A thread for all the Scrooges, Grinches and Party Poopers

[CAG]

For those that believe in a Merry UnChristmas, here's a thread for you to vent your frustrations at the over-the-top hype of the silly season, shopping hours, Bing Crosby singing White Christmas, etc.

Now, stay in your box (this thread) and let the rest of us enjoy Christmas.....

[Uncle Al]

Do you mean "happy retailers day"?

Alan...

[Master Splinter]

I'll stop saying bah, humbug when the christmas carols and that damnable Bing Crosby stop. If only white christmas was a drugs reference...

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Ha! Bumhug!

[_fly_]

I thought I had found somewhere to hang around for the 25th.
But after Skew's comment above I'm outta here.

[FenceFurniture]

No grandkids yet and for the last 5-6 years have been able to happily let it pass us by. The first year I had seed-bread toast for lunch. Took bloody ages to suss out a suitable Chardonnay though.

Possibility of grandkids within the next five years so determined to enjoy a totally Xmas free zone while we can.

[Bob38S]

In the Courier Mail yesterday - it was anticipated that the "average" person would be spending $1800.00 on Christmas this year.

Not sure if this is retailers wishful thinking, government encouragement or what the credit card companies expect to see, from my point of view let me say loudly IT 'AINT GONNA HAPPEN!.

I would have thought that any thinking person would have been able to sus out for themselves that this is how the country got into the state of affairs it finds itself in.

I'd bet $ to donuts that the Easter eggs are already stacked in the shop back rooms ready to dangle as bait for the gullible.

I can hardly wait for the TV channels to trot out the usual Carols rubbish and the "wholesome" family Christmas movies which have been repeated so many times that only the penguins in Antarctica might not have seen them. Don't start me on the piped "festive" music in shopping centres.

Bring on 2015 asap.

Bah and humbug.

[Evanism]

I personally despise the idea of Christmas, but I enjoy making things to give to people.

The commercialism is utterly revolting.

[A Duke]

$ to doughnuts, that,s ancient odds from when doughnuts cost a couple pennies, now that you can pay over $2 for a doughnut to have with your coffee things have changed. Like we have seen to many Christmases and birthdays.

Happy Christmas

[A Duke]

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[NCArcher]

None of you will be getting anything from Santa. No it's too late now. You've done ya dash.
And Santa, if you're reading this, as I'm sure you are, I am in no way associated with these Scrooges. Please see my previous letter that contains all the dimensions of the required new shed.

[Sawdust Maker]

In the Courier Mail yesterday - it was anticipated that the "average" person would be spending $1800.00 on Christmas this year.

...

Umm $1800
wonder what I could buy myself with that
now where's Jim Carroll's website

[CAG]

Let the idiots, who buy cars for their bimbo/himbo girlfriends/boy toys at Xmas, spend the $1800 attributed to each of us.

When you look at the news vision of the pre xmas shopping centre rushes, I can see how $1800 would easily be spent by the gullible and those trying to outdo the Jones'.

I love Christmas (yeah I know; bah humbug) but you'll never find me in those crowds or spending that much money.

[CAG]

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Too PC for me.

[_fly_]

Umm $1800
wonder what I could buy myself with that
now where's Jim Carroll's website

your meant to spend 1800 on someone else.
more to the point you spend it on me,
now where's pops shed website....