1) Exams: either they are before Christmas or after. I don't know what's worse. Seriously, I haven't gotten into the mood for Christmas in ages. (Edit: because they prevent you from actually enjoying the holidays, and winding down into that mode)
2) Excessive food. I'm asian, so this is one of the few excuses we have to eat ourselves into a diabetic coma. It's not pretty, and it's not awesome. (*I'm a recovering binge eater - eg. I have a disorder with food that makes me want to consume everything in sight during emotional times; and this means the fucking holidays.)
3) Gift wrapping. I always end up wrapping a gift that looks like a monkey that had a seizure ended up wrapping it up in between flinging shit.
4) Line-ups - for bus service, and everything.
5) I'm not out of the closet to most of my extended family, or my mother's church friends - they make me sick with the fact that they try their best to hook me up with some random guys. It's annoying, but sometimes, you just have to suck it up, and smile like a vacant doll. It makes me want to puke up my serving of goose or ham or turkey for Christmas dinner.
6) The cold. I went out to get an energy drink, and I swear I almost froze to death. I was wearing a jacket + a polar fleece vest underneath, and ended up with my gloves under my armpits. Not pleasant.
7) No presents. My family doesn't do presents for any one over twenty, so it means I end up buying something for myself, gift wrapping it (again, with the tape and the gift wrap), and then opening it on Christmas day. Lame, I know, but what can you do? (Last year, I did get a gift card from one of my cousins in recouncilation for stealing my dead grandmother's jewelry out of the house.)
8) The overly PC ness of people. I was just at Walmart, and an Indian customer (not "come to our Casino, Indian") blew up at the manager for having an electronic "how many days 'til Xmas" calender up. It was annoying - but I'm atheist; does it mean that I shouldn't celebrate it either? It's annoying, get over the fact that most holidays don't have the commerical visibility of Christmas at all.
9) I've seen someone steal perishable food out of one of the food bank donation boxes. It's not fucking pretty, or good. The person was pretty well dressed, and made off with a can of something on purpose - and she carried a butt load of groceries that she bought too. I went back and donated a bucketload of soup and baby food after I saw that happen. (On a student budget, no less - it's not pretty, but I can go without some junk food for a little while - at least until after Christmas!)
10) Christmas music! Seriously, I haven't willingly gone out to the mall in ages. It's seriously disturbing to hear a constant stream of christmas music, most of it seriously annoying. (Remember the year Christmas Shoes was popular? I wanted to break someone into little bitty pieces by the thousandth time I've heard it.)
2) Excessive food. I'm asian, so this is one of the few excuses we have to eat ourselves into a diabetic coma. It's not pretty, and it's not awesome. (*I'm a recovering binge eater - eg. I have a disorder with food that makes me want to consume everything in sight during emotional times; and this means the fucking holidays.)
3) Gift wrapping. I always end up wrapping a gift that looks like a monkey that had a seizure ended up wrapping it up in between flinging shit.
4) Line-ups - for bus service, and everything.
5) I'm not out of the closet to most of my extended family, or my mother's church friends - they make me sick with the fact that they try their best to hook me up with some random guys. It's annoying, but sometimes, you just have to suck it up, and smile like a vacant doll. It makes me want to puke up my serving of goose or ham or turkey for Christmas dinner.
6) The cold. I went out to get an energy drink, and I swear I almost froze to death. I was wearing a jacket + a polar fleece vest underneath, and ended up with my gloves under my armpits. Not pleasant.
7) No presents. My family doesn't do presents for any one over twenty, so it means I end up buying something for myself, gift wrapping it (again, with the tape and the gift wrap), and then opening it on Christmas day. Lame, I know, but what can you do? (Last year, I did get a gift card from one of my cousins in recouncilation for stealing my dead grandmother's jewelry out of the house.)
8) The overly PC ness of people. I was just at Walmart, and an Indian customer (not "come to our Casino, Indian") blew up at the manager for having an electronic "how many days 'til Xmas" calender up. It was annoying - but I'm atheist; does it mean that I shouldn't celebrate it either? It's annoying, get over the fact that most holidays don't have the commerical visibility of Christmas at all.
9) I've seen someone steal perishable food out of one of the food bank donation boxes. It's not fucking pretty, or good. The person was pretty well dressed, and made off with a can of something on purpose - and she carried a butt load of groceries that she bought too. I went back and donated a bucketload of soup and baby food after I saw that happen. (On a student budget, no less - it's not pretty, but I can go without some junk food for a little while - at least until after Christmas!)
10) Christmas music! Seriously, I haven't willingly gone out to the mall in ages. It's seriously disturbing to hear a constant stream of christmas music, most of it seriously annoying. (Remember the year Christmas Shoes was popular? I wanted to break someone into little bitty pieces by the thousandth time I've heard it.)