so the gay guy at starbucks conned me into an eggnog latte, and it occurs to me that a) it tastes like crap and b) thanksgiving isnt here yet.



soon we're gonna start shopping for xmas the day after!



bloody phone!

**** xmas

yeah pretty much...

For me, "Christmas" still means something, but the whole polically correct "holiday season" crap is just a ******* media-stoked frenzy of blatant commercialism, and it makes me want to puke. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683485.gif

You've got kids, so I can see it being a fun time of year, but once they get past the age where they believe in santa it loses it's sparkle.

I think its important for families to keep holiday traditions alive through the generations. It makes the occasion so much more than a shopping event.

Stores are getting started before Halloween now! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.gif

You mean Santa's not real!?

^^^ omg wtf why wasnt i ever told!!!

BAHUMBUG https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.gif



somebody wanna buy me new tires for xmas? https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/blush.gif

I bought an early christmas present for myself yesterday. I bought a 1987 subaru GL wagon 4wd. Ive always wanted one. :(

did you get one with a big dent and rust? those are sexy

I'm only shopping for my two nieces...so it shouldn't be too tough

I like Thanksgiving and Christmas for the same reasons, getting together with family and eating a lot. That's always a good thing. I'll always hate the decorations (except for lights on houses, I'd like to see some of that year round) and christmas songs everywhere.



Plus I like giving gifts to people who really appreciate them. My wife, son, brothers and parents and primarily who I buy gifts for. It really does make me feel good to give, and I always try to put a lot of thought into a gift.



My wife already bought a Nintendo DS for our son, who will be 5 in January. I'll be sure to show him how to use it. And break it in for him. And make sure there aren't any bugs, by extensive testing.

I hate the fact that a lot of businesses stay open on Christmas now. You think they could close at least one day out of the year, it takes away from people spending time with their families and just having a day off. And its not like Christmas is a big surprise or anything, yet people waite until the last possible minute to get their stuff done.

its what you make of christmas..

if theres a senseless holiday... thatd be haloween imho..

Like St. Patrick's Day, and Cinco de Mayo, and Mardi Gras; it's just one of those holidays people "celebrate" just for the sake of having a good time. You're not Irish, you're not Spanish (or Mexican? which is it?), and you're not a Catholic Frenchie. You just want to get drunk and see some skin.



I personally don't like Valentine's Day, just because it's pushed more from the greeting card companies, and hardly at all by tradition. I've seen the latest "holiday" the greeting card companies are trying to push is "sweetest day" whatever the hell that is.