There's a lot of things about Christmas

I used to really dig.

But the last 20 years or so I've come to the conclusion that Christmas mostly sucks.

I used to think Christmas was about the twinkle in a child's eye and the baby Jesus in a manger.
Well it just ain't.
It's mostly about greed and lies and a lot of
other junk that just serve to aggravate me.

Here are My Rants:

Christmas as a Kid

Now That I'm Older

Coming Soon - The Origins of Christmas
 

A Few Things I Hate About Christmas:

Statistically speaking, Christmas is a time for lonely and depressed people to commit suicide much more often or at least get drunk and kill other people in their cars.

Oh, the joy of bitter arguments over money as people scrape and scrounge all year to have a gift budget or have no budget at all and just tack on mountains of debt to their credit cards.  

Who can forget the happy face of the poor child as their parents inform them there will be no Christmas for them. Maybe they'll get a used coat or a light bulb for their room.
 

And then there's the rich kid opening boxes as fast as they can, throwing toys aside, and complaining there's not more. Well at least they got gift certificates so they can go buy more of what they want.

Who couldn't love the smell of a charred home after a dried-out Christmas tree has gone up in flames and devoured a family's earthly possessions and or loved ones?

And if those awesome Christmas lights on the house didn't catch fire, certainly you enjoyed Cletus  leaving them to hang there year round?

How I long for the long lines, crying children, traffic jams, bad music, rude-ass people, elves, and wrapping presents all night until my back aches.  Aw, certainly no one could actually hate Christmas...