Squid Jigger Posted December 20, 2004 Share Posted December 20, 2004 I just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope your credit cards are nice and shiny. And I hope the tinny piped loop of "Jingle Bells, Jingle, Bells, Jingle Bells, ...." helps you to avoid any focused thought about the crap you're buying . May your days be merry and your nights silent of any clear understanding of why you feel such an intense need to gather with other humans in an enclosed space to line up and dispose of your labour reward tokens as well as the labour reward tokens you won't have to shell out for 12 months interest free. And let us gather together on Xmas eve to wish our landlords well in their credit card castles and hope that they continue to let us till their economic landscape. Link to post Share on other sites
goodnbad Posted December 22, 2004 Share Posted December 22, 2004 Amen! But I can tell you why I subject myself to such a cheap and commercialized holiday (no offense to those few who celebrate the holiday for religious purposes, I am referring to the 'modern' version of Christmas, the illogical and wasteful spending of hard-earned money)......my reason is guilt, mainly. Heaven forbid I just celebrate and not buy for everyone and their dog. Seriously, I wish they would totally forbid celebrating in this way! But of course, I would never get my wish. If I could get by with just buying for those under my own roof, I could live with it easier; however, when you get grown adults in on the act (in-laws, etc) that just can't seem to understand that not everyone is filthy rich or even WANTS to spend frustrating hours in buying unwanted/useless/inappropriate gifts for others, it becomes more difficult. I will admit to having cut down substantially, but in order to keep the peace, I have relented to those spoiled and childish grown-up desires of others. (Can you feel the anger? Oh yeah.......bah-humbug!) Can I admit something really horrible? I know there are some out there that will probably say, "OMG, that goodnbad is such a nasty evil b*tch!" but here it is: although I don't wish death upon my in-laws, I AM looking forward to the day when I will not have to buy a sh*tpile of gifts for them anymore. Or subject myself to THEIR idea of a good Christmas. They are so manipulative in the extreme....the gift buying, the guilt they heap upon us for actually having the nerve to spend time with others at Christmastime other than them.....ACK! Don't get me wrong, I don't hate everything about Christmas. I enjoy watching my kids open presents, but I think that gift-buying should if not be outlawed, at least only for children. I am just fed up with the tacky sense of obligation that seems to come with every December. HO HO HO ! Merry Christmas. goodnbad Link to post Share on other sites
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