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Okay so... *huffs* Y'see... *rubs her forehead and temples* Man... *groans*
Okay, just, *gesticulates, wild eyed* "Christmas"? I'm talking to you, here. Keep your goddamned hands off of my Hallowe'en!!
*sighs, shaking her head* I'm sorry, sorry... just a little emotional... please, let me explain.... Ever since I was a little wee thing, I loved Hallowe'en. It was so much fun with the spooky stuff and the candy and the razor blades and everything. Just great awesome fun! And as I got older I learned so much of what it's history was in my culture and many others in foreign lands both scary and sexy... To some, it's just costumes and candy. To others, a celebration of the new year. For some, a time of thankfulness to a patron god or goddess. Some remember loved ones long dead, others celebrate rituals to remind them of the past and it's tragedies. It's really quite fascinating. *smiles* Gets me feelin' all squishy and romantic...
But one thing is certain, regardless of cultural relevance, *eyes widen* every goddamn year stores put their goddamn crimmus trimmings out earlier and earlier and earlier! I was at a store earlier today, shopping for some of Jami's Samhain celebratory needs when I saw... horror of horrors... they were already taking down all of their Hallowe'en merchandise and putting up their goddamned Crimmus Crap! *glares*
Getcher nasty mitts off little Hallowe'en Santa, ya fuckin' pervo!! He's had it hard enough without you friskin' him up! It's not December, it's not even past October yet(at time of writing), for Thoth's sake!
*sighs* I'm sorry... again... sorry. S'just... it's bad enough that something so meaningful and beautiful to so many is commercialized to such a degree, but to then be pushed aside for the 'popularly accepted pseudo-religious holdiay du jour"before it's even had it's moment just burns my downy soft ass eight shades of "FUCK YOU"!
*huffs, smiles* I promise... tomorrow I'll get back to the umpteen bawhooey comments and notes I should've yesterday. Thank you all for enjoying this world, this life, this laughter and this love with me.
Expect something from me tomorrow... *smirks wryly* Very out of the norm....
Okay, just, *gesticulates, wild eyed* "Christmas"? I'm talking to you, here. Keep your goddamned hands off of my Hallowe'en!!
*sighs, shaking her head* I'm sorry, sorry... just a little emotional... please, let me explain.... Ever since I was a little wee thing, I loved Hallowe'en. It was so much fun with the spooky stuff and the candy and the razor blades and everything. Just great awesome fun! And as I got older I learned so much of what it's history was in my culture and many others in foreign lands both scary and sexy... To some, it's just costumes and candy. To others, a celebration of the new year. For some, a time of thankfulness to a patron god or goddess. Some remember loved ones long dead, others celebrate rituals to remind them of the past and it's tragedies. It's really quite fascinating. *smiles* Gets me feelin' all squishy and romantic...
But one thing is certain, regardless of cultural relevance, *eyes widen* every goddamn year stores put their goddamn crimmus trimmings out earlier and earlier and earlier! I was at a store earlier today, shopping for some of Jami's Samhain celebratory needs when I saw... horror of horrors... they were already taking down all of their Hallowe'en merchandise and putting up their goddamned Crimmus Crap! *glares*
Getcher nasty mitts off little Hallowe'en Santa, ya fuckin' pervo!! He's had it hard enough without you friskin' him up! It's not December, it's not even past October yet(at time of writing), for Thoth's sake!
*sighs* I'm sorry... again... sorry. S'just... it's bad enough that something so meaningful and beautiful to so many is commercialized to such a degree, but to then be pushed aside for the 'popularly accepted pseudo-religious holdiay du jour"before it's even had it's moment just burns my downy soft ass eight shades of "FUCK YOU"!
*huffs, smiles* I promise... tomorrow I'll get back to the umpteen bawhooey comments and notes I should've yesterday. Thank you all for enjoying this world, this life, this laughter and this love with me.
Expect something from me tomorrow... *smirks wryly* Very out of the norm....
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BINGO! *eyes big* I know the local Wal Mart had an aisle of the stuff up in the midst of September, and they've been steadily increasing it every week since, but this? This madness-
THIS IS SPARTA!!
Sorry, this madness has got to stop... It's bad enough they're just sweeping over a holiday of fun for many peoples and beliefs, but for many that holiday is just as important... *chuckles* if not FAR moreso, than christmas is to others, and it's treated like a meaningless frivolity. *huffs, big-eyed* Y'gotta be fuggin' kidding me!
THIS IS SPARTA!!
Sorry, this madness has got to stop... It's bad enough they're just sweeping over a holiday of fun for many peoples and beliefs, but for many that holiday is just as important... *chuckles* if not FAR moreso, than christmas is to others, and it's treated like a meaningless frivolity. *huffs, big-eyed* Y'gotta be fuggin' kidding me!
I feel almost exactly the same way, hon.
I work retail...so I see when the "Christmas" stuff starts rolling in (answer, think August).
And our big set date? You guessed it...HALLOWEEN. That's when all the costumes and candy get replaced by fake trees and garland.
And people wonder why I get really pissy after 10/31. *wry chuckle*
I work retail...so I see when the "Christmas" stuff starts rolling in (answer, think August).
And our big set date? You guessed it...HALLOWEEN. That's when all the costumes and candy get replaced by fake trees and garland.
And people wonder why I get really pissy after 10/31. *wry chuckle*
I'm sorry, love. *groans* Retail has got to be one of the most if not the most under-appreciated classes of joe-jobs out there. Customers are rude and thankless, just like the umpteen bosses you get and the umpteen they get... seems like it's always "too many chiefs, not enough indians" sort of thing there... *grumbles* But I digress...
I'm glad to hear another voice of dissention in you, love. *smiles* It's appalling to me to see this nonsense just keep happening, but maybe if enough of us show our apathy... or outright disgust... maybe, just maybe, Saint Nick will dial back his wandering hands a bit from the little holidays at the bus stop, eh?
I'm glad to hear another voice of dissention in you, love. *smiles* It's appalling to me to see this nonsense just keep happening, but maybe if enough of us show our apathy... or outright disgust... maybe, just maybe, Saint Nick will dial back his wandering hands a bit from the little holidays at the bus stop, eh?
Unfortunately, the lone way to make things like companies understand is to simply not buy those things. The alleged "Power of the Purse," so to speak.
Sadly, the sheeple have been conditioned that, once Halloween approaches, thoughts immediately begin to turn to Santa and Christmas. Retail companies feed that by putting up their holiday things before Halloween in most places and piping Christmas music in the stores.
Even if there was a holiday "road bump" like Thanksgiving...some major holiday in between the wonderful Halloween/Samhain and the retail hell that is Christmas/Yule...then maybe it would lessen the impact. However, Thanksgiving only makes money for grocery stores...so other retailers leapfrog it in favor of Christmas.
*grumples and votes Ebeneezer Scrooge in 2016* ^.^
Sadly, the sheeple have been conditioned that, once Halloween approaches, thoughts immediately begin to turn to Santa and Christmas. Retail companies feed that by putting up their holiday things before Halloween in most places and piping Christmas music in the stores.
Even if there was a holiday "road bump" like Thanksgiving...some major holiday in between the wonderful Halloween/Samhain and the retail hell that is Christmas/Yule...then maybe it would lessen the impact. However, Thanksgiving only makes money for grocery stores...so other retailers leapfrog it in favor of Christmas.
*grumples and votes Ebeneezer Scrooge in 2016* ^.^
And earlier today, on the way back from a burger-run, on campus they've already begun putting up their damned crimmus lights on the street lamps! *grumble-growls* Jeezus-fucking-christ... It is JUST now Hallowe'en day and they've got decorations up for a damned holiday that won't take place for another two verdamnt months... *shakes her head*
He wants to put a little something in their stockings....
*ew*
Yeah, I got disgusted when I saw an ad for Christmas in August.
And the damned stores keep opening earlier and earlier for 'Black Friday' ... which now starts at 8pm on Thanksgiving?
At 8pm I cannot move due to either the food or the alcohol (to tolerate some of the family.)
Ths only thing about Thanksgiving I've gotten to like is a tradition by some very close friends, one of which owns a bar. We go in early to the bar on Thanksgiving, and fortify ourselves for the day, in good company, before dealing with potential bad company.
*ew*
Yeah, I got disgusted when I saw an ad for Christmas in August.
And the damned stores keep opening earlier and earlier for 'Black Friday' ... which now starts at 8pm on Thanksgiving?
At 8pm I cannot move due to either the food or the alcohol (to tolerate some of the family.)
Ths only thing about Thanksgiving I've gotten to like is a tradition by some very close friends, one of which owns a bar. We go in early to the bar on Thanksgiving, and fortify ourselves for the day, in good company, before dealing with potential bad company.
I agree 110%! I celebrate it as Samhain but I have always embraced the standard Halloween festivities and love them dearly. And every year it seems like the Halloween selections in stores get smaller and smaller and Christmas shit comes sooner and sooner. It is a disgrace to both Holidays and pisses me off to no end!
Okay, see now, *points excitedly* I could get right behind that, dammit. If walmart or Target or wherever wants to put out supplies to have a Krampuslaufen any time of the year... *shakes her head, smiling* I can't be mad at that.
But the jolly ole fat fuck needs to keep his mitts to himself... Ugh.
But the jolly ole fat fuck needs to keep his mitts to himself... Ugh.
Remember after christmas its only 364 days until christmas! Got to buy your gifts already!
It was sickening to see all of this. I'm okay that once Thanksgiving has gone by that we switch over like a light switch turning on. Its still way way to early but Christmas has completely taken over the seasonal area of the store. The only places Halloween still is it where its managed to hide on the sale racks. And we don't even have any actual Thanksgiving items out yet from what I've seen. I'm sorry my love as this is really just the sort of thing that makes people not want to celebrate Christmas to give this sort of thing a middle finger.
It was sickening to see all of this. I'm okay that once Thanksgiving has gone by that we switch over like a light switch turning on. Its still way way to early but Christmas has completely taken over the seasonal area of the store. The only places Halloween still is it where its managed to hide on the sale racks. And we don't even have any actual Thanksgiving items out yet from what I've seen. I'm sorry my love as this is really just the sort of thing that makes people not want to celebrate Christmas to give this sort of thing a middle finger.
Indded it is, baby... Ugh. I think I feel more red lantern barf coming up...
It seems bizarre to me that there is so much hooplah about all the crimmus crap being up ASAP, but Thanksgiving... a holiday which seems so much more all-encompassing and unitarian to me, gets almost forgotten... I guess Santa already had his way with it and is looking for fresh meat? *shrugs* Sick ol' bastard...
It seems bizarre to me that there is so much hooplah about all the crimmus crap being up ASAP, but Thanksgiving... a holiday which seems so much more all-encompassing and unitarian to me, gets almost forgotten... I guess Santa already had his way with it and is looking for fresh meat? *shrugs* Sick ol' bastard...
Well I can tell you exactly why Santa has gone further and further, reaching outside his area. That sick bastard wanting more and more fresh meat. Do you think he named his hands squeezy and graby?
Your right thanksgiving is really an all inclusive holiday. Just a day for us all to remember what we have to be thankful for. Enjoy the company of loved ones and enjoy great food. No religion, its not family only, and tries to say we should all be giving and caring during it too. Nothing to do but buy lots of food and eat lots of food a certain beautiful skunk cooks with lots of love. So yeah, your right my sweet.
Your right thanksgiving is really an all inclusive holiday. Just a day for us all to remember what we have to be thankful for. Enjoy the company of loved ones and enjoy great food. No religion, its not family only, and tries to say we should all be giving and caring during it too. Nothing to do but buy lots of food and eat lots of food a certain beautiful skunk cooks with lots of love. So yeah, your right my sweet.
Indeed, for me Halloween is Samhain, its a religious holiday, a day of remembrance and reaffirmation. Don't get me wrong, I love the candy and the costumes too. But I actually can understand how alot of Christians (the real ones not the hypocrites) get so bent out of shape about Santa. Unfortunately down here in good ol' Tennessee, the stores put out the Christmas decorations BEFORE the Halloween decorations came out this year. I shit you not. *sigh* I remember when you could go to your local store at the beginning of October and they would have 4-5 aisles of Halloween stuff, cool, spooky SCARY stuff, now your lucky if you can find One aisle of candy and another of costumes, and the decorations are all crappy uber-safety, soft rubber and foam, fucking bright neon colored trash. *pants* Sorry, just had to get that out there. Anyway, fuck Santa in his fat fucking-ass, get off everyone elses holiday and go back to being an annoyance two months out of the year, not 8.
I hope your Samhain went as well as mine. Only thing missing from mine was Ashley, she had to go to work that night sadly.
Christmas BEFORE Halloween?! By the Gods...that is really disturbing. We need to celebrate this time of year. Celebrate those that have passed on into the next cycle and enjoy sharing that comes with this holiday. Ugh ugh ugh. I share your pain on this one man, just fucking A.
Christmas BEFORE Halloween?! By the Gods...that is really disturbing. We need to celebrate this time of year. Celebrate those that have passed on into the next cycle and enjoy sharing that comes with this holiday. Ugh ugh ugh. I share your pain on this one man, just fucking A.
*Sigh* Well unfortunately it started raining the night before and didn't let up until the next day so the bonfire wood got soaked. Had to improvise with a little ceremony inside my workroom with an oil burner. Still it's the thought that counts and I pray every day or nearly every day, so hopefully She understands.
Ugh, goddess, day after Samhain and they're already playing the Christmas songs on the radio, UGH!
Ugh, goddess, day after Samhain and they're already playing the Christmas songs on the radio, UGH!
Well darn, I'm happy that you had a back up plan for your ceremony. Your completely right though, that its the thoughts and emotions that count. She'll completely understand and probably even enjoy that better because of the hardship.
I've managed to avoid Christmas songs so far. I've not listened to any radios yet. Well strength, maybe you could find some more time appropriate songs on youtube or something.
I've managed to avoid Christmas songs so far. I've not listened to any radios yet. Well strength, maybe you could find some more time appropriate songs on youtube or something.
*smiles* The entirity of this *motions nails around comment box* This whole area here? This is just one of the many reasons I love you so, darling. I'm sure of it. *chuckles*
From the quality of the commercialization sold to the quickness of it's being replaced by the more - wait... they put them out BEFORE the Hallowe'en decorations? *bug-eyed* No wait... seriously? You've gotta be kidding m- no you're probably not. Holy hellbags... I need a drink and a lie-down now. *flops on the couch, bemoaning her childhood memories and traditions*
From the quality of the commercialization sold to the quickness of it's being replaced by the more - wait... they put them out BEFORE the Hallowe'en decorations? *bug-eyed* No wait... seriously? You've gotta be kidding m- no you're probably not. Holy hellbags... I need a drink and a lie-down now. *flops on the couch, bemoaning her childhood memories and traditions*
*rubs face* You want to see something really sad, walk into a Hobby Lobby around August, *cringe* Yeah, fricken' August. course they have at least one aisle of Christmas tree thingees all year round there. But come August it spreads into their seasonal area but then several years ago, some putz told the CEO and founder of Hobby Lobby that pagans were the biggest customers at the store, buying supplies to make the various religious tools and it was the only store that still carried solid colored candles at the time. He pulled half the craft stock of the shelves and stopped carrying a lot of those items, the company has also got a bad reputation in the local LGBT community for employment violations. Firing people or refusing to hire them because of their sexuality. Big stink about it 3-4 years ago.
Sad yet true fact: The Wal-Mart close to home over here went so crazy over one Black Friday, Someone died from being trampled by the crowd. I don't consider it nonsense. I just call it madness and if i have to, I shop on that friday after 12pm. Then you're just surveying the damage caused
yeah I know the feeling all to well. where I work last year we had a giant Halloween section fresh pumpkin's the full monty. and this year the store isn't even bothering with it and instead we have to set up the Xmas decoration stands earlier just because it makes moor moony X.x
I wish Xmas would go the way of Santa Claus in hobo with a shot gun XD
I wish Xmas would go the way of Santa Claus in hobo with a shot gun XD
Sorry for the late reply, love.
Urgh, yes. The whole of the crimmus' cash cow is just so much detritus to me. *groans* I understand how it can be so much fun for some, and that's wonderful... but christ-magnets, let it stay in December for fuck's sake! *rolls her eyes* If not out of respect for the other holidays, maybe for the poor beggars who have to work in retail and deal with all that madness... Cripes...
Urgh, yes. The whole of the crimmus' cash cow is just so much detritus to me. *groans* I understand how it can be so much fun for some, and that's wonderful... but christ-magnets, let it stay in December for fuck's sake! *rolls her eyes* If not out of respect for the other holidays, maybe for the poor beggars who have to work in retail and deal with all that madness... Cripes...
ah its fine X3
yeah I feel the same way but that's never goanna happen because they'r not the ones putting out the displays
and dealing with all the customer complaint's that it too early to put out X mas stuff.. *sies *nope they just have to maximize profit and suck all the fun out of the holiday
Its truly sad X.x
yeah I feel the same way but that's never goanna happen because they'r not the ones putting out the displays
and dealing with all the customer complaint's that it too early to put out X mas stuff.. *sies *nope they just have to maximize profit and suck all the fun out of the holiday
Its truly sad X.x
IT ISN'T CHRISTMAS' FAULT! *Cries* they dope him up on so much shit and get him so high on everything and drunk he just doesn't know what he is doing any more! *weeps like a kid who just had all his presents taken away on Christmas morning.* OH GOD WHY DO THEY PICK ON SAINT NIC AND THE BABY JESUS WHY CAN'T THEY JUST LET THEM DETOX! They kidnap them earlier and earlier every year and just force feed them alcohol and every drug known to man!
Yea no, Christmas keeps being pushed so hard because its where a shit ton of money gets dropped which is great for corporations and the government and you and me (in a world where chaos theory made sweet hot nasty sweaty hate filled passionate love with Murphy's law at a concert against the speakers and forgot a rubber.) but really it is just an excuse to try and drag more and more money out of people each and every single year and "give people enough time to really shop!" Because you can force feed a market buying trends by putting up a bunch of "on sale" signs and then raise and lower the price as you like.
Man... least my family remember's what Christmas is all about, my family is all across Canada at this point but we try and come home and spend time as the family we once were during Christmas, yea that's my true meaning of Christmas that one simple word. Family.
Yea no, Christmas keeps being pushed so hard because its where a shit ton of money gets dropped which is great for corporations and the government and you and me (in a world where chaos theory made sweet hot nasty sweaty hate filled passionate love with Murphy's law at a concert against the speakers and forgot a rubber.) but really it is just an excuse to try and drag more and more money out of people each and every single year and "give people enough time to really shop!" Because you can force feed a market buying trends by putting up a bunch of "on sale" signs and then raise and lower the price as you like.
Man... least my family remember's what Christmas is all about, my family is all across Canada at this point but we try and come home and spend time as the family we once were during Christmas, yea that's my true meaning of Christmas that one simple word. Family.
*eyebrow arcs* Guilt by compliance love. Sorry, but if Santa wanted it to stop, he could... Maybe he was a good man once... *shrugs, sadly* Maybe he still is, just weak. I know I'd have a damned hard time turning down a truckload of cash every year... but turn it down is what he hasn't done. And he must be held accountable, just like wal-mart. *snickers*
Family... I'm glad you have such a gift love, I truly am. Mine.. well... *smile saddens* They didn't really want their daughter, so I don't legally have one. I'm kind of hoping I get to spend Thanksgiving with Fenris' family. It'd be nice to spend time in such an environment... haven't seen anything of the sort in well over a decade.
Family... I'm glad you have such a gift love, I truly am. Mine.. well... *smile saddens* They didn't really want their daughter, so I don't legally have one. I'm kind of hoping I get to spend Thanksgiving with Fenris' family. It'd be nice to spend time in such an environment... haven't seen anything of the sort in well over a decade.
Family is one of those odd little glass gifts you treasure and don't know it's worth until it is put under strain... *frowns.* I get too angry at those who don't treasure their sons daughters nieces nephews aunts uncles... It is an age old rage for me and I don't know where it comes from, and please don't take it as a knock against you. I'm quite... displeased your family would do something that cold to you... god above. Sigh, but rage and anger against the ignorant and unwilling to change or accept has never solved anything but make you look just as bad as them. I hope you will spend Thanksgiving with Fenris and their family and i really hope you enjoy your self ash.
I will leave you with my $2 philosophy.... (it use to be $1 but inflation and exchange rate you know.) You will always have two kinds of family, the one you are born into and the one that you create. Enjoy both as you can for what they offered and offer now, its good to know where you came from so you can keep a light on for the dark mystery of which we call the future.
I will say this all sounds much better in my head at 3 AM after having mixxed and ounce of moonshine with 2 ounces of absinthe....
I will leave you with my $2 philosophy.... (it use to be $1 but inflation and exchange rate you know.) You will always have two kinds of family, the one you are born into and the one that you create. Enjoy both as you can for what they offered and offer now, its good to know where you came from so you can keep a light on for the dark mystery of which we call the future.
I will say this all sounds much better in my head at 3 AM after having mixxed and ounce of moonshine with 2 ounces of absinthe....
While I found this through a journal link, I think I might begin watching, if for nothing more than the common sense (not really very common, anymore) presented in both the above pic and the comments above me. That said, i will also throw my vote in with the "don't blame Santa" camp - the original holiday isn't the issue, it's just the big corps and they're unending, evil desire for more profit. The same thing that has been slowly killing our economy for many years is also the thing that's ruining our holiday's - corporate greed. And I do think that most people know this, though it's awfully hard to ignore the convenience of buying gifts instead of making them by hand (which used to be the way things were). Gifts should have meaning, but anymore it's become as shallow as a lot of the newer generations personalities (at least in my experience). People are losing their depth of character, and I do think that part of that is the fault of Big Business - but even the holiday's are subject to this, not controlling it. So I just hope that y'all realize that that's not the real Santa in the pic above - it's an imposter in a suit, who deserves the same fate as that one vid clip above - though I think the shotgun was too quick if I may be honest. Needs more time to learn the error of one's ways...
K Fox (woe be into any who trigger my protective instincts...for death is the release from the lessons you will learn before you go)
K Fox (woe be into any who trigger my protective instincts...for death is the release from the lessons you will learn before you go)
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