Russ Smith of Splice Today looks forward to the
delayed end of the holiday season:
And so begins the interminable holiday slog that never ends on Jan. 2, when Christmas trees are so dry that just a touch of the needles might require a band-aid, but drags on until the middle of the month. I'm in no way a Scrooge, or Grinch, and Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year—a weird but delightful suspension of time when everything seems perfect—but the aftermath is such a dull, and generally unproductive time, that I often long for a fast-forward of time.
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|11.30.09 @ 11:55AM|#
The lack of an alt-text on that picture is racist.
|11.30.09 @ 12:04PM|#
Get out there and SPEND, goddammit!
America needs your help.
Jeff P|11.30.09 @ 12:28PM|#
What an insufferable whiner.
The past way to prep for post-whatever depression is plan stuff for the weeks after christmas. Go to a winter festival. Go sledding. Do something other than mope that it isn't christmas anymore.
Rub My Balls|11.30.09 @ 12:37PM|#
It's always Christmas.
|11.30.09 @ 12:28PM|#
Sonny Liston knows who's been bad or good. And if you've been bad, he's going to beat you to a pulp.
twv|11.30.09 @ 12:29PM|#
Modern Christmas, like ancient Judaism, is the institution that supplies its own critique. That is its main (or sole) claim to our respect.
And no, I did not read the linked article. I judged Christmas "too long" and "too idiotic" when I was 16. Now, umpteen years later, I've grown beyond fretting about this nonsense. Haven't we all? Move on, people; nothing to see.
anarch the Christian|11.30.09 @ 12:34PM|#
Christmas lasts until January 6.
Jeff P|11.30.09 @ 1:12PM|#
If anyone cares, my Holiday Card from a couple years ago explained why the season has gotten so miserable...
http://www.baddaystudio.com/harbinger.html
Sam Grove|11.30.09 @ 2:18PM|#
Instead of being irritated, let your mind tune much of it out.
You don't have to make the world's schedule your own.
|11.30.09 @ 2:25PM|#
Some of us celebrate Christmas on January 7th.