Comments on: 10 Reasons I Hate Christmas. Love, The Grinch.

By: Tereza

Tereza — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:08:57 +0000

wow, being so wantonly negative must really improve your quality of living…
It's possible to have a pleasant, small-scale christmas about food, fellowship, family and suchlike. Of course America overdoes it, but America overdoes many things. You can either create a pleasant existence for yourself and try to positively contribute to the world around you, or you can rant pointlessly on the internet.

By: Mavis Chang

Mavis Chang — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:31:56 +0000

I do LOVE the point of views in this essay. Although Christmas is not a historical custom in Taiwan, people who live here celebrate this holiday without any motivation due to it's a trend that most people do in this month; December. I also strongly agree that Christmas is a holiday designed for the businessmen and retailers, they make people feel need to buy then these people earn bundle of money from the cash cow; customers. Lastly, I would like to get the Chinese New Cards from my friends rather than a Christmas card.

By: William

William — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 11:33:20 +0000

Hey...here's a "Kill Santa" game if you're bored on Christmas and just generally hate the whole thing. http://www.365flashgame.com/flash/kill-santa-flas...

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:08:08 +0000

FUCK CHRISTMAS!

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By: rosalee

rosalee — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:08:09 +0000

I enjoyed this article. There were some interesting points. As a law geek, I just thought I would point out that the US constitution does not guarantee "separation of church and state."

The constitution says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof …."

The phrase "separation of church and state" is from a letter published by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. The courts sometimes interpret this to mean that church and state should be separate, and sometimes they interpret it differently, but it's not actually written in the constitution.

That said, I would probably rather celebrate Solstice than Christmas, and with windmills as lawn ornaments instead of Christmas lights.

By: Louise

Louise — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:34:32 +0000

Okay, so Christmas is unavoidable and annoying from November until January.

Say you go out for a coffee. You only like black coffee, but there is cream and sugar on every table, including yours. Do you have to put them in your coffee just because they are there? Would you complain to the waitress for wasting less than a square foot of the table that you would not have used anyway for the cream and sugar even though there is no way she could have known you do not like them? No, that would be ridiculous.

Likewise, there is no reason to give in to anything that bothers you about Christmas just because it is there. Just leave it on the table for the next person to enjoy (or not) and go about the rest of your life as you please.

By: Don't matter

Don't matter — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:15:00 +0000

It is forced. Not in a legal way but in a society standards way. I was raised in a family that didn't celebrate it or any other holiday for that matter and people would be shocked and even offended by that. They treated my mother like the devil because she didn't want to participate in the nonsense we call the "holidays" and she didn't want her children believing in B.S that isn't even real.