Not the Canadian one. That one holiday in America where we celebrate the Indians teaching the pilgrims how to survive, only later to have their land taken from them by the people they helped? The one that is followed by black Friday, and the subsequent murder of a Wal-mart employe who will come between a lard whale and a good deal? Then traffic gets progressively worse as people struggle to get the “perfect” gift last second? Yea, that one. It's a week away. Whether you celebrate it or not, , I'm just posting to let you know it's closing in. I'd like you to think about your family. Not the miserable members of your extended family, they just want to eat all the free food and leave. I want you to focus on the people closer to you, if you're fortunate enough to have any. Relay my message to a Wal-mart employee, if you aren't one yourself. Nobody should have to die in retail because of an impatient walrus. I also hope you've got a plan regarding your Christmas gifts. I for one plan on having all of my shopping done before Black Friday. Anyway, good luck, and happy holidays!

...Hmm, I guess this topic needs a point now.

I guess you can woo us with your plans for the holidays. But this is the spam section, so everything goes. We could all prepare for a meme-tastic holiday feast, or you could say what you'd do if you were seated next to the avatar above you at thanks giving dinner. Or you could just spam image macros. Maybe all of the above? The possibilities are endless!

Posting to just say the Huguenots were the first pilgrims and let us pay remembrance to their slaughter by the Spanish.

fucking hate holidays.

I wouldn't say I 'hate' holidays so much I find them irrelevant. Take Valentine's Day, for example -- you get one day of the year to treat the love of your life the way you should realistically be treating them each day of the year? The fuck is up with that? Then again, I feel the same way about things like Christmas (given that barely no one celebrates it for its real purpose) since you should be generous and good willed all the time, et cetera.

That being said -- I'm not American, so this is kinda pointless to me.

my birthday is thanksgiving

I'll probably be playing Rock Band. Partially because I hate holidays and partially because I hate my relatives.

I'm cool with the holidays. We get to put lights on trees an' shit.

Isn't the black friday mess sorta subsiding now? A bunch of businesses are announcing they are closed on Thursdays. I think the golden age of the buyer's melee is probably past us. You can get the same deals on the internet anyway.

@Azarthes

<sub>happy birthday, have a turkey.

... can i come over for dinner?</sub>

im gonna be alone in my house with a tub of ice cream and a couple ginger beers watching Young Justice again

so if that sounds like a good time then sure come on over

im gonna be alone in my house with a tub of ice cream and a couple ginger beers watching Young Justice again

so if that sounds like a good time then sure come on over

sweet. i'm in.

I also find the novelty of holidays is a lot weaker for people who aren't working, since the holiday doesn't change anything in their pattern.

That being said, there's also a downside to having holidays -- while people can celebrate the good moments on a holiday, appreciating what they have (though, once again, I emphasize that they should be doing that all the time, not just one day of the year), it's also a time where those who don't have something basically have it rubbed in their faces. Father's Day is a painful time for someone - such as myself - who lost their dad long ago, Valentine's Day is the worst day of the year for people who're single and not happy with it, and (not that I want to be the guy who always has to drop the anvils) the suicide rate is often significantly higher during Christmas.

I don't know what I'm going to do but all I know is that I am going to be smoking
_{smoking hot in my PJs son amirite}

I'm cool with the holidays. We get to put lights on trees an' shit.

Isn't the black friday mess sorta subsiding now? A bunch of businesses are announcing they are closed on Thursdays. I think the golden age of the buyer's melee is probably past us. You can get the same deals on the internet anyway.

Yea, I like decorating too. Decorate trees, the house, even forum signatures! But you gotta treat it with a little bit of satire amiright?

I dunno, seems like every year someone gets trampled to death. Last year it was a gamestop employee I think, and before that it was Wal-mart. I guess it depends on what's ready to sell on black Friday. Also, shipping can be kind of unreliable during the holidays. You might get it early, you might get delayed.

Also, shipping can be kind of unreliable during the holidays. You might get it early, you might get delayed.

I got Amazon Prime exactly for this contingency.

Good man. If I wasn't so cheap, I'd use amazon prime too.

I wouldn't say I 'hate' holidays so much I find them irrelevant. Take Valentine's Day, for example -- you get one day of the year to treat the love of your life the way you should realistically be treating them each day of the year? The fuck is up with that? Then again, I feel the same way about things like Christmas (given that barely no one celebrates it for its real purpose) since you should be generous and good willed all the time, et cetera.

That being said -- I'm not American, so this is kinda pointless to me.

To cut a long rant short...because they're nice. They feel a lot more special than regular stuff. They also have a certain atmosphere. Around Halloween and Thanksgiving,things have a nice Autumn feel, enhanced by spooky decorations or fake orange and yellow leaves being plastered about. Christmas, of course, takes this up a notch with chrismas music, specials, plays, drinks, etc.