I hate Christmas.

[DYRE]

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My friend got a tree on Sunday. That is way too early.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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So how early should Christmas decorations be put up? It's always been a tradition that it's started at or shortly after Thanksgiving around here, so I know no other way.

[irate giraffe]

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Oh man, I was relunctant to post this thread, because I didn't want to step on a bunch of people's toes and get a bad reputation for it. Now I'm regretting it because it's turning into a damn let's-talk-about-christmas-crap thread. What have I done?

Hand me the gun, now.

[Jamos' Old Account]

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You never know how a thread will end up at the pavilion.

[Valkysas]

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yeah, it very well could have ended up about dog fighting.

[Loki]

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Speaking of Christmas. This one time I was hanging out with The American Volunteer Group, or Flying Tigers, led by Claire Chennault who were among the first Allies to successfully counter Japanese fighters. Chennault interviewed Chinese pilots carefully and learned all he could about Japanese tactics and methods. He advised pilots to work in teams rather than alone. The P-40 Warhawk had pilot armor, self-sealing fuel tanks, sturdy construction, powerful machine guns, and a faster diving speed. It could defeat Zeros by remaining out of range and fighting on the dive and climb. By using speed and resisting the deadly error of trying to out-turn the Zero, eventually cannon could be brought to bear and a single burst of fire was usually enough. In a time when most of the news was of defeats, the AVG was officially credited with 297 enemy aircraft destroyed, with author Daniel Ford discounting the total to 115.

[Gustaff 13]

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THEN they had some ****ing eggnog.

[Magus]

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At a dogfight!

[DK]

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And they made me help. They didn't stop calling me a grinch untill I spread out some fake treebranches.

Probably because you were being a grinch.

[Shard]

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I don't get worked up about Christmas, except the night before because I'm wondering if Santa will come and wake me like he used to do when I was little. Oh man!

Mostly it's nice to see people I don't get to see that often and give them stuff that I've wrapped an ungodly amount of tape around.

Also, my grandmother likes to say racist things in mixed company. That's neither here nor there, but I needed to share.

I ignore carols, advertisements and trappings in general. It's just not worth getting upset over. I'm sorry Jesus is horning in on your birthday Atreides. If it makes you feel any better, he's probably not all that crazy about it either.

[DYRE]

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[ErikaFuzzbottom]

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I think I've actually outgrown Christmas. It's lost some of that specialness that it used to have, when I'd get my presents and my family would be interested. Now, I get presents, and I'm back to playing games alone in the corner. Same with all the holidays, actually.

[Jamos' Old Account]

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The only holiday I hate is Valentines day. I don't even know why, it just fills me with blind rage.

[Chad]

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I just feel guilty enough to gift people well around Christmas.

[Czechs Mex]

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Guys I hate babies. Their giggling and cooing is so phony. I think corporations make us have babies just so we'll buy baby clothes and baby food and celebrate the plague of mass consumerism. All babies and corporations must die.