I just walked into a large retail outlet today & there was an entire aisle with ribbons, bows, Christmas wrap, Santa’s the whole f’in deal… in god damned AUGUST!
There otta be a law anything Christmassy out before Halloween is over & everyone who works at the store goes to prison for a year! While the owners & upper bosses face execution on the spot… no appeal!!!
The commercialism of that holiday is hitting a whole new low. —More
This article appears in Aug 19-25, 2010.
FUCK YOU.
I love fucking Christmas and just bought decorations last week at a craft store. I already have my Halloween decorations out and will put my Christmas ones out the 1st of November.
I LOVE FALL/WINTER!!11!!1!!
aaah it begins again…so soon mr. more
Label, label, label.
Don’t blame the workers, they can’t do anything about it, but otherwise, I concur.
Halloween and xmas decorations should not be on opposite sides of the aisles in August.
Even worse is that some stores are getting in less Hallowe’en stuff so that they can put the Christmas stuff up now. That’s insane!!
It’s ridiculous how commercialized ONE DAY has become. Why is December 25th a “season” while any other holiday is just a day? Heck, some people get more time off for Easter, and yet it’s not its own season.
So far most people I have spoken to have agreed August is too early for Christmas to be out on the shelves. What happened to “Back to School ” ???? always a happy time when my kids were in school…well for me anyway ~;)
What about Halloween ????
Thanksgiving ?!?
I am not even going back to that store until Halloween has happened, by that time Santa will have his hand out for overpriced pictures, the depression of the holiday will be in full swing !
Thank my god the F.S.M. that I don’t celebrate that stupidity anymore, bring on the pasta dishes & red wine .
I hate the crass commercialism of Christmas too. How many who celebrate even go to church or believe in Christ? Christmas has become less about Christ and more about commercialism and profits for stores. Having commercialism forced upon us in August is having the reverse effect om many people. Instead of urging them to spend, the way-too-early displays are turning a lot of shoppers off. Myself included. I manage to pick up gift items throughout the year at better prices than in the peak of the season so by the time the Christmas decorations are going up in stores I am usually done.
Four months today, until xmas
I totally agree with OP, minus the employee imprisonment….they just want a job!
Christmas is the biggest money grab since insurance and warrantees.
Last year I started working my xmas “seasonal” job in October :@
More, if you think you think walking down the aisles and being subjected to seeing this, imagine the poor emplyoees who had to drag out the stock.
Some of them probably already had seizures in dread of listening to badly done xmas music on repeat loops
yeah o.p., there oughta be a law, but there fucking well isn’t. so i guess you and i, and the rest of the suckers will just have to, well, suck it up. and there also should be a law against pissing in the wind, but again, there isn’t.
well actually there is if you’re in public…
one law I wholeheartedly agree with BTW.
Sigh, I love the holiday season, but to me, it shouldn’t start until Dec 15 and end Dec 31. C’est tout. I never shop, so I’m spared to visions of christmas decor, thank god.
i hope the boy comes home for christmas^^
any boy or one specifically?
cause it’s on a weekend finally so I might actually get it off!
I do warn you though, I have a healthy appetite when it comes to roasted avians and sweet po’s….
my one and only spawn zZz, but if you’ve no place to celebrate festivus we are always looking for stray cats. avians and taters of all sorts^^
I don’t celebrate Christmas but I worship Turkey stuffing. Is that morally wrong?
nope newt nowt wrong with stuffing worship^^
Just load my plate up with my Newfie-style homemade stuffing, candied yams and homemade (preferably self-picked) cranberry sauce! Everything else is just garnish!
If you don’t fucking like Christmas stuff in stores this early don’t buy that Christmas stuff or you could even just refuse to go to the store anymore. Another stupid bitch.
newfie style stuffing. mmm…inquiring mind needs to know. pav it’s only august, christmas bitch numero uno *sigh*
It depends Newt. Was your stuffing born in a barn and did it go around telling people how to live their lives till it came a cropper with a pair of rum coves on a hilltop in jolly old arab land? Because , if not, that’s idolatry and you are eternally damned >; )
I am totally damned, mine stuffing is a simple variety that doesn’t even remember what shape or consistency it used to be before being shoved up an avian ass.
Who cares what shit they sell. Don’t waste your time going in local stores. Buy online …. cheaper, no bulshit sales staff, and better selection.
I don’t know about that Sebastian….I am presently waiting for an item I bought on the net, its coming from the US & isn’t available locally anyway & I certainly checked.
IT has been held up at by Canadian customs since Monday…& is still sitting there according to my tracking number.
THey phoned me & told me I have to pay brokerage fee’s, duty & taxes for an item that is not sold by anyone in Canada ! ! !
What the FUCK happened to the so called Free Trade I have been hearing so much about ! The only place in Canada who had the item (its a special piece of photograpy equipment) was simply reselling the same item, although it was used, made by this California company … I wanted a new one. This piece of gear wears out if not treated gently (it’ll actually wear out reguardless) & I have no idea what use it’s had & it was in B.C.
Government Bullshit makes me crazy .
I totally agree with you, More. It’s a royal pain to get zinged for cross border shopping when the item you wanted isn’t available on this side of the border. Brokerage fees are the worst – they can double the cost of an item.
As for the suggestion to stop shopping in a store that puts their holiday stuff out too early, what if it’s a grocery store? Stop buying food for months? Ooh, yeah, that’ll show the store!
that might help on the obesity problem we’ve been hearing about….
Nah, zZz, it’d lead to eating disorders like anorexia & bulemia, then the health care system would become overburdoned. Why, just imagine, putting out Xmas stuff too early could lead to the collapse of civilization as we know it!
Capitalism, Consumerism, Christmas and Christ.
That’s a whole lotta worship goin on.
Did everyone take their blue pill this morning?
no, mine was orange
I order online all the time from the USA, and only once got hit with duty/brokerage fees. Most retailers in the USA offer to include the brokerage fee during the check-out process. Saves time in the long run.
christmas is ruined; it’s so over hyped now it’s lost all meaning
Sebastian, we must shop at different places online – most of the ones I’ve dealt with say they can’t charge for duty/HST/brokerage fees at check out. Maybe it depends on what is being purchased.
i’ll send you my hopping penis wind-up toy martym, that’ll put a smile on yer face^^
Humbug
oh boy-o-boy-o-boy gimme gimme 🙂
Ah ha ha… I need to get me one of them pg – sounds like my kinda toy! ;~)
wind up?
I sense a lot of ladies about to be displeased with the timing of the thing running out of ooomph.
I suppose that’s what women had to deal with back in the early days….
and sebastion.
Nah, zZz, women have been used to the timing of the ooomph since the beginning of mankind. I’m sure there were unsatisfied cavewomen everywhere asking of their mates ‘ah, what exactly does all night long mean to YOU?’ This is where ‘faking it’ was invented.
well to be honest, whispering sweet grunts in her ear doesn’t usually turn many people on either….
it’s only about an inch tall but i suppose it might be suitable for something other than a larf
RaphEmer… I live in the sticks.
I buy eggs & meat right from the people who raise the animals. You don’t see christmas decorations at the local vegitable markets…& there’s several places out here where I stop & pick up potato’s, beets etc right at their driveways.
Plus I’m almost drowning in Tomato’s this year ~:)
I grew tomato trees ! 5 + FEET HIGH !
I’ve already gotten a more than a dozen jars of chow chow. My hot peppers & celery is ready & I’m going to make up a couple dozen jars of Salsa, the rest of the ‘maters will go to family & nothing better than getting up first thing & going out & picking a fresh tomato off the vine while your toast is down & making a fresh toasted tomato ,mayo & black pepper sandwich for breakfast !
No christmas crap out in my garden 😉
Hmm…fresh produce, no Christmas crap…More, I’ll be there soon to buy stuff from you. 😉
Charlie Brown was whining about the over-commercialization of Christmas since the sixies . Looks like he still has lots of whiney fans to carry on his Charlie Browney-ness.
“of all the charlie browns in the world you are the charlie browniest”
Does anyone remember a mid 70’s British Christmas program with Richard Chamberlain? It was a mixture of live action and animation. I seem to recall that I liked it which is surprising, because at the time I would have been about 15 and hated… EVERYTHING!
Don’t recall that show Ivan-the-teenage-anarchist, which is surprising given that we were 15 at about the same time and yet not surprising given that my friends and I were die-hard audiophiles with a penchant for billiards at the local parent-free venue. Recycling some of those old shows now would be a hoot!
I was such minger in my teen years. The Old Man tells me that when we moved from Calgary to Debert in ’78 there were times he wanted to take me into the woods and put 2 in my ear. And ,in hindsight, I don’t think I would have blamed him a bit.
While my friends were doing hot knives and blowing Gene Simmons type butane kisses and spanking the monkey over that Farrah poster – your humble narrator was dreaming about being one of those Israeli Sayeret Matka’al Commandos who rescued the hostages at Entebbe. Other kids had “Catcher” – I had “Exodus”. What a bundle of laughs I was.
teehee, i wanted to be one of those commandos as well and i don’t remember that show either
Back in those days I was heavily into WKRP (still am) anything Monty Python, MASH. I was dreaming of riding my yet non-existant motorcycle hither and yon seeing the world, partying with friends with Pink Floyd, Long John Baldry, Babe Ruth, Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield, McCartney and Wings and the like factoring heavily in the accompanying teenage soundtrack. The best part of that dream has been the ‘highway girl’ reality it has become. Cross-country motorcycle tours are the best. Billy Connoly concurs saying there is only one way to tour The Cape Breton Highlands, by motorcycle! Cue theme song: “Get On Your Bad Motorscooter And Ride…” Vroooooooooooom!!!
well I would have been all of -7 or 8 so I suppose I had aspirations of being a fetus….
Nah, zZz, yo’ daddy had aspirations of makin’ a fetus.
somehow I doubt that too…. so let’s try again…
my collective parts were looking forward to collaborating, I suppose…
even if those harboring said pieces may not have been so keen.
Browniest ?!?
Brownies…did someone say brownies ?
MMMMMMM with hot chocolate fudge sauce !
& on a hot day also with Ice Cream ~:)
What is this, facebook or some emo douchebag chat site? To my suprise when I looked at this and many other comment sections only about ten percent of the comments are relevant to the bitch. I can just see you now with shakey hands, feverishly clicking at the mouse with eager anticipation of what useless comment was left in response to your even more useless off topic comment. All you pastey white basement dwellers who haven’t been outside since the last time your mom made you cut the lawn can fuck off.
As for a response for this bitch, the Christmas advertising does start a little early. The retail Christmas extravoganza is just a friendly reminder from our beloved credit agencies to throw caution to the wind and make an early downpayment on our childrens love. Let’s face it Christmas is not really for adults, but it is a great time to all congregate in our respective home towns and visit with old friends and family’s not seen since the Christmas before. If this doesn’t bring a smile to your face I wish you luck in your pathetic life. I do agree NO CHRISTMAS PROMOTIONS BEFORE NOVEMBER is probably a good retail mantra to live by.
I see Mother Nature brought someone her Christmas present a couple of months early.
how dare you call us emos…the douchebaggery is fine shitd
I was so upset about the emo crack my left forearm looks like a checkerboard from all the cutting and now I’m listening to the Smiths. Oh Morrissey, you have been hurt. You HAVE been hurt. Who hurt you? *whispers* who hurt you?
I wanted to post a bitch so I posted a bitch and heaven knows I’m miserable now” 🙂
I see it didn’t take long for comment police to make an appearance. I’m suprised to see it didn’t come with some long winded anicdote about the good old days when dungarees were cool, to ilustrate your moot point. Both of you losers are the biggest offenders. So I guess what I’m saying is GARGLE MY BALLS YOU NO TALENT ASSCLOWNS.
Well, I for one am shocked and appalled, but mostly just hungry and jonesing for that closin’ time beer. Mmmmmm beer. How ’bout you Painey, have you cracked open that end of day pint yet? Rawk! . How are you doing Marty? What’s shakin’ on the left coast?
I’m too hurt to talk right now that dude hurt my feelings 🙂 ps: comment police hmm.. i didn’t get no stinking badge 🙂
I’m more of a freebooter or mercenary. A Gypsy once told me that in a previous life I must have been a condottieri. At least, I think that was the word she used. She didn’t want to give up her tears but it was H1N1 season and I needed them more than she did.
Is that you and your horse in the pic martym?
Hi Newt. How has your Saturday been?
Started off with a tummy ache (I would not comment further on the details) from what I ate last night at the Avian Meat on Buns, took a long leisurely nap, and then now waiting for a friend to call me. 🙂 How’s yours been other than your bleeding heart and arm?
I had a lovely lady come in and say “I need a book and I’m looking for a bookstore, just not this bookstore” HUH? >: 0. We all had a hearty Har-de-Har Har over that one. Some mothers do ‘ave ’em. Hope you didn’t get a bad burger made of chicken – I’d hate to think I recommended a place that was making people ill.
That’s too funny Col. Ivan…that one should go to the oddlyspecific.com website.
I actually did have the one that was made of chicken. It may have been the milkshake too, but since the chicken came with some mushy material I could not recognize, I am betting on the chicken.
christmas is one of many holidays , you may or may not partake in said festivities. you may pick and choose things in that funnel or not…talk like a pirate day is in sight *burp*
You didn’t want to do the “Talk Like a Pirate” thing in downtown cowtown when I lived there. In certain areas the phrase “Arrrrr Metis” could get you shanked. >; )
oh dearie me…ya still be wrapping the sails in. i can’t bewieve you actually went there^^
Yeah, I never met a pun I didn’t like. Truly the lowest form of humor but only to them what didn’t think of it first ^^ And, I didn’t witness it but we have officially topped the lady mentioned earlier. An Italian sailor off the San Giusto came in and said “Scuse, I am wondering if you can tell me of a restaurant where I can eat some buffalo?” I am NOT making this up. Any suggestions for next time this happens…?
otay had a good cry whilst listening to some wintersleep; I’m good col. but my ass is sore from like 3 and half days on the train; and yea NTH that’s my(was) horsey northern toff; you know when I first laid eyes on him I said “that little pony is too fat it’ll never run” and i was right:( oh well I’m sure it’s living the dream in somebodies paddock 🙂
“In British English slang, a toff is a mildly derogatory term for someone with an aristocratic background, particularly someone who exudes an air of superiority.” from Wikipedia
Perhaps this is why your horse wouldn’t run. Beautiful pic nonetheless.
Col. Ivan, you can send them off to Banff Alberta, to a restaurant called “The Grizzly House” where you can eat things you have never thought of eating before, like alligator. http://www.banffgrizzlyhouse.com/?page_id=…
A certain house named after Sam Slick’s originator used to offer game on the menu. I’ve had bison, musk-ox, caribou and alligator there. But that was many years ago. Not sure if they still do, or even still extant.
yes I was beautiful wasn’t I ; and mommy and the pony are alright too i suppose 🙂
Actually yes you do look quite handsome in the pic, kind of like a late 80’s rock star. *grin*
Mr. Ivan the escapee, I think the strangest thing I have ever eaten is a cow brain.
And I didn’t mean a dead 80’s rock star, I meant the late 80’s as in the time period.
thanx NTH (I’ll be coming back for more affirmation in the future) frankly people told me I kinda looked like a “healthy” Lou Reed 🙂
“Healthy Lou Reed”? That’s one of those word combinations that just does not occur in a normal space time continuum. It’s like saying – attractive Rosie O’Donnell, perspicacious George W. Bush, sober Courtney Love , buffed Iggy Pop or tasty vegetarian chili. It just don’t work, Man.
now now, i can make tasty veggie chili^^
O-Tay Painey. I’ll accept that if you say so. Oceanchick prolly makes a nice one as well. There’s just some concepts I simply cannot wrap my tiny, ossified brain stem around. >; )
Looks like a great morning to go manateeing so as Tom Hanks told his Rangers -” I’ll see you on the beach ” *Snort*
i can cook anything anytime^^chili is a strange thing, when i helped with the pta we would give a shout out for chili. the wondrous small vats went into one big vat and for a buck was quite yummy. some were soupy-like with shrooms others dark and spicey. the lonely veg chili sat there…i didn’t make it.
back to the op: christmas is a theme park…you can go on some of the rides if you want
Good thing about Christmas: Many people are happy, cheery, and generally in a good mood
Bad thing about Christmas: The rest of em are grumpy, bitter, and generally in a bad mood
While I may deplore the commercialization of the holiday I do like getting prezzies. Me old Dad still buys me war toys and I buy him T-shirts with very rude slogans.
The sea chick DOES make a wicked veggie chili that is so delish that chili (omnivore-style) afficionado friends questioned the addition of real meat in my chili when actually it was meat substitutes they were eating. Ditto for my homemade pizza.
I figgered as much. If the long dreamed of Bitcher’s Summit ever occurs, you’ll have to bring some. Make enough for the SWAT boys and EMTs who are bound to be called out >; )
When I was a little girl, I asked Santa a very expensive toy. My mom said, “I don’t think Santa can buy that for you.” I said, “Santa is rich and he can buy anything. Besides, he MAKES these toys in his factory.” My mom decided she would have to confront me with the truth very soon.
bitchers summit…has a nice ring to it. lovin the prisoner general. you seem right some well rounded newt. the boy was freaked out that some stranger was going to visit, i splained it as best i could…mashed taters helped. woody the talking tree really freaked him out
SOBova was always disturbed by Woody. She said a little prayer of gratitude and scattered much nutmeg before the shrine of Sredni Vashtar when the woodster was finally consigned to the dustheap of history.
Well, Santa is pretty creepy, when you come to think of it. He is obese, names and talks to his pet reindeer, sneaks into people’s homes at night, drinking their milk and eating cookies (although he is already obese), leaves a suspicious looking package (which may be a bomb, who knows), and harbours a sense of vengeance against problem children (who may be that way because they are impoverished).
I forgot to mention “and wants children to sit on his lap at shopping malls for pictures”.
yea like jumbo shrimp;limited nuclear conflict; clean bum sex 🙂
New to Halifax…Good things about christmas/bad things about christmas…is in my opinion {which unfortunately for you poor bastards & bitches ~:) reading it, is all I’ve got} completely subjective.
You see as N.t H. has stated its ‘good ‘ in his opinion that people are happy etc. where as seeing as Christmas time sees a dramatic increase in suicides one maybe of the conviction that that is a ‘good’ thing, good riddence & goes along with culling the herd …or is it flock ?!?
I am personally not in the least concerned, one more emo has offed themselves so I suppose you all could consider that I think that is a good thing/part of christmas.
But you would be incorrect…it is so far back on my list of priorities that it isn’t even on the long range radar.
But Chili, Paingirl is a particular favorite of mine (& sorry to have to be the one to point it out Oceanlady ‘veggie chili’ is a misnomer for beans! ! ! ! )
Back to Real chili, I just took 3 lbs of ground beef out of the freezer & it’s going to become one hell of a pot of chili today, along with celery, onions, sweet & hot peppers from my garden…& yes I will add a can or 2 of beans.
If Ocean lady dropped by she could pick the meat out & put it aside for me ~:)
Have a great day folks.signed The OP of this thread
More, you are right, my post was subjective. I wasn’t aware I was supposed to discuss Christmas time objectively. Objectively speaking…it is what it is. Just sayin’. 😀
By the way…I am not a he, just FYI. I wonder if my sending compliments to martym about his new pic gave you the impression that I was a he…. lol
i knew you were the op mr. more…i’m making dirty rice and that really is newt in the pic^^^
hmm… blackened cat fish , collard greens(or rainbow) and dirty rice sho is good vittles yummy 🙂
NtH, my appologies for my mistake on your gender.
I will endeavor to remember not to make this mistake again .
On Topic…only 110 days til Christmas !
110 DAYS ….bloody hell !
Surely you can MAKE SOMETHING for the one(s) you love in that time !??!
Screw the stores & their over priced merchadise…bring back home made gifts, home made candy & treats ! You’ve got 110 + days, you can build a fucking ARK in that amount of time
(Noah built the ark in less than 100 years…but seeing as the Big Imbecillic Book of Lies & Embellishments aka the bible that says it was less than 100 years, it was in 3 months & a bit !
I know this to be true because after 100 years of sitting in the desert, the Keel would have been full of dry rot,before he ever put the deck house on ! ! ! ! !
nice mr. more, i cook things with my magic hands for the high holiday^^and newt has gnome boobies
Fear the gnome boobies. I shoot little gnomes out of them. 😀
Agreed on homemade gifts over commercial “you are paying extra for the shiny clear, red, and green wrappers” gifts mostly made in countries where an average folk can’t afford such gifts. I used to spend hundreds of dollars each Christmas on gifts that probably ended up in people’s storage/garbage bins but lately I have not bought anything for anyone. If they give me something, I buy them a box of good chocolates (not that pot of shiny metal one), just because I suck at making treats. If I had a talent in making cookies or brownies, I’d be making those for everyone.
Paingirl…NewT ?is it ?- Here’s what I started doing when I decided I was no longer giving present, & I wouldn’t accept presents.
I buy the big meal for the family get together & prepare it. make sure there are lots of treats & goodies for all the kid’s . make sure everyone has their favorite beverage.
Plus make sure there is too much food, I mean way to much food & then everyone gets to take left over Turkey, Roast beast, & veggie’s plus deserts home with them.
Allows them to have the left overs, without the muss & fuss of doing christmas dinner.
I have to admit the first couple of years I had to boycott the family to get them to stop with the presents for me & then I just started putting names on christmas tags & when someone ‘just had to get me …a little something” I would immediately write their name on a tag & put it on their gift to me & give it right back to them.
Took 3 years but they’ve all finally got the hint. The commercialization/exploitation of the holiday is IMO destroying it.
(the suicide statistics are highest at this time of the year …coincidence, I think not)
It should be about friends & family, good times, good food & seeing those you care about.
& you don’t need presents for that .
I agree with you fully More. And it applies to every other “special” day, not just Christmas.
Why pick on Christmas? The whole freakin’ YEAR is over commercialized. Maybe there oughta be law against Walmart? Or Sobeys? Or Best Buy? Its buy, buy, buy from January to December. SO what if the ceramic elves make thier appearance in August? Hows that any different than summer clothes in the stores in March?