Holiday Pet Peeves

[Toaster Hunter]

The culture wars are getting out of hand. A Christmas tree apparently is offensive to non-Christians, but I have never met anyone who was actually offended by one. If someone wants to put up a menorah or other display, I have no problem with that. I think people just make stuff up for the attention.l

 

[Skuffyshootster]

Family gatherings.

Yes, I am very aware of how tall I am.

No, I do not have a girlfriend yet.

It pisses me off.

 

[Haunted Serenity]

I want to try out the snowblowers they have in front of stores for sale in the crowds of people.

But the pet peeve would be people asking me what i want for christmas. I don't freaking know be orginal for once

 

[Dooblet]

I may love Christmas lights on all the houses, but I FUCKING HATE when people set them up before Thanksgiving. It's over a month in advance, why can't you celebrate one holiday at a time????

 

[Souplex]

I despise Christmas. It is a horrible bastardization of Chinese food and movie day.

 

[Haunted Serenity]

Political correctness is so obnoxious.


Also, the family gatherings because, man, I am so sick and tired of trying to explain to my family, "No, I want to finish college before I even think about a relationship/family and no, I am not a bad person for looking out for me instead of doing the 'Christian thing' and finding a man."

Tell them you have a woman.

That should get them off your back.

I've tried that, even brought her to dinner, didn't work.

/hijack

Throw her up on the table in the middle of dinner and begin the raunchy sex games.

Oh sure, they might kick you out of the family and never speak to you again, but at least you don't have to explain anything to them anymore.

good plan i might use that on my family.

 

[the_lollipop_dragon]

Political correctness is so obnoxious.


Also, the family gatherings because, man, I am so sick and tired of trying to explain to my family, "No, I want to finish college before I even think about a relationship/family and no, I am not a bad person for looking out for me instead of doing the 'Christian thing' and finding a man."

Tell them you have a woman.

That should get them off your back.

That's my problem. I'm still in the closet and my extended family is very Christian and red-neck like. It was easier last year with my 4 year old nephew to distract everyone, but this year my sister isn't driving down for xmas. My extended family is the worst part about Christmas.

The other things that suck are the crowds at the mall, getting things that you will never use, more chocolate than you will ever eat, and the terrible christmas songs.

 

[Cavouku]

We had our Christmas parade last week. We're Canadian, so we get Thanksgiving out of the way early knowing that nobody can wait until December to celebrate.

I can't stand having to decide what I want from the family. Luckily dad's covered; I'm getting a flat screen from him. Only gift, but a substantial one (he even got a deal on it, only $200). Other than that, we all decided to not have any "surprises" this year, and have a happy Christmas for everyone. We just like wrapping paper.

I just asked dad; his pet peeve about Christmas "People ***** about it. There's no need to ***** about it. The only way to escape it is to commit suicide."

For reference, he said it comically.

 

[imp_spittle]

Political correctness is so obnoxious.


Also, the family gatherings because, man, I am so sick and tired of trying to explain to my family, "No, I want to finish college before I even think about a relationship/family and no, I am not a bad person for looking out for me instead of doing the 'Christian thing' and finding a man."

Tell them you have a woman.

That should get them off your back.

I've tried that, even brought her to dinner, didn't work.

/hijack

Try bringing home someone of Middle Eastern descent, or that could pass as Middle Eastern. Friends that are willing to play the part are gold in situations like this. Make sure he rehearses his part and gets his accent just right; throw in some heavy-handed Koran quotes for the icing on that particular cake. That should make them be more careful about what they wish for in the future.

 

[Connosaurus Rex]

I can one up some people, on Halloween some local radio stations started playing ALL Christmas music.

 

[Nemu]

Political correctness is so obnoxious.


Also, the family gatherings because, man, I am so sick and tired of trying to explain to my family, "No, I want to finish college before I even think about a relationship/family and no, I am not a bad person for looking out for me instead of doing the 'Christian thing' and finding a man."

Tell them you have a woman.

That should get them off your back.

I've tried that, even brought her to dinner, didn't work.

/hijack

Throw her up on the table in the middle of dinner and begin the raunchy sex games.

Oh sure, they might kick you out of the family and never speak to you again, but at least you don't have to explain anything to them anymore.

Amusingly, I've considered doing that this Christmas.
After the presents, before the drinking.

 

[AkJay]

I HATE how we are so PC today, like how there is a "Holiday Tree". NO! IT'S A FUCKIGN CHIRSTMAS TREE! you don't see the Jewish people using trees during Hanukkah, do you?!

 

[Me55enger]

I dislike Christians claiming that Christmas celebrations were initally thiers.

But they are few and far between in my neck of the woods.

 

[axelspitfire]

I usually get my Xmas presents sorted 3-4 weeks before so i dont have to rush around, but its really annoying when i just feel like mooching around town and i have to predict where to walk through the endless crowd of rushing shoppers, trying to get the best deals being so close to Xmas just like everyone else.

 

[Jharry5]

Early Christmas advertising. And it keeps getting earlier and earlier. This gets me so wound up. It only devalues it when you're hearing about it for a month and a half in advance...

 

[zohmbee]

Christmas music. Hearing Frosty the Snowman six thousand times just triggers the homicidal sensors in my brain.

 

[Space Spoons]

Those damn car commercials that advertise "holiday blowout" sales. Running an end-of-year special is fine and dandy, but the way that the commercials are spun really bugs me. Don't pretend people are going to rush out and buy a brand new car with a giant novelty bow glued to the roof to give as some kind of goddamn last minute gift.

 

[Aesir23]

The thing that irritates me is that the minute one holiday is over, stores immediately start selling merchandise for the next one.

Oh, Halloween's over, start selling Christmas stuff
Christmas if over, start selling Easter stuff.

It's a never ending cycle!

I HATE how we are so PC today, like how there is a "Holiday Tree". NO! IT'S A FUCKING CHIRSTMAS TREE! you don't see the Jewish people using trees during Hanukkah, do you?!

...Holiday Tree!? *facepalm* Damn political correctness.

 

[Earthbound Engineer]

People who put pictures of themselves in Christmas cards. The fact that they just assume that I want to see pictures of them is immensely contented. I mean, I don't expect anyone to give me any gifts or anything, and when they do, it's extremely nice and generous of them, but I can't stand people who try to pass off a photograph of them self as a present. It pisses me off.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

The fuckwads that wake me up every morning at 08:00 giving me fliers and asking me to come to some boring, pointless seminary the day before Christmas about the life and death of Jesus Christ. I should sue them for harrasment...

The neighbour kids coming to my door and singing me Christmas songs, expecting me to give them treats or money when they're done. No, you batch of fuckwads, I won't give you sweats nor money because frankly I don't eat sweets and I'm not giving away my hard earned money to someone who spent 3 minutes annoying me. The other annoying thing is their parents coming to "lecture" me about how they're just kids and how I should give them something because if I don't I could "hurt their feelings". Yeah? Well they're your fucking waste of space, air and money, not mine. YOU should give a crap about their feelings, not me

Stores renting cars, putting loud speakers on them then using those speakers to advertise their products. Now appart from the fact that these speakers can pierce through even the most elaborate "shielding from sound" techniques, they also start "broadcasting" at 9 o fucking clock. Yeah, nice ruining my sleep schedule assholes.

I hate Christmas so, SO much.