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[Hanslanda]

1. We don't do that. I have a rather blunt family.
2. We don't do that either. We rarely buy gifts for each other because we can get each other gifts whenever we want. We do not let a Christian tradition force us to do so.
3. My mother in particular HATES Black Friday and all that bullshit, and very rarely do we get gifts this time of year.
4. Fuck Christmas music. Seriously. It's fucking shit. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer is about how it's okay to be a fucking shit to people until they are famous then you have to suck their dick and change your tune instantly. 12 Days of Christmas is all about how materialism. Jingle Bells is fucking stupid. No one has ridden in a one horse open sleigh for Christmas outside of Amish communities in probably sixty years.
5. When we do get gifts, we get everyone an equal amount.
6. I talk about how much I hate Christmas pretty often. Like right now.
7. My parents are good cooks. So am I.
8. We did not and do not buy Christmas trees. We have a fake one in a storage shed somewhere that hasn't seen the light of day since I was twelve.
9. I am okay with dealing with other people's children, but when people tell me I have to have kids, I get pretty irate. No, fuck you, I don't want kids yet. Maybe one day.
10. We have a rule. "If their shoes are on, it's fair game. If their shoes are off, DO NOT FUCK WITH THEM.

It is a delightful commentary on Christmas though.

[Xantalos]

Fuckin Pokemon why won't you let me save just 'cause I have another game in the slot grumble grumble

[SalmonGod]

It warms my heart to read shit from a bunch of fucking scrooges just like myself.  The only thing I like about Christmas is my uncle tends to visit.

*reviews the language and tone of previous post*  Heh... World's End has me feeling a bit rowdy... Damnit I have to be up in 5 hours, and I don't want to sleep after watching that.

[Bauglir]

Over the years, I got half the family on board with cash exchange. It's only a matter of time before all this elaborate gift-giving nonsense is a matter of the past, and we just agree to keep an eye out over the course of the year for stuff other family members have mentioned wanting, with no particular sense of obligation or urgency one way or the other. Then it'll just be a gathering of family to eat delicious food and relax in the warm glow of a television set, and the laughter of children.

[Arx]

[xmas card]
4: Christmas music is the most beautiful music during the harsh months of winter. There are four Christmas songs; it is your duty as a citizen to listen to them until you want to die. You must do your part to carry these important pieces of our culture into the future!
[/xmas card]

A particular pet peeve of mine is people complaining about Christmas music. Yes, there are only a few frequently played songs; this is what happens when you take a Christian holiday and refuse to play any Christian music. There are some really awesome carols out there, which no-one ever listens to!

[Dutchling]

Having to listen to Christian music on the radio 24/7 would be even worse o.O

Unless it's Skillet or something...

[Graknorke]

[xmas card]
4: Christmas music is the most beautiful music during the harsh months of winter. There are four Christmas songs; it is your duty as a citizen to listen to them until you want to die. You must do your part to carry these important pieces of our culture into the future!
[/xmas card]

A particular pet peeve of mine is people complaining about Christmas music. Yes, there are only a few frequently played songs; this is what happens when you take a Christian holiday and refuse to play any Christian music. There are some really awesome carols out there, which no-one ever listens to!

You know that music isn't a finite resource right? People could just write more, or associate a wider range of music with Christmas (Or Yuletide, or maybe just winter in general, I'm really not fussy).
But instead they just play the same ones over and over and over. And Christmas carols just remind me of people begging for money by assaulting me with out-of-tune wailing.

[Octobomb]

I bet a Bay12 Christmas would be glorious.

[Kansa]

You know that music isn't a finite resource right? People could just write more, or associate a wider range of music with Christmas (Or Yuletide, or maybe just winter in general, I'm really not fussy).
But instead they just play the same ones over and over and over. And Christmas carols just remind me of people begging for money by assaulting me with out-of-tune wailing.

There have been attempts to write new christmas songs, none of them really catch on though. I think most people are just happy listening to the same ones over and over.

[Octobomb]

As usual, XKCD has an answer ready for you:

[Sirus]

Go see a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert and then tell me Christmas/Winter music sucks

Alternatively, the Chicago 25 album. It's really damn good.

[Frumple]

Now now, it's not that christmas music sucks, it's that the idiots running radio/TV stations and the bastards running marketing seem unable to deviate from the norm in any meaningful or lasting way, so you hear the same things over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over (ad rageam*) again.

Which, for some of us, is like being in a little circle of hell. I need variation in my music or I start muting and/or breaking things and/or going (more) batshit insane, personally.

*It's never too early in the morning to horrifically butcher non-latin.

[SalmonGod]

I think XKCD hits it dead-on, though.  It's all about nostalgia for the largest demographic.  My mom LOVES those same Christmas songs over and over and over again, and that seems to be pretty common among people her age or older.  Pleasing them isn't really stupid marketing.  It just sucks for the rest of us.

[Sirus]

Now now, it's not that christmas music sucks, it's that the idiots running radio/TV stations and the bastards running marketing seem unable to deviate from the norm in any meaningful or lasting way, so you hear the same things over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over (ad rageam*) again.

Which, for some of us, is like being in a little circle of hell. I need variation in my music or I start muting and/or breaking things and/or going (more) batshit insane, personally.

*It's never too early in the morning to horrifically butcher non-latin.

Eh, I guess that's true. I don't listen to the radio much nowadays (since I go through several different coverage areas daily and can't be assed to continually change stations), but I know the station I listen to at home plays Christmas music only occasionally and otherwise mostly sticks to its regular lineup.

Seriously though, go see TSO, they're amazing.

[Arx]

You know that music isn't a finite resource right? People could just write more, or associate a wider range of music with Christmas (Or Yuletide, or maybe just winter in general, I'm really not fussy).
But instead they just play the same ones over and over and over. And Christmas carols just remind me of people begging for money by assaulting me with out-of-tune wailing.

I was going to respond, but then I realised other people did for me, but better!