the pandemonium has just begun

Santas get sneezed upon up to ten times a day, fend off children pulling their beards and mop up after children who frequently wet their laps, according to the survey of hundreds of men who work as seasonal Santa Claus characters.

So says, Reuters via MSNBC. If that is not the epitome of The Holiday Season™ I do not know what is. Old fat men sitting in malls in absurd costumes getting paid to let squirming maggots piss in their laps while making demands for whatever cheap plastic shit the teevee has told them is en vogue among their age category.

You know what? FUCK CHRISTMAS. Fuck your fake ass made up consumerist holiday. The "holiday spirit" is as much of a lie as Santa is. Fuck you for thinking I'm a "scrooge" just because your holiday is bullshit and I can't take it anymore.

One of the worst things about XMAS is the forced gift-giving. Everyone I know gives something away to someone they hate just because they feel obligated by The Spirit of the Holiday Season™ or because they know that if they don't it will create drama. Think about that redneck shithead uncle, or your alcoholic wife-beater of a brother. You know who I'm talking about. You hate their guts, you never talk to them except when you have to (probably only at family gatherings). Why the fuck should they get anything from you? It's because Christmas is manufactured to get you to buy shit. It's that simple. You buy shit for people you hate because you have been programmed to do it.