Grinch thread

[The King]

I don't understand why people say it must suck to be someone who is bummed out a few days a year...

There's a holiday song just for such bummed out peeps called "The Little Bummer Boy".

[Big A]

Because it sucks Cooter.

Sucking cooter does not suck.

[idrivea4banger]

I don't understand why people say it must suck to be someone who is bummed out a few days a year...

Because it sucks Cooter.

[Cooter]

I don't understand why people say it must suck to be someone who is bummed out a few days a year...

[Taylor]

I was ready for Christmas to go away in October when I first heard the christmas music being piped into a store a week before halloween. Since then, its a parade off forced personas, manufactured stresses and people with their hand out looking to cash in on the goodwill of people who buy into the con of the "holiday". I see the worst in people these last few weeks, not in their actions per se, but in their expectations.

Evidently, being single means that you instantly get zero time off and have to cover for everyone else who has "important family things to do". Fuck you...i have important things to do as well. But obviously my time is less valuable than your time. Well see in a few months how that feels when the tables are turned and MY time is more important than Your time.

I really dont like either Thanksgiving or Christmas. I'm not religous and the majority of my family outside of my mom and a couple of cousins have all passed away. My christmas & thanksgiving is a dinner out with my mom and a movie. Pretty much indistinguishable from any other day of the year. Only main difference is everyning is fucking losed so there is nothing to do except sit around and listen to all the materialistic bullshit going on around me. Theres nothing about this time of year that is enjoyable, so why get worked up about it? Christmas carols are like nails on a chalkboard to me and I've worn out the mute button everytime a hyped up " oh you must love me a lot since you bought something expensive" commercial comes on.

I am so looking forward to dec 26th when the bullshit stops and i can stop being reminded at every single turn that everyone else is so much happier than i am.

Suck it.

It must suck to be you.

[SC457A]

This time of the year is tough for me.

Both of my parents are dead and miss them greatly.
Single with no kids. (But have a dog and cat and they got treats).
Sister lives in Michigan. We are both too broke to travel.
Most close friends have family/kids/parents, etc.

I usually play it simple. Watched Christmas Vacation, and A Christmas Story. Watched some basketball, Cows lose. Watched 4 episodes of The Pacific.

Oh yeah... and had some tasty beverages.

[SVT Lurch]

Trey, post pics of the ex, lol.

I've got nothing.

I did have some excitement today - burglar alarm went off while I was at grandma's so I got to haul ass home in the Cobra, that was pretty fun.

[Big A]

I'm not religious, no kids, but I love everything about Christmas. Just like everything else in life, you can look at it with a positive attitude, make the best of it, and have a good time. Or, you can focus on the bad, put a negative spin on things, and let a bunch of trivial shit get you all miserable. Seems like a real easy choice to me. Call me crazy, but I like being happy. A few here may have legit reasons to be down this time of year, and for those, I sympathize, but it's obvious that there are a lot of people who either prefer to be negative about everything (yuck!), or just try way too hard to be different, or just think they are way too cool for it all.

It's not that crucial. Relax, smile, enjoy the good parts and don't waste any time focusing on the things that don't bring you any joy.


Merry Christmas! I wish it wasn't almost over!

Merry Christmas man, I'd be there if I could. You are so right.

You know, a lot of things came into perspective for me this year. I'm really glad to have this time with my family and friends. This is one of the first years I haven't had to be on call over the holidays, and I got 2 weeks off. I've been in Austin with my mom, sister, best friend and his wife, mom and his kids. Being that they live 3 hours away I don't see them near enough as a godfather should. I'm heading to corpus to see my dad, step mom, and her kids tomorrow. I don't care about presents, and we didn't even exchange gifts today, just stockings. But I'm super stoked about possibly getting to sail Monday in corpus with my dad. I've finally decided that sharing time together with the ones you love is what this time of year is all about. Hopefully I find someone to share it with for next year, because I can't think of anything more awesome than sharing my family and friends with others.

I totally agree Matt, and 3 hours isn't that far... Make time.

Kids left with their dad at noon..the man of the house is still at work. I spent all day watching netflix..eating Mac and Cheese. Christmas alone sucks big ones..

I'm makin' mac & cheese for dinner, and some bbq sausage. Life is good.

[Smurfette]

Kids left with their dad at noon..the man of the house is still at work. I spent all day watching netflix..eating Mac and Cheese. Christmas alone sucks big ones..

[jluv]

I'm not religious, no kids, but I love everything about Christmas. Just like everything else in life, you can look at it with a positive attitude, make the best of it, and have a good time. Or, you can focus on the bad, put a negative spin on things, and let a bunch of trivial shit get you all miserable. Seems like a real easy choice to me. Call me crazy, but I like being happy. A few here may have legit reasons to be down this time of year, and for those, I sympathize, but it's obvious that there are a lot of people who either prefer to be negative about everything (yuck!), or just try way too hard to be different, or just think they are way too cool for it all.

It's not that crucial. Relax, smile, enjoy the good parts and don't waste any time focusing on the things that don't bring you any joy.

Merry Christmas! I wish it wasn't almost over!

[Silverback]

You know, a lot of things came into perspective for me this year. I'm really glad to have this time with my family and friends. This is one of the first years I haven't had to be on call over the holidays, and I got 2 weeks off. I've been in Austin with my mom, sister, best friend and his wife, mom and his kids. Being that they live 3 hours away I don't see them near enough as a godfather should. I'm heading to corpus to see my dad, step mom, and her kids tomorrow. I don't care about presents, and we didn't even exchange gifts today, just stockings. But I'm super stoked about possibly getting to sail Monday in corpus with my dad. I've finally decided that sharing time together with the ones you love is what this time of year is all about. Hopefully I find someone to share it with for next year, because I can't think of anything more awesome than sharing my family and friends with others.

[The King]

The really stupid holiday hoopla is that surrounding New Year's Eve. New Years Day, yes, but not all the going ga-ga over New Year's Eve.

[Cooter]

That is why my God invented 30 year Macallan.

well, the brother in law took some initiative and has over 6 months sober and is regularly going to AA meetings, so I'm not going to drink in front of him.

I will admit that today hasn't been horrible. Played some board games with the kids and then got mixed up in the cooking. We're gonna eat dinner in about an hour and then watch Scrooged...

so... I guess this year has potential to go down as a decent xmas

[Big A]

Y'all concentrate on the bad stuff. I'll concentrate on the good stuff.

Exactly, a simple call home and hearing all the hub bub in the background let me know that I am far from alone this holiday season, just far from home. The drunk begging for money when I walked up to the store a minute ago let me know that it could be much worse. Life truly is what you make of it, regardless of where you're at or who your with.

[94StangFiveO]

Y'all concentrate on the bad stuff. I'll concentrate on the good stuff.

Plenty of good stuff... My family coming to my house this year and having filet mignon and doing a white elephant exchange and having fun with each other. My fiancé and I celebrating our first Christmas in our house we bought earlier this year. There's just so much other shit that isn't worth dealing with just because it's Christmas.