Why I don’t like Christmas....

[hoosierone]

For our first tree since married, I suggested one about two feet high that could go on the top of the TV. Of course that didn't go over well at all. Ended up with a live tree and tree sap all over the trunk of my car.

Going forward I just kept my mouth shut and did as she wished. Small price for a woman I love.

 

[Wise_A]

Ya'll know what I say in these situations...

How the hell do you guys stay married?

This is a "Wife Tax". Previously, you had to pay a "Mom Tax". Said tithing goes to cover home cooking, laundry, and anything else nice she feels like doing for you, including civilizing your heathen backside and cheering up your hovel with nice Christmas stuff.

Pay up, suckah!

 

[dockmurgw]

I always hated getting rid of the tree after Christmas. I didn't know what to do with it. So, I took a hint from CAJUNLAWYER and just put it out by the street until someone comes along and burns it for me. Thanks, CAJUNLAWER!

If you know where there is a goat, it will love you forever. Christmas trees are like candy to them.

 

[Smoke]

This is our family Christmas Tree



Either my mother or my grandmother made it before I was born. So that's the family tradition behind it. It has one light bulb in it and it's the size of a blender it sits in a box in the hall closet all year and takes a minute and a half to put up.

In all seriousness though, that tree is a memory I've had my whole life and it's not Christmas till it's up. But it's still extremely low maintenance and that's a plus

 

[tumbleturn]

What I dont like about Xmas is people insisting on buying me **** I dont need. I am a single guy and basically if it is under $100 and I want/need it I already have it. And since they cant afford to buy things that have words such as "Diesel or Beltfed with a tax stamp" in the description it is just a waste of there money.
Mike

 

[Grayfox]

I've gotten so that I really don't like Christmas. Its become nothing more than a commercialized greed fest. I make it a policy to not step foot in any retail establishment from now until after New Years unless I just absolutely have to. I really hate having to deal with the huge crowds, long lines and idiots. As someone said, Santa Claus is more popular than God.
Hell, you can't even watch TV without being bombarded by non-stop Christmas commercials and all those stupid feel good Christmas movies. It gets real old, real quick.
As said, Christmas is for kids. My youngest is 35. No grand kids. Plus the fact that my wife passed away in December. In fact, today is the 9th anniversary of her passing. Christmas has never been the same without her.
I keep hoping that someday when/if I ever have Grandkids, that I'll get the Christmas Spirit back. Until then, just call me Grinch!

 

[JcMack]

I HOPE some day every living room will have a "hologram pad". An circular area about 36" in diameter where 3 dimensional animated holograms can be displayed. Christmas comes-display a decorated tree. Easter comes-display a decorated bunny. Thanksgiving comes-display a decorated turkey. Wife goes bowling-display a undecorated girlie on a stripper pole.

 

[loknload]

Wise_A,,,,,

How the hell do you guys stay married?

Well being the wonderful husband I am, while she is at work I disposed of the old tree and put up the new tree!
Now at her pleasure she can fine tune it and decorate, of course I will be here to assist!

The new tree....

 

[Nevada Ed]

Christmas is getting to me more like..... X-mas every year.

I have noticed that even the little kids don't line up in "Macy's" etc. to sit on Santa's lap and let him know what they want for a gift.
Maybe it is the shift in how the new style of parents are or the new electric age that they are now brought up in.......
I know I did not have the right to have my personal phone/toy at eight years of age when I was a youngster........ and there were no plastic trees back then either, however my mother did hate it when my father would nail the wooden tree stand to "Her" real Oak laid floor to hold the 17 foot tree up !

As I got older I learned that gifts could be replaced with hot buttered Rum or a Ramon Fizz
as we watched the new lot of kids opening their presents from under the tree.

I am just so very glad that the little wife does 98% of all the shopping for all the family members and friends at this crazy time.
I hate waiting in line at the grocery store in March, let alone any store from October 10th on...............

Ornament !!

"Turn around, bend over.."

I love that one !!

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[Jessie]

I need more likes here for Snubby

 

[walkin jack]

I don't see a Christmas problem, I see a TREE problem. It has always been hard for me to get that Christmas feeling with an artificial tree. Get a real tree. Put your own lights on it. And decorate it with your own family traditional ornaments. Miss Pam made a bakers dozen ceramic ornaments.painted them putting her name and the date in 1974.

We still have all 13 and that's the first thing that goes on the tree every year.

Doing all this will go a long way towards giving you that Christmas feeling. The smell of real pine is much better than the smell of that crappy spray stuff that smells like a house hold cleaner....

 

[charlie sherrill]

I just don't like Christmas on general principal. It is a big commercial holiday, trying to get people to spend money on things people don't need and can't afford. kids believe in a fat man in red velvet clothes that knows if your naughty or nice but they don't believe in God. and my birthday is on the 23rd. After my oldest brother informed me about the fat man in red, I was asked if I wanted a nice Christmas present or a nice birthday present.

I had the same problem when I was a kid. I was born 12/28 and cheap relatives would always say "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday" and give me one gift. I don't care now because Christmas is for the grandchildren, but it would make me mad back then.

 

[charlie sherrill]

If you have the room plant your own tree every year. Fertilize, water, and trim it yourself during the year and in December cut down the oldest tree. Usually takes three to five years for the oldest tree to be ready, less if you want a smaller tree. After cutting the oldest tree, plant another to take it's place. No expensive tree hunting and you've got one ready for next year. Also, you don't have to worry about freshness.

 

[Jessie]

I had the same problem when I was a kid. I was born 12/28 and cheap relatives would always say "Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday" and give me one gift. I don't care now because Christmas is for the grandchildren, but it would make me mad back then.

That would suck. Although, it's not the fault of Christmas, it's a timing fault of your parents back in March or April of that year.

 

[Kurusu]

I don't hate Christmas.

But somehow I think the purpose of the celebration is lost on most.

The one Who's Birtht is being celebrated was the One who expelled the merchants and the money changers from the Temple.

The "fat man in the red suit" was invented by Coca Cola. St. Nicholas has nothing to do with him.

Christmas trees are a pagan rite.

The "Christians of old" Christmas instead of decorated trees had this:

A "naif" version of the Adoration of Christ.

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[Farmer17]

I'm all for the artificial trees, the real ones really upset my allergies and I also like a tree that is pre-lighted with LED lights that don't burn out. We have a 9 ft tall slender tree that we store in our upstairs walk-out attic and its wrapped in a bag and all we have to do is carry it down, unzip the bag, put some ornaments on, and plug it in. My wife loves to decorate it differently every year with new ribbon or feathers or nick naks and it always looks gorgeous.

 

[TX-Dennis]

This is our family Christmas Tree



Either my mother or my grandmother made it before I was born. So that's the family tradition behind it. It has one light bulb in it and it's the size of a blender it sits in a box in the hall closet all year and takes a minute and a half to put up.

In all seriousness though, that tree is a memory I've had my whole life and it's not Christmas till it's up. But it's still extremely low maintenance and that's a plus

My grandmother made one like that when I was a kid. Wish I had it. I do have a beer stein, a brahma bull, and a lion she made, though.

 

[mtgianni]

We will go cut a tree each year on property we own. It is a fun time and about all I do as far as decorating.