Every year, people like to complain about how early Christmas stuff gets put up and/or sold. Unfortunately, stores like The Christmas Tree Shop exist, and they sell holiday crap every day of the year. My personal peeve is the Christmas Countdown movie specials all over TV. The movies themselves aren't the problem, it's the advertising that goes into it. For the past few years, ABC Family has had a countdown to the start of their Christmas season, which itself is a countdown to Christmas. What we have here is a countdown to a countdown.
Mmm... nothing like beating a dead horse!
I'm in no way a Scrooge. I enjoy holiday music, I live off of holiday goodies, and I love holiday movies (are you really gonna sit there and pretend that you aren't a fan of Love Actually? Because you need to stop reading my blog if you are). I just think that the commercializing of the holiday is a bit out of control, and some people need to take a chill pill.
This brings me to the heart of today's blog post: Cars with reindeer antlers and rudolph noses. It was (maybe) cute the first time I saw it... five years ago. As I've said before, I already assume everyone else on the road is going to, wittingly or not, attempt to kill me while driving. Now, I see that the idiot next to me has ANTLERS on his car? It's a huge fail on so many levels.
You no longer get any courtesy on the road. You need to get into my lane? Feel free to find a spot behind me. You're trying to yell at me from your car because you think I did something stupid? Clearly you haven't looked in a mirror. You're sitting in the parking lot with your turn signal on, waiting for my parking space? I think I need to stay here and rock out to the next song that comes on the radio. (Woooo! Yes! I love... Michael Bolton? DAMMIT. *changes station* Ah, Ke$ha... that's better!)
There are a number of holiday "traditions" that I could do without. Fruit cake is one of them. Reindeer antlers on cars is another.
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