Happy New Year Means Christmas is Finally Over
Written by Chris C on December 31st, 2007
It is bad enough the Christmas season starts in like August once the school shopping is over, but for some reason we torture ourselves for another week after December 25th.
I don’t get it. We bitch and complain for the whole month about how the meaning of the holiday is gone, how there is too much commercialism. Then we go and extend Christmas seven more days.
During the NFL games Sunday, which totally sucked ass by the way, there were tons of Christmas commercials. It’s December 30th! I thought why not head over to History Channel to see what is on, and lo and behold they still have their holiday icon up in the corner. Surf cable and there are more jewelry store commercials.
I get it. He went to Jared.
What gives America? Your kids either broke their new toys already or lost interest in them altogether. You used up your gift cards four days ago. There’s nothing left of Christmas 2007. It is the holiday carcass in the desert with the vultures circling overhead. Why are you still singing “Feliz Navidad’?
Thankfully, we all come to our senses on December 31st and focus on the world’s most-celebrated holiday, New Year’s Eve. It is a time for reflecting on the past year while having hope for the one ahead.
Until in a few weeks when the first credit card statements from the holiday spending arrive proving Christmas is never finally over.
Happy New Year everyone!
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A happy and less tortuous new year to you, sir!
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You will be overjoyed to know that the local A&P had already started installing their Valentine’s Day Cards as of this past Friday (Dec. 28th). I would wish you a happy new year, but we’ll just move straight on ahead- Happy Valentine’s Day, Chris! I mean, in, like, a manly way, like with a shoulder punch or something.
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Happy New Year, Chris.
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The Huey-pocalypse is officially over. Huey kicked ass, of course.
And coincidentally, “Hip to be Square” just started up on my iTunes. :D
Happy New Year, Chris!
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Yes, it does mean that too, the end of the Huey-pocalypse! Congrats to Huey.
I just want to say that since we are already getting ready for Valentine’s Day it is a shame that MLK Jr Day is swept under the proverbial Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Black people finally get a holiday for them and everyone thinks it’s a three-day ski weekend in between Christmas and Valentine’s Day. Such is life I guess.