Comments | kalquessa: *twitch*

kalquessa

twitch

Dec 01, 2008 18:46

Every year, around this time, I get a little cranky. It's not that I don't like Christmas, because I do, I love Christmas, especially on the actual day. It's not that I hate buying presents because I honestly, truly love buying presents. It may be a little bit because of the fact that everyone forgets how to drive their cars, but mostly? Mostly it' ( Read more... )

christmas curmudgeonry

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shoebox2 December 2 2008, 02:59:37 UTC

Could be worse. Could be 'trapped on a commuter bus for two hours total each day, with the radio tuned to the local Lite-FM station'. They haven't started the big all-Xmas-all-the-time push yet, but give 'em time...

mosinging1986 December 2 2008, 03:06:08 UTC

:::twitch:::

This is why I bring my MP3 player everywhere during this time of year. (Not so much this year since I'm not working and can therefore hide at home.)

kalquessa December 2 2008, 21:51:07 UTC

I think I would lose my mind. Although, at the thought of all that bus time, some part of me went "Ooh, two hours of reading time that I don't have to justify because there's nothing else to do!" Which I'm sure would hardly make up for the annoyance, but.

shoebox2 December 3 2008, 03:39:30 UTC

There is that niceness about it, yes. (Also, the power-napping.)

And I do have my trusty little iPod as a last resort. It's just the...trapped-ness that gets me. Even when it's not holiday time, that station is a cheezefest. Plus [ot rant] there's the little yuppettes in the seat behind me running over plans for the holiday party...[/ot rant]

feliciakw December 2 2008, 03:07:51 UTC

Try replacing the tooth song with "I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas."

scionofgrace December 2 2008, 03:08:34 UTC

Heh. My roommie Amy was telling me that "jolly Christmas songs" give her rage. Now whenever I hear a "jolly Christmas song", I shake my fist and say "RAAAAAGGGE!" It makes me feel better.

Maybe you can convince them to play some Mannheim Steamroller? (If you like Mannheim Steamroller, that is...)

mosinging1986 December 2 2008, 03:16:59 UTC

Now whenever I hear a "jolly Christmas song", I shake my fist and say "RAAAAAGGGE!" It makes me feel better.

That is a brilliant idea! GRRR! I feel better already. *g*

scionofgrace December 2 2008, 13:11:25 UTC

YES to Mannheim Steamroller, and maybe some TransSiberian Orchestra thrown in. I can also tolerate the Vince Guaraldi Trio music from A Charlie Brown Christmas and some George Winston. These are the things that keep me sane this time of year when everyone is playing the tacky stuff.

One of the local radio stations that I would listen to on the way to work switched to all Christmas music all the time . . . as of November 1st. Drives . . . me . . . NUTS.

MA

kalquessa December 2 2008, 21:51:52 UTC

*sporfle* RAAAAGE!! Hee.

Oh and yes to the Manheim Steamroller. That's an Anderson Ancestral Abode staple.

mosinging1986 December 2 2008, 03:08:43 UTC

Hee! Like I said the other day, that was going to be my plan this year. The one time I really wanted to participate and make myself have fun (even if it kills me, as you said) and... I can't even do it because I'm broke.

The good thing is I get to avoid stores with that hideous music going. I don't know how employees can stand it. I would go stark raving mad.

scionofgrace December 2 2008, 03:15:42 UTC

I don't know how employees can stand it. I would go stark raving mad.

Oh, don't get me started on the year when Borders had the soundtrack to The Polar Express in the overhead. I was lucky to be working in the cafe, where all the machines drown out the sound. Some of the booksellers just about went postal. To this day, if you go up to my roommie and say, "HOT CHOCOLATE!" in just the right cadence, she'll scream.

mosinging1986 December 2 2008, 03:18:28 UTC

Yegads. That sort of thing really should be officially listed under 'torture'. Because how much of that can any sane person be expected to take?

O.o

kalquessa December 2 2008, 21:53:30 UTC

To this day, if you go up to my roommie and say, "HOT CHOCOLATE!" in just the right cadence, she'll scream.

Heeee! My sister is that way with the Spongebob song that goes "F is for FRIENDS who do stuff together..." because they used it as the wake-up call at one of her volunteer work camps.

True Confession... prester_scott December 2 2008, 03:18:19 UTC

For me, it's not the endless repetition of mostly bad adaptations of Christmas songs of varying tastefulness ( ... )

Re: True Confession... mosinging1986 December 2 2008, 03:19:35 UTC

I'll vote for that!

Re: True Confession... kalquessa December 2 2008, 21:57:56 UTC

Yeah, the Christmas party has definitely outlined its function. I don't mind one or two, especially if they're just small hanging-out-with-friends type deals, but it gets hectic and exhausting when it's more than that. I tend to bow out of a few if I get invited to too many. Between choir and general holiday business, I can't afford to stretch myself so thin I get sick.

Re: True Confession... scionofgrace December 4 2008, 00:43:07 UTC

Due to the economic recession, my company canceled its yearly "Winter Party." Nobody mourned.