I can't say I'm a big fan of Christmas
Here are my reasons why I don't care for Christmas
1. I worked Retail!
Working in retail Full-Time for 5 years and Part-Time for 3, made me really hate the holiday!
People are 10x nastier, messier, rude and ridiculous during the Holidays. What is supposed to be such a "Wonderful time of the year", becomes such a "Nightmare time of the year". People love to show how awful they are to Customer Service Employees, especially during the holidays.
I was rarely ever cursed out during the normal season, but around the holidays, I was never shy of being cursed out just for telling people the carts didn't go outside, or called stupid just because I asked the lady if she still wanted the item, even though it was a bit different in size. (Usually people buy the item because they like it so much, even if it's a little bigger.)
For my retail escapades, check out my Retail Stories tag.
https://hotspotsportal.blogspot.com/search/label/Retail%20Stories
2. My birthday is near Christmas - This means that when I ask people to go out with me for my birthday, they can't make it because....
A. Their family is in town and they can't hang out.
B. They work retail and are working.
C. They're broke because they spent money for Christmas presents and don't have money left to do anything.
It's safe to say I don't usually get to hang out with friends for my birthday! Which makes it such a drag!
3. It's all about the presents
• Christmas, like many holidays, is supposed to be about Family. But people seem to like it just because of the presents, which seems rather greedy and superficial.
• Look at how crazy people get just because they want a gift for their dearly beloved and how people have LITERALLY DIED trying to shop on Black Friday.
At-least with Halloween, it's just about having fun and dressing up! etc..
4. It Over-Shadows other holidays
• It drives me nuts when people gloat about how "amazing" Christmas is and how they start playing Christmas themed music in August. They get so into Christmas, that they don't care about other Holidays like Halloween (Clearly, the best Holiday of all time!) Obviously it's fine to like a holiday, but talking about it so often just comes off weird and annoying. Like I don't want to think about Christmas, or cold weather, when I'm enjoying a nice warm day in August.
5. It makes me feel bad about Thanksgiving!
• Thanksgiving gets the short end of the stick! Once Halloween is over, it's all of a sudden, Christmas season, which is super rude.
6. I'm just over it
• You know when you've watched a TV show for the 80th time, or you have 1000 hours in a Video Game and you're just bored of it? That's how I feel about Christmas. I'm just over it, I've done it 31 years and I'm good, like give me something new and different!
