tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post6873592156449316169..comments2024-03-25T04:52:13.319-07:00Comments on BizarroBlog: Hatred HolidaysPirarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340738828876740970noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-25642641277887742322009-12-15T15:01:57.626-08:002009-12-15T15:01:57.626-08:00Christmas, and most holidays...most everything, ac...Christmas, and most holidays...most everything, actually, has become a superficial construct of marketing and consumerism. That is, emotions/ideas/feelings are thought to be represented by, if not directly obtainable, through material things.<br /><br />I figured out that Santa wasn't real at the age of five.<br />By extension, I think I also ruined my parents' fun around that point.<br /><br />Anyway, maybe the Grinches among us here will appreciate this image: http://katievautour.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/merry-christmas-santa/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-75481979399317729172009-11-21T12:31:29.078-08:002009-11-21T12:31:29.078-08:00I like celebrating on Christmas or maybe putting u...I like celebrating on Christmas or maybe putting up a tree the week prior. No holiday songs before mid-December, no holiday-palusa on TV, radio etc. PLEASE it's just a way to sell more STUFF. I've got enough stuff for 5 people already and only 2 people live here. I'm getting more anti-Xmas the older that I get.Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893113808078485167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-68016540150318538692009-11-20T22:03:40.367-08:002009-11-20T22:03:40.367-08:00I loved xmas when I was a kid too, but then xmas d...I loved xmas when I was a kid too, but then xmas didn't start until December, or even as early as *gasp* late November. When xmas eve is already upon us I'm sick and tired of it and just want to shove down the food, get drunk and open my presents and pretend I like them.<br /><br />A house in our neighbourhood put up xmas lights and stuff on their house early November. Thanks for ruining xmas.<br /><br />Now I just say I celebrate Saturnalia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-75519752085002461292009-11-20T06:04:04.238-08:002009-11-20T06:04:04.238-08:00I am right there with you, Dan. I can't stan...I am right there with you, Dan. I can't stand the "holiday" season. I see it as one big noisy, over-commericalized assault on the senses an sensibility. One of the worst Christmas season's that I experienced was spent in Kauai -- hearing all these crappy songs about winter wonderlands and sleigh bells ringing, while basking in the wonderful tropical tradewinds pretty much ruined the trip.patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-69512085296123003572009-11-20T00:46:03.172-08:002009-11-20T00:46:03.172-08:00This time of year, in the Northern hemisphere, can...This time of year, in the Northern hemisphere, can be tough on people who suffer from depression. Lack of sunlight, absent family, failed resolutions, the fakeness of it all, can make it a sad time of year.<br /><br />By a SAD light, don't drink too much, stay on the meds.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571825278355274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-52702529134149787272009-11-19T17:16:22.130-08:002009-11-19T17:16:22.130-08:00this is the main reason why i avoid listening to c...this is the main reason why i avoid listening to commercial radio after halloween is over: i am bound to hear a christmas song. i also try to wear my ipod in malls because i do not wish to hear a christmas song when it is not yet december. a certain amount of christmas is okay, but there is such a thing as too much, and i think we have reached the too much stage. there were xmas decorations at macy's two weeks ago, for pete's sake!<br /><br />to the guy who said "what's wrong with shoving joy down people's throats?" well, what's wrong with shoving misery down people's throats? huh? how about that?<br /><br />i'll tell you what's wrong with shoving joy down my throat. eventually i just want to puke it all back up on you. that is all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942502449985475645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-57333115518678765282009-11-19T15:51:47.885-08:002009-11-19T15:51:47.885-08:00Dan, I have been reading your cartoons for years ...Dan, I have been reading your cartoons for years and I always thought we shared part of a brain. Now I KNOW we do. I am famous around my friends and family for despising the "holiday" season; the commercialism, the stress it puts on people, of that crap. Unfortunately, where I workI have to deal with the public. As the holiday draws nearer, one can actually see people deteriorating emotionally, socially and yes, spiritually.<br /><br />So, I'm with you on this one. The pilgrim should have shot first, questions later.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032524246374124873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-79794881383283546742009-11-19T15:00:52.639-08:002009-11-19T15:00:52.639-08:00@ Sam Said...
You make good points, ones I've ...@ Sam Said...<br />You make good points, ones I've heard from my own friends and family for years. I don't actually poop on anyone else's holidays, I just resent the horrid music and decor being crammed down my throat everywhere I go. Believe me, if there was a place I could go to be with others who feel similarly about Xmas (and I could afford it), I'd gladly do it for the months of Nov and Dec. :)Pirarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02340738828876740970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-15159852502709890132009-11-19T11:56:02.302-08:002009-11-19T11:56:02.302-08:00Finally - someone who shares my sentiments about t...Finally - someone who shares my sentiments about this holiday! The decorations are already up in my town and I am dreading another month and a half of this crap! I wish people would celebrate the true reason of the season, and make memories instead of buying crap no one needs! I'll be avoiding the retail orgy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-72295063982287316722009-11-19T11:08:15.003-08:002009-11-19T11:08:15.003-08:00=v= The Xmas Resistance season is coming up. Trad...=v= The <a href="http://xmasresistance.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Xmas Resistance</a> season is coming up. Traditionally, it starts the day after Thanksgiving and lasts a year.Jymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675802996264542565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803930806872297256.post-84347360030647095122009-11-19T09:56:21.116-08:002009-11-19T09:56:21.116-08:00I can understand your hatred of commerical Xmas - ...I can understand your hatred of commerical Xmas - a lot of people do. The thing I can't understand is why you have to be so miserly and piss on it for everyone else.<br /><br />"Why do we have to be subjected to all this joy and happiness? All those bright lights and gift-giving? Why are you trying to make me feel good when I just want to suck lemons and root in my own filth?" (Okay, maybe you don't root in your own filth...)<br /><br />What's wrong with shoving joy down people's throats? It's better than putting up with the unending moaning that is the war on terror or the doldrum economy. Would you rather Xmas be in shades of beige and grey, with no lights, no presents and minimal happiness equally shared amongst the masses?<br /><br />I think all the Grinches in the world should go away during Xmas (believe me, us cheer-leaders outnumber you, so pack your bags) = You'll have fun on stick-in-the-mud island drinking Blue Lagoons and we'll have fun putting up too much tinsel, guzzling spiked eggnog and choking on fruit cakes.<br /><br />Fair trade?Samnoreply@blogger.com