I Beat The Stores To It!

[bloodyrosemccoy]

GRAAAAH. Skipped Job today because of Headache—one of the worst I’ve ever had. Not sure if it counts as a clusterfuck headache,* but it was pretty miserable. I felt like I was going to go the way of that dude on CSI from back in the day whose eyes exploded when they pulled back the curtains in his apartment.**

On the plus side, Los Días de los Muertos are almost over, and you all know what that means—at midnight tonight I will officially declare it The Holiday Season.

Oh, what’s that? You think it’s too soon? Well that’s why at 12:01 I will be delivering my traditional holiday greeting to those of you saying I’m starting it too early: KISS MY TINSEL-FESTOONED ASS.

Think I’ll head off to the hardware store tomorrow and buy me some festive Christmas lights. Probably they’d feel better on my headache, anyway.


*My sister’s term for a cluster headache.

**This was long after the show had left the bewildered shark behind. The shark had long since forgotten about it and was off at some public beach lazily eyeing up the swimmers’ legs that dangle down into the water like delicious corn dogs. But that episode was great just for everyone’s reaction to green blood shooting a foot from the dude’s eye sockets: “Oh, good grief. Our suspect’s face has just erupted. Suppose we’d better do an autopsy.”

Comments

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

...you haven't beat the stores. Kroger's had Christmas-colored candy and Christmas decorations out two weeks ago.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

... True.

Does it count if I start listening to Christmas music in September?

[kadharonon.livejournal.com]

Beating of the Stores acknowledged.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Too early? My holiday starts at the first of October- it's just that it's Halloween decorating. Then it changes to Yule around the middle of November. And it stays up until at least January 6, or until the tree becomes a complete fire hazard, whichever comes last.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! I realized at one point that it's actually my birthday that kicks off the holidays for me--September 19!

This is my favorite inset of it, however--the particularly CHRISTMASSY Holiday Season. There's the broad "last 3rd of the year WHEE" and the more specific November-January holiday season.

[westrider.livejournal.com]

I've been rocking my Christmas Music for at least three weeks now, can't quite remember. I haven't cared about Halloween in years.

Well, actually, I don't care about Christmas itself either, but I do like the Lights and the Music :D

And I think a couple of the stores around here actually had at least some of their Christmas stuff out right after the 4th of July. didn't even wait for Halloween, let alone Thanksgiving like they used to. Savages.

[tay421.livejournal.com]

Oh man, after dealing with like... 5 Christmas songs playing on an endless loop at Kmart last year, I'm not really looking forward to whenever it is that they change the playlist over.

On the other hand, if all goes well, I may actually spend Christmas in England this year with the boyfriend's family. I'm not sure what they do for Christmas, but I know that my family hasn't done Christmas in like ten years or better. Whenever I visit someone who decorates the house, I always seem to find myself sitting alone in front of the tree and feeling a strange emptiness and longing. Even though it marks the end of another year doing seemingly NOTHING with my life, I really do miss the holidays and the good feelings that come from sharing it.

PS: The Yule Season officially starts for me after all our November birthdays are over. So that's mine on the 10th, my grandma's on the 12th, one of my closer friend's on the 15th (erm... or the 17th, I've kinda forgotten), and my sister's on the 23rd. I know there are others, but JEEZ, too many for me.