Jack Schidt® wrote:
> "Peter Aitken" > wrote in message
> m...
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>>
>> Christ on crutches! Anyone who mentions the word "Christmas" in early
>> October should be shot, drawn and quartered, boiled in oil, and
>> flayed. Miserable commercialized claptrap.
>>
>
> Amen! This thread perfectly illustrates how a perfectly good holiday
> has been sold down the river.
>
> A week after labor day, I could not find lump charcoal at the local
> mallwart but the holiday stuff was already on the shelves. Not to
> mention a talking plastic santa, which I umm....kinda knocked over
> with a solid right hook. Xmas in America is real bullshit, as this
> thread aptly shows.
>
> Jack Shallow

The ONLY reason I start shopping for Christmas in October is precisely
because I don't want the hassel of the last minute "find a gift" garbage.
I'd be perfectly happy to bypass the holiday completely. I agree it is far
too commercialized. There are no young children in my family; I can't
really understand why self-supporting adults feel the need to get/give
gifts. But, it is expected of me to be somewhat of a good sport and
participate in this ritual. So I get the purchasing part over with as soon
as I possibly can.

Jill