Anyone else cringe at Christmas music? Am I the only one that dreads the holidays? I hold my breath through the whole season. 
I am a scrooge and always get judged for being one.
I am a scrooge and always get judged for being one. 
Scrooges Unite!
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Well, there's "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and "The Twelve Pains of Christmas." Along with a large glass of rum-spiked egg nog.
Apparently, I'm the only scrooge. Come on folks... It's okay to admit it here. You hate the guy in the red suit and black Friday makes you nauseous. If you have to watch one more Christmas special or play nice with ONE MORE crazed family member...
Wow, it's lonely here in bitterville.
Wow, it's lonely here in bitterville.
I feel absolutely no shame in saying I despise everything about Christmas.
Sure, I get called 'Scrooge' for that - and it pisses me off. Not celebrating Christmas doesn't mean I refuse to buy any presents for anyone, ever. (As if gift-giving should be the whole point of this saccharine charade anyway).
I just will not get involved in the enforced jollity and rampant commercialism.
Or the huge credit card bills comes January.
Sure, I get called 'Scrooge' for that - and it pisses me off. Not celebrating Christmas doesn't mean I refuse to buy any presents for anyone, ever. (As if gift-giving should be the whole point of this saccharine charade anyway).
I just will not get involved in the enforced jollity and rampant commercialism.
Or the huge credit card bills comes January.
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I love the Christmas specials (going to see White Christmas on Broadway in two weeks). And I like good music...some Christmas songs fall into that category. But I don't celebrate the day. So I guess that makes me a Scrooge...btw, A Christmas Carol is a great special!
I'm not sure I'm bitter, but I'm not too fond of the Christmas season. Especially when it starts before Thanksgiving. Even more when it starts before Halloween, as it has in some area stores.
I don't hate Christmas music, but when they start playing it before December 20th, it gets old. FAST. There are several radio stations that I'll listen to the rest of the year, but I stop listening to the end of November (like about now) because they start Christmas music 24/7. Drives me bonkers. I don't like any music enough to hear it repeated so bloody much.
However, my household isn't Christian, so the actual day is just a paid day-off for me, which is really sweet this year (instant 3 day weekend!) and since I now live 5 hours from the rest of my family, I don't have to deal with the family traditions that I've come to hate (especially some of the food traditions) over the years. We set our own pace, do our own thing and it's much nicer.
Perhaps that's why I can tolerate and put the effort into avoiding the season stuff as well as I can--I know the day itself isn't going to be hell on earth.
I don't hate Christmas music, but when they start playing it before December 20th, it gets old. FAST. There are several radio stations that I'll listen to the rest of the year, but I stop listening to the end of November (like about now) because they start Christmas music 24/7. Drives me bonkers. I don't like any music enough to hear it repeated so bloody much.
However, my household isn't Christian, so the actual day is just a paid day-off for me, which is really sweet this year (instant 3 day weekend!) and since I now live 5 hours from the rest of my family, I don't have to deal with the family traditions that I've come to hate (especially some of the food traditions) over the years. We set our own pace, do our own thing and it's much nicer.
Perhaps that's why I can tolerate and put the effort into avoiding the season stuff as well as I can--I know the day itself isn't going to be hell on earth.
Yeah, I'll play along as much as I can. I do presents and all for people, but damn I hate the season.
It's too commercial and fake to me. Plus, it means family drama EVERY TIME. sigh. 
i've been listening to an all-christmas-music-all-the-time radio station for over a week. Shazam!
I'm not sure I'm bitter, but I'm not too fond of the Christmas season. Especially when it starts before Thanksgiving. Even more when it starts before Halloween, as it has in some area stores.
This is what started my rant.
We set our own pace, do our own thing and it's much nicer.
Sounds lovely.
I do like Charlie Brown. And The Ref. That's probably it.
i see christmas as an excellent opportunity for transformation. that's why i like it's a wonderful life and the scrooge story. you don't need something like christmas to transform you...but it's cool that it's there...and the stories that come with it. transformation can take place any old time of the year...but for me there is something magical about christmas...in the heart. i'm a first rate, grade a sap. i believe in santa claus and peace on earth and rudolph the rednosed reindeer. i believe in all of these things...and in sweet baby jesus in the goddamned manger. i can listen to christmas music every day.
... the Grandfather in Heidi is another who underwent a transformation of character, rather awesomely
Thankfully I won't have enough money to buy bus passes to get me to locations that spew Christmas music.
... thanks for the feedback.
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