[Mudcat]

Everyone pumped?

Have you donned your gay apparel?

Got your shopping done?

Fabulous.

I in fact have started my ******* shopping. It went like this: mom sent an e-mail to me and my siblings saying she had bought something for dad which one of us could give to him for ******* Xmas.

I was first to reply, Me! Me!

This puts me miles ahead of last year when I did all my ******* shopping on the afternoon of Dec. 24th.

As I'm sure is obvious, now I am bathing in the warmth of the ******* season.

Fa la la la ******* la.

[onlooker]

The wife got some shopping done yesterday in those early bird sales. Not completely done, but I think this is the earliest she has got anything done for Christmas.

If it wasnt for my son, I could give two shiets about this season. I still dont care for it, but I make it worth while for my son.

I hate the traffic and it seems the stupid drivers get even more retarded this time of year.

[JoshW]

Mudcat, I can see how much you love this time of year. :|

I get shopping done, but only once I end up somewhere to shop which rarely happens. Mainly Internet purchases for me.

[jjgold]

Not much family for me, little shopping plus broke and need money to gamble.

Mudcat must get coal in his stocking, this guy reminds me of scrooge, I am not Holiday guy myself.

My Christmas gift to Mudcat is I am not going to bash him anymore, I got bored of it.

Mudcat send me $600 and we call everything even and I will forgive you.

[pags11]

I always wait until the last minute to do my shopping...

[Mudcat]

And I ******* hate Christmas music. HATE IT! I haven't started hearing it yet this year but it's only a matter of time before they start piping it into the grocery store etc.

There are a few respectable Xmas songs out there. That one by The Pogues is good. I like Merry Christmas Emily by Cracker.


Emily, from a good family
They ****** up your head and they sent you to me
It's a Wonderful Life is playing on the TV
I still think about you, do you still think about me?
Merry Christmas Emily


That sort of catches my Christmas spirit.

But shit like Silent Night and Jingle Bells makes me want to end my life.

[Hulu]

I really hate the commercial aspect of christmas. The whole season is really about keeping people in a cycle of spending and debt. Many people can't pay off their christmas debts until well into the following year which is crazy.

4 years ago I started not buying gifts for people. I just decided that I was going to opt out of the commercial side of the holiday and just rest and spend time with family. I started letting them know mid-year and they thought I was kidding at first and it took a while for some people to get used to it but now I am out of the gift-giving business. I only buy one gift for my girlfriend but no one else gets anything.

And you know what? Everyone has gotten used to it. No one expects anything from me and they are relieved of the burden of buying me anything. A couple of people in my family still insist on buying me a small gift just because they can't seem to break out of the commercial cycle that christmas keeps them in but most understand and accept it happily. Its one of the best choices I ever made.

[Tchocky]

I hate the holidays. I'll be glad when the season is over.

[Santo]

I must be the only one that likes Christmas then ;P

[HAPPY BOY]

Hey Mud off the topic but who is that guy on your avitar with the guitar Im curious dude????

[Mudcat]

That is in fact me, playing guitar and singing up a storm at Hugh's Room in Toronto.

I bet the Happy Boy in your avatar gets excited about Christmas.

[JoshW]

Mudcat, pick up Charlie Brown Christmas jazz album. Is pretty damn good, maybe you could appreciate that "christmas music" if nothing else.

[HAPPY BOY]

cool didn't know u played. Yeah, haven't seen him in a couple months HB's name is Willy Ill be gettin him some neat stuff for Xmas this year.

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[Mudcat]

Sure enough, at the grocery store today, Xmas music was being piped in. Elvis Presley, Blue Christmas.

That was actually not so bad in and of itself, but it is a bad omen and things can only get worse.

[Mudcat]

It's getting worse. I was just out and about. The DVD store was piping in that dreadful Oh the weather outside is ******* frightful song and they have a special section for godawful Christmas movies.

The drugstore was piping in that horrendous Do you see what I ******* see song.

[pags11]

I really don't like Christmas music, the more that I think about it...