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psipsyEach year it's the same thing. The run-up to Christmas and New Year's, with its messages and intentions crammed down everyone's throats like fruitcake made from spackle and broken glass, will inevitably not sit well with some people. Fortunately I've managed to avoid that syndrome, by knowing that those two holidays will come and go, that I'm not going to force myself or anyone to go berserk with presents, nor am I expected to, and after it's all done, the weather is still going to suck ass for the next three months afterward anyway no matter what was just celebrated. I've had ups and downs myself but I'm still alive, so I count that as coming out ahead. Nevertheless, I do see how some people can and will get depressed and/or annoyed this time of year, and I make the effort to not run around like a crazed lunatic in a Santa hat with "Merry Christmas" written in blood on a chainsaw and a Joker smile arc-welded to my face, threatening people to cheer up or else they get sodomized by a fully-decorated pine tree. Some days I slip, but I try my best.
Generally, I avoid being a dick about it.
At this point, I feel I must link to this video not out of nostalgia or general weirdness, but as a public service message.
Unfortunately it cuts off the end early and the video quality is barely watchable, but trust me, there's plenty enough to get the message across.
Generally, I avoid being a dick about it.
At this point, I feel I must link to this video not out of nostalgia or general weirdness, but as a public service message.
Unfortunately it cuts off the end early and the video quality is barely watchable, but trust me, there's plenty enough to get the message across.
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Reply from not-exactly-Scrooge-but-almost...
Date: 2010-12-08 03:38 pm (UTC)Re: Reply from not-exactly-Scrooge-but-almost...
Date: 2010-12-08 11:53 pm (UTC)The image I saw of a woman with a cart full of toys and gifts but her hands up to her forlorn face remains etched in my memory. Were the day's shopping activities starting to wear her out, or was she wondering where the money for it would come from, if at all? Either way the sight really put things in perspective for me.
Re: Reply from not-exactly-Scrooge-but-almost...
Date: 2010-12-09 12:22 am (UTC)I like your term "forced immersion." In the apartment building that I moved into a few months ago, every window and vertical surface ... and a few horizontal ones, like the floor of the lobby ... are plastered with cutesy Santas, reindeer, etc., etc., etc. The halls, the laundry room, the common rooms, the doors of the apartments are all full of the stuff. My apartment seems to be my only refuge from that forced immersion you speak of.
I have a theory that the people who overdo Christmas, Easter, and the religious thing itself do so as much to convince themselves that it isn't all a sham. Still, why do I have to have it pushed in my face in this building, on the radio, in every store of every kind, and on the lightpoles (and that's just a starter list)?
Well, we certainly know where Jews, Muslims, animists, Buddhists, Hindus, and atheists stand in this country, don't we?
Re: Reply from not-exactly-Scrooge-but-almost...
Date: 2010-12-09 05:39 am (UTC)Re: Reply from not-exactly-Scrooge-but-almost...
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Date: 2010-12-09 05:14 am (UTC)The idea of some idiot getting sodomized by a fully-decorated pine tree (With acorns attached!) sounds like a good time to be had!
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Date: 2010-12-09 05:37 am (UTC)Also, I forgot to add a Santa hat to the mix.
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