. (Even for people who like their biofamilies, you can't produce those feelings on demand!) I hate that strangers think it's okay to ask you personal questions at this time of year. ("Who's this for?" "What are you doing for the holidays?" "Don't you just LOVE this time of year?") I hate the expectation of cheerfulness and gift-giving.
And I HATE HATE HATE the fact that the "Christmas season" starts earlier and earlier every year. Past a certain point, I can't watch TV, listen to the radio, or go shopping because I just can't stand it. It makes me want to blow things up.
If I had lightning bolts, I would use them to burn down every establishment that displays holiday decorations, has holiday sales, or even uses the phrase "pre-holiday shopping" before Thanksgiving Day. The rest would learn! Wouldn't they? For goddess' sake, people, it's not even Halloween yet! (Now there's a holiday I can get behind. Fun for all ages and, imo, any spiritual aspects don't get shoved down your throat.)
"The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" would be my favorite Christmas story ever, except that the ending is WRONG, ALL WRONG.
Who's with me?
*Please do not interpret this post as bashing Christianity. As far as I'm concerned, the holiday was okay when the Christians had merely stolen it from the pagans. They did some nice things with it. (When's the last time you gave alms on Christmas Day? Or went wassailing?) It's when the marketing industry stole it from the Christians that things started getting horrifying.
Actually, saying that I hate Christmas doesn't go quite far enough. I loathe Christmas with a pure and unadulterated passion. And I sincerely wish that there wasn't more of it for me to hate every year.
I hate the music. I hate the frenzied shopping. I hate the way that this holiday makes many people assume that everybody is Christian (or possibly Jewish if they have a slight clue). I hate the superficiality. I hate the materialism. I hate that you're supposed to be having Warm Fuzzies for your bio-family at this time of year. (Even for people who like their biofamilies, you can't produce those feelings on demand!) I hate that strangers think it's okay to ask you personal questions at this time of year. ("Who's this for?" "What are you doing for the holidays?" "Don't you just LOVE this time of year?") I hate the expectation of cheerfulness and gift-giving.
And I HATE HATE HATE the fact that the "Christmas season" starts earlier and earlier every year. Past a certain point, I can't watch TV, listen to the radio, or go shopping because I just can't stand it. It makes me want to blow things up.
If I had lightning bolts, I would use them to burn down every establishment that displays holiday decorations, has holiday sales, or even uses the phrase "pre-holiday shopping" before Thanksgiving Day. The rest would learn! Wouldn't they? For goddess' sake, people, it's not even Halloween yet! (Now there's a holiday I can get behind. Fun for all ages and, imo, any spiritual aspects don't get shoved down your throat.)
"The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" would be my favorite Christmas story ever, except that the ending is WRONG, ALL WRONG.
Who's with me?
*Please do not interpret this post as bashing Christianity. As far as I'm concerned, the holiday was okay when the Christians had merely stolen it from the pagans. They did some nice things with it. (When's the last time you gave alms on Christmas Day? Or went wassailing?) It's when the marketing industry stole it from the Christians that things started getting horrifying.
