| Things I Hate About the Holidays-12/23/03 |
| Seeing how tomorrow is Christmas Eve, I'm going to write about all the things I dislike about the holiday season. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bitching about the holidays. I love the holidays. I'm just listing the things I DON'T like. Here they are. Buying Things-I hate shopping. The only time I don't hate shopping is when it is late at night with Mike, my dad, and maybe my brother, and we're out more for the fun of being out than buying things. Other than that, I hate Christmas shopping. Getting Things-I like to buy stuff for myself. I'm not particularly fond of buying things for other people. But what I hate even more is getting things. Well, not like that. I like to get things, but I always react wrong. And theres also the people who insist on asking me what I want. When I was younger my Christmas list was full of action figures and video games. This Christmas I tried to make a list and didn't even have ten things, and all of them were over most people's spending limit. Honestly people, you don't have to get me something for Christmas. A simple 'Adam, it's great to see you! Merry Christmas!' is enough for me. Miracle on 34th Street-I like most Christmas shows, especially the Rankin-Bass ones. But this one is dumb. I'm not going to go into details about it, because it's so boring I've never watched it all the way through. So I'll just say it's dumb and leave it at that. Christmas Parties-Not all Christmas parties, mind you. Only about 99.9% of them. The ones that get everyone out of the house for example. They're good ones. I was at a Christmas party a few days ago at my Uncle's. I didn't know he knew this many people. I was in the actual pary area for about twenty minutes, then escaped into the house to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2. Occasionally people would come in for the bathroom or something. Here's a conversation example. What They Said: "What are you doing in here?" What I Said: "Watching TV." What They Said: "Why?" What I said: "Why not?" What I thought: "Why not? It's already pretty freaking boring down there. At least here I have some form of entertainment. At least here I can listen to the TV and not everyone else's conversations and activities." Christmas Songs-A few Christmas songs aren't that bad. But the flying fuck do some stations play ONLY Christmas songs? 94.5 FM around here. It plays Christmas music 24/7, and it's not even good. My parents listen to it all the time around the holidays. For crying out loud! I would much rather listen to the oldies shit you normally listen to (not all oldies is shit, only what they listen to) than bad Christmas music all fucking day. People Who Don't Donate to the Bell Ringing Guys-I don't really care if you donate to charities who send you mail and call you. But come on. If you can afford to buy your children hundred dollar legoes, the least you can do is give the bell ringing guys a couple quarters. I mean these people are out here for hours upon hours freezing their asses off, getting splashed with muddy slush and getting ridiculed by the assholes who don't donate. The least you could do is give these guys a couple rusty quarters. There you have it. As mentioned above, I don't hate everything about the holiday season. I love it. These are just the things I don't like. To leave on a good note (which is not something I do in MPFHs) I'll list the things I DO like about the holidays. Eggnog Vacation SOME (but few) Christmas songs Cookies and candy New Years Parties Rankin-Bass Christmas Specials Nativity Scenes and Angels Getting gifts that don't really mean that much other than the giver cares The suspense of not knowing what is in those colored packages The oranges from wrestling always come in around Christmas |
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