What a waste of my time
So every year we go through the Christmas season. And every year it becomes less and less special. What causes "the most wonderful time of the year" to suck ma balls so hard?
Christmas was one of those holidays that was fabricated. It was fabricated first by the Christian church because it lacked any holidays. Its actually thought that Jesus was born in the spring as that was the traditional tax season in Isreal.
It was fabricated again as the department store grew in power. It needed an excuse to start selling to the consumer. Thus the invention of todays Santa Clause. Christmas is the life blood of the American retail industry. Most retailers don't make a profit until the 4th quarter of the fiscal year.
Thus we see why its so important for the national economy to have Christmas. What I hate though is how Christmas has to start on November 1st. Thats almost two months of nonstop Christmas bombardment.
Take Christmas music. Some of its bad. Some of its good. But do we have to every song three times a day for two months straight. (that was a very rough guess on my part) Last week I figured that every song repeated every 40 minutes or so. Sure it was a different artist. But it was the same god damn song.
Now we move to family. Christmas is supposed to be a time of year that you love and appreciate your family even more. Its the time of year where you pick out perfect gifts for those you love.
Its also the time of year where those same people will bust your balls, break your heart, and generally use you until your a hollow used up mess. And after all the time and effort you put into finding them gifts you find out that the forget about you and then blame it on you because you were supposedly home to much even though you're working more hours than they are. (true story)
The holiday has so much weight put onto it that it seems to be cheapened. Like how the guilt me into giving money to this charity or that because some people aren't as fortunate as myself. Don't get me wrong. Even though I am cold and heartless I do give to charities. I think that I'm a generous guy for being a moneyless college student. But I hate it when I'm again bombarded from every form of media about how I should give to this charity or that charity. Hey assholes I'm already in debt don't fucking push your luck.
And how comes your automatically a Scrooge or a Grinch if you don't present a happy face? I was called this several times last week by my coworkers, even though I had made it clear that I was not in a good mood due to the fact that I was forced to work odd hours and just finished up with finals.
The public in general treats everyone else like shit this time of year anyway. They can't possibly understand that the rest of us want to go home and spend time with our families. I run into customers who truly believe that I have nothing better to do than to ruin their perfect Christmas. I really don't give a damn how their Christmas goes. If I say I can't do something for them its probably because I have a memo from corporate that says I can't or its because I am physically incapable of fulfilling their wishes.
In conclusion Christmas is one of those holidays that is quiet nice in theory. Unfortunately it has been so over commercialized and twisted. Lets take a step back and remember what the true meaning of Christmas is about and that its being able to have unconditional love for your loved ones. Don't fuck it up by being a general dick.
Because Santa Cat Makes Me Happy
Christmas was one of those holidays that was fabricated. It was fabricated first by the Christian church because it lacked any holidays. Its actually thought that Jesus was born in the spring as that was the traditional tax season in Isreal.
It was fabricated again as the department store grew in power. It needed an excuse to start selling to the consumer. Thus the invention of todays Santa Clause. Christmas is the life blood of the American retail industry. Most retailers don't make a profit until the 4th quarter of the fiscal year.
Thus we see why its so important for the national economy to have Christmas. What I hate though is how Christmas has to start on November 1st. Thats almost two months of nonstop Christmas bombardment.
Take Christmas music. Some of its bad. Some of its good. But do we have to every song three times a day for two months straight. (that was a very rough guess on my part) Last week I figured that every song repeated every 40 minutes or so. Sure it was a different artist. But it was the same god damn song.
Now we move to family. Christmas is supposed to be a time of year that you love and appreciate your family even more. Its the time of year where you pick out perfect gifts for those you love.
Its also the time of year where those same people will bust your balls, break your heart, and generally use you until your a hollow used up mess. And after all the time and effort you put into finding them gifts you find out that the forget about you and then blame it on you because you were supposedly home to much even though you're working more hours than they are. (true story)
The holiday has so much weight put onto it that it seems to be cheapened. Like how the guilt me into giving money to this charity or that because some people aren't as fortunate as myself. Don't get me wrong. Even though I am cold and heartless I do give to charities. I think that I'm a generous guy for being a moneyless college student. But I hate it when I'm again bombarded from every form of media about how I should give to this charity or that charity. Hey assholes I'm already in debt don't fucking push your luck.
And how comes your automatically a Scrooge or a Grinch if you don't present a happy face? I was called this several times last week by my coworkers, even though I had made it clear that I was not in a good mood due to the fact that I was forced to work odd hours and just finished up with finals.
The public in general treats everyone else like shit this time of year anyway. They can't possibly understand that the rest of us want to go home and spend time with our families. I run into customers who truly believe that I have nothing better to do than to ruin their perfect Christmas. I really don't give a damn how their Christmas goes. If I say I can't do something for them its probably because I have a memo from corporate that says I can't or its because I am physically incapable of fulfilling their wishes.
In conclusion Christmas is one of those holidays that is quiet nice in theory. Unfortunately it has been so over commercialized and twisted. Lets take a step back and remember what the true meaning of Christmas is about and that its being able to have unconditional love for your loved ones. Don't fuck it up by being a general dick.
Because Santa Cat Makes Me Happy
posted by Delta2 at 6:00 PM
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