slogging toward the holidaze

[chanter1944]

This post brought to you by working as a customer service rep during November's latter half and all of December, plus the general takeover of radio and television by sleigh bells, kitchy lyrics, and exhortations to celebrate the seeeeeason with this, that, and the other. :s Seriously. Somebody wake me up when the all-pervading commercial cheer and scramble is over and done with. New year is much more my thing anyway.

I don't intend to dunk on Christmas the actual holiday. I'm fine with both religious and secular observances. I just wish it were a lot less in one's face. For two months.

Comments

[siliconshaman]

Pretty sure bears have the right idea. Hibernate though all the ballyhoo for a start.

All the sympathy

[jesse_the_k]

One of the joys of retirement is no longer having Obligatory holidays cheerfully thrown at me from all sides.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>New year is much more my thing anyway.<<

If you haven't already found it, check out goals_on_dw which is a lot about New Year's resolutions, among other things.

>>I don't intend to dunk on Christmas the actual holiday. I'm fine with both religious and secular observances. I just wish it were a lot less in one's face. For two months.<<

We went to Cracker Barrel for Samhain supper. Their gift shop was all Christmas stuff. In October. It was very disorienting.

[fauxfox]

I feel you on this!

[cmcmck]

They had Christmas stuff in some of the local shops her at the end of August FFS!

Well, you know about me and my experience of the Santa season...........