Last But Not Least...THINGS I HATE ABOUT DECEMBER

the cold, the lack of flowers and greenery, the terrible weather and the dryness in the air o.e

The short, grey days.

At some point having to hear Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.

TV commercials with people dressed up as Santa Claus (mattress stores, car dealers, furniture stores, and even the occasional lawyer).

Having to have my car emission test done in order to get new tags.

News reports on how well retailers are doing this year.

I don't hate December. I hate the forced cheeriness and phoniness from people whom are dicks 11 months out of the year and then wanna act as though for 31 days they're full of sweetness and light instead of piss and vinegar.

Plus 95 percent of Christmas songs are total, unlistenable drek.

Edit: Previous poster said what I just posted ... but they said it better. I'd like to add to that list though.

And People wanting a white Christmas knowing damn well they can't drive in the snow.

nighttimer said:

I don't hate December. I hate the forced cheeriness and phoniness from people whom are dicks 11 months out of the year and then wanna act as though for 31 days they're full of sweetness and light instead of piss and vinegar.

Plus 95 percent of Christmas songs are total, unlistenable drek.

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HA HA I'm glad I'm not the only one!

December is one of those odd months. The days get shorter and darker and more depressing, until the 21st, when the cycle reverses and the days start getting longer.

Plus it has Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. And really, I don't care if people are faking their happiness, or if they're dicks the rest of the year, its nice to have most of them pretend for this month.

Ferret, for a refreshing change, you and I agree.

I know there's a lot to hate about December but I just can't bring myself to do it! I think it's the underlying feeling that it's a different kind of time, in December, and stuff that everyone is all ground up in the rest of the year isn't taken quite as seriously.

Now anyone who wants to can make great arguments against that, I don't mind. It's just how it feels to me, that the usual bullshit isn't as compelling to most people, and I like that feeling.

Plus I like Christmas even in spite of all the crap and tinkly awful music, and the syrupy gooey music, blabbety, and the commercialism and anxiety and frantic consumerism, blabbety blab, etc. and the arguments about the True Meaning and Is There One, Blabbety balalalbbbb!

Y'all enjoy all that. I'm just going along here, enjoying my December, buying a few presents, getting a few eventually, looking at the pretty lights, glad things are not ordinary in at least a few minor ways, what a relief THAT is!

It's hard for me to hate December. The shorter daylight hours help me to wind down at night, the darker mornings on weekends help me to sleep in, I like the music, the gift-giving and receiving, the way the churches feel warm and look beautiful, the decorations on the houses and in the stores....

I just feel so less stormy this month.

Now when January rolls around, I'll have plenty to post on this thread. Watch out!

I'm with the others on the bad music. And the endless commercials: buy, buy, buy!

Yay, Christmas music!

Yay, lights! tinsel! Yankee Candles in festive scents!

Yay, snow! (If we can get it.)

Yay, cookies!

Yay, Santa!

Yay, presents--given and received!

Yay, sun waning...and then deciding to come back!

Have a holly jolly December, whatever you celebrate!

So much shiny is just soooo very good!

However all the bins at the dump being full from Thanksgiving not good. That should get better for a couple of weeks.

How can there be two and a half semi-truck loads of cardboard from Thanksgiving? The thought of Christmas is scary.

I can't hate December. Every time I hear somebody mention it by name, my brain rattles off "And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor." How could I hate a month that allows me to have Poe living in my head, kibitzing about things going on around me?

Come, Edgar, there's some bathroom graffiti I feel you must see...

It's hot and humid and everyone's waiting for the rain.

Though a love/hate relationship, it's that damn tree taking up valuable real estate.

sales

I hate that it's only 31 days.

I don't hate December. I just don't care for winter. I dislike snow, snow and more snow. I dislike boots, winter coats, carrying in wood, cold wind, making paths to the barn, heating water twice a day and hauling that bucket to the chicken house so that they have fresh water.

The redeeming winter factor is we don't drive much, so save on gas. Reckon that counts for something good.

~karen

alleycat said:

News reports on how well retailers are doing this year.

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That's about it for me. Otherwise...

stormie said:

It's hard for me to hate December.

*snip*

Now when January rolls around, I'll have plenty to post on this thread. Watch out!

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January...well, I'll wait until January. But December...though I don't like the shorter days all that much, it would be weird to be in a place where the days were NOT shorter at Christmas time. It wouldn't feel like Christmas.

And I'm sorry, but I love Christmas music - reminds me of being a kid when a lit Christmas tree still brought magic, homemade cocoa, and the excitement of not knowing what I'd find under the tree.

I love giving presents, finding the right gift (though my husband does most of our shopping). I love the whole atmosphere. I like it that people seem happier.


And last year, hubby and I started a December vacation, just the two of us. We're going away again this year, so right now, December means a yearly honeymoon. And you know what that means...

Lavern08 said:

Eggnog and tinsel in places where the sun don't shine?

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I hadn't thought of that...we'd better be prepared. LOL

Lavern08 said:

Eggnog and tinsel in places where the sun don't shine?

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Hmmm....I don't think we've been doing it right. I'll add eggnog and tinsel to my grocery list.

Christmas, nearly EVERYTHING to do with Christmas. The ads pushing buy Buy BUY!, the nasty Christmas tunes by almost-has-been musicians/actors, the huge guilt of not traveling 1,000 miles to be with family, people acting like rabid animals just because there's a sale...