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Kellach Woods

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All Christmas music could be improved by giving it the CVS Bangers treatment. Any christmas song that doesn't have airhorns, gunshots, and a computer-modified voice telling me to RE-TWEET IF YOU'RE FEELING THIS is not a a christmas song you should play in my vicinity.

 

Having to pretend like my family has interesting lives, opinions and aren't bigoted as fuck is also REAL PLEASANT.

 

Parents asking "but what do you want for christmas?" and having to answer that since they don't know shit about anything I'd want I'd be better off buying it myself than get something they'd get for me.

 

Other drivers in snow.

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chaoticsleepy

chaoticsleepy

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I would say I hate the Christmas music, but I don't. I'm emotionally dead inside towards Christmas music. Since it's been playing in our office every day since the first or second week of October. Kill me now.

 

My most hated part of Christmas? This question:  "What do you want for Christmas?" I hate being asked. Because I'm the kind of person that will gladly and without hesitation drop an unholy amount of cash on making someone else happy, but having to look at things that I want and have to ask another person to buy for me? So uncomfortable. And "Nothing" is never an acceptable answer.

 

It's practically an anxiety trigger to me, weighing all the factors of "I don't want the person to spend TOO much on me, but I don't want them to spend so little that THEY feel guilty when they get my gift. Is this going to be something convenient for them to get? Will they have to jump through hoops to get to to me? What's shipping going to be like for them if they have to mail it? Do they think I'm stupid for even wanting this to begin with? AHHHH."

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Shayrei

Shayrei

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Not having a SO that will sit in with me, make excuses not to go anywhere while we dick around on the internet and have delivery Chinese while we watch Batman movies.

 

Gods, I miss this... T_T

D'awww... *squishes!*

 

I hate...

uh..

 

Ah! I hate going back to work after the winter break!

 

Two weeks off... sleeping in... all the free time... going back is hell.

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Nebbs

Nebbs

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Not having a SO that will sit in with me, make excuses not to go anywhere while we dick around on the internet and have delivery Chinese while we watch Batman movies.

 

Gods, I miss this... T_T

 

We (my SO an I) used to curl up with wine and cheese and listen to the BBC radio version of Lord of the Rings each Christmas.

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Amelia

Amelia

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Post your least favorite thing about the holidays.

 

- Lines at stores

- Same songs on the radio over and over

- Everyone is trying to make me eat cookies

 

*walks into thread with a plate of cookies, immediately turns a 180 and walks out of the thread*

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! This made my day.

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DreamedReality

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My most hated part of Christmas? This question:  "What do you want for Christmas?" I hate being asked. Because I'm the kind of person that will gladly and without hesitation drop an unholy amount of cash on making someone else happy, but having to look at things that I want and have to ask another person to buy for me? So uncomfortable. And "Nothing" is never an acceptable answer.

 

It's practically an anxiety trigger to me, weighing all the factors of "I don't want the person to spend TOO much on me, but I don't want them to spend so little that THEY feel guilty when they get my gift. Is this going to be something convenient for them to get? Will they have to jump through hoops to get to to me? What's shipping going to be like for them if they have to mail it? Do they think I'm stupid for even wanting this to begin with? AHHHH."

 

So much this. To the point that I'd rather -not- get anything from anyone. Ever. And is why my default response has been: gift card to 'x'.

 

And I hate that people have a hang-up on giving giftcards. Like they're somehow not a 'real gift.' So I have to come up with an actual item. x.x

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Jana

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Having to deal with my family... Bad enough on regular days but holidays that don't devolve into shouting matches are rare.

 

Having to tell people how I feel about their Christmas presents... Save for maybe my sister and some close friends who know what I really enjoy, I'd rather they just gave me cash.

 

Christmas Trees.

Getting Christmas Trees out of storage.

Putting up Christmas Trees.

Checking that the lights work on Christmas Trees.

Buying new lights for Christmas Trees.

Decorating Christmas Trees.

Posing in front of Christmas Trees.

Taking down the lights and ornaments on Christmas Trees.

Carefully disassembling and re-storing Christmas Trees.

However, I would not be opposed to dragging Christmas Trees to the curb, dousing them in gasoline, and letting sparks fly.

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Amelia

Amelia

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My most hated part of Christmas? This question:  "What do you want for Christmas?" I hate being asked. Because I'm the kind of person that will gladly and without hesitation drop an unholy amount of cash on making someone else happy, but having to look at things that I want and have to ask another person to buy for me? So uncomfortable. And "Nothing" is never an acceptable answer.

 

It's practically an anxiety trigger to me, weighing all the factors of "I don't want the person to spend TOO much on me, but I don't want them to spend so little that THEY feel guilty when they get my gift. Is this going to be something convenient for them to get? Will they have to jump through hoops to get to to me? What's shipping going to be like for them if they have to mail it? Do they think I'm stupid for even wanting this to begin with? AHHHH."

 

So much this. To the point that I'd rather -not- get anything from anyone.

 

Thankfully my goto is always funky socks. I NEVER know what to tell people to get me either, but I DO enjoy crazy colorful socks... and those are typically inexpensive.

 

But... I understand that socks are normally considered to be a lame gift, so...

 

I guess I don't grump on Holidays now that I don't work retail. I... actually kind of like them again.

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Kellach Woods

Kellach Woods

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Last year I took 3 weeks off for Christmas (first two weeks it was announced we weren't working until we TOTALLY WERE which is something we learned around Friday 5:00 PM... which honestly sits so badly with me I just put myself as unavailable for the two weeks they said we had off anyway, and I wanted to take the other week off for the sole purpose of AGDQ and there was no reason for me NOT to take 'em for that purpose anyway).

 

I guess it'll suck to not do that this year? 3 weeks off was a fucking godsend.

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Zhavi

Zhavi

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Not having a SO that will sit in with me, make excuses not to go anywhere while we dick around on the internet and have delivery Chinese while we watch Batman movies.

 

Gods, I miss this... T_T

 

...yeah, this will be my first Christmas in 8 years without a SO. It's rough. *hugs*

 

 

......I hate Christmas music. I worked in a Santa Clause tourist shop right out of high school (constant, constant Christmas music year-round). Almost ten years later and I still get twitchy when they play for more than a few minutes.

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Dat Oni

Dat Oni

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Ah, it wouldn't be the Holidays if I didn't come down with a mind-numbing cold a few days before Christmas. I have been sick every Christmas of every year, and it looks like this one is going to be no different. 

 

Gah...Where's a RL Esuna when you need one?

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