The X-Mas thread

Munson · November 28, 2011, 09:27:26 PM

Not much better then 2 foot snowfalls in the dead of winter.

I hate when it's ridiculously cold then warms up to 37 degrees just in time for it to rain.

hbionic · November 28, 2011, 11:54:14 PM

Quote from: ice grillin you on November 28, 2011, 08:52:47 PManother underrated factor in the ruination of xmas is global warming...im so sick of it being 58 degrees on xmas every year now

Didn't know it could get that cold during xmas.

PhillyPhreak54 · November 29, 2011, 12:05:10 AM

When we first moved away from PA the first place my stepdad was stationed was Alabama. It was 90 degrees on Christmas and I hated it.

I spent last Christmas in Peru with my girls family and it was hot and we went to the beach the day after.

I don't dig heat at Christmastime.

Tomahawk · November 30, 2011, 12:50:13 PM

Any way you look at it, Jesus really is the reason for the season and he put the Christ in Christmas. Obviously the holiday has been commercialized, but the root cause is still religion. I don't celebrate any religious holidays.

phattymatty · November 30, 2011, 02:32:53 PM

I haven't given a shtein about Christmas in probably ten years but I don't hate it. I just don't care. Holiday parties are great though. Anything that makes people drink more is fine with me and the extra days off are cool. But Christmas music does suck ass. Worst music ever.

ice grillin you · November 30, 2011, 02:35:36 PM

thats a good point...by far the best part about the holidays (btwn thanksgiving and jan 2) is that people dont do a god damn thing at work....coming into the office for a month straight in a super relaxed chill festive atmosphere is great

mussa · November 30, 2011, 02:40:37 PM

Really? Most people seemed to be stressed out around the holidays. I for one can't stand them. Massive amounts of food, booze and seeing old friends is about the best part of it all.

ice grillin you · December 06, 2011, 03:25:11 PM

SD · December 06, 2011, 05:38:15 PM

haha

PoopyfaceMcGee · December 06, 2011, 07:45:17 PM

Quote from: ice grillin you on November 30, 2011, 02:35:36 PM
thats a good point...by far the best part about the holidays (btwn thanksgiving and jan 2) is that people dont do a god damn thing at work....coming into the office for a month straight in a super relaxed chill festive atmosphere is great

Usually I'll bet your office is the picture of efficiency in the public sector.

hbionic · December 06, 2011, 07:55:13 PM

SunMo · December 06, 2011, 08:16:52 PM

my job sucks around the holidays because schedules have to be met and losing even one day for thanksgiving or christmas is crippling

PoopyfaceMcGee · December 06, 2011, 08:42:28 PM

Quote from: SunMo on December 06, 2011, 08:16:52 PM
my job sucks around the holidays because schedules have to be met and losing even one day for thanksgiving or christmas is crippling

Same.

Geowhizzer · December 06, 2011, 09:35:23 PM

Midterms. Common course exams. Three different inservice trainings that all have the same due dates. Seven different after-school meetings downtown.

It'll be 100 mph until Dec. 21. Then... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Don Ho · December 06, 2011, 09:54:47 PM

Ah, the kids. Those precious little angels. Now that my son is older it's all about cash and surf gear. My wife and I look back every year at all the gifts we bought him from his first xmas to the most recent. We figured out after his tenth xmas we could have been living on the French Riviera if we bypassed all the crap Santa got him. So much garbage he hardly used or outgrew in weeks. Yet as my mother-in-law says in her Hawaiian pidgin english accent "Christmas is for da keeds!".