It's like this every year. If you know, you know.
I never really had a fondness for fucking christmas spirit or whatever so it figures I'd have no affection for anything holiday related I guess. But my significant other has both considerable trauma (bad experiences on and around the day) and and a desire for doing something together on the day.
When I moved out a few years ago, I thought finally I'd be able to do cool and original things around it, y'know build up our own little traditions. That's a thing people do, right? But my stupidass job had me working the week of the 25th like every other year if not more, so half the time I wasn't even off. Lmao, no spoons.
I also figured that now I'm fired due to being increasingly deathly ill, I would truly have the time and spoons to do stuff for the holidays! I can use some of that sweet sweet gubmint money what I stole from hardworking taxpayers (what a welfare queen lmao) to do something nice for us, right?? I'm sure I won't be equally if not moreso bereft of spoons due to a multitude of things including eviction hearings, chronic pain and more???
Right?????
It just exhausts me and I hate absolutely fucking everything. That bit post about banning christmas under communism is something I uncritically support. I dunno.
I can't stand that unreasonable pressure for everything to be fucking magical all on one day. Never liked it. Everyone is always disappointed their lives aren't TV.
The lack of creativity makes everything a Hallmark Channel race to the bottom of the barrel. Dull, droll, snoozefest.
I would genuinely prefer going back to actual Saturnalia. At least that sounds fun.
It’s incredibly fake and performative. The fact that capital doesn’t even take the opportunity to reflect for a single second before continuing the meat grinder is all the evidence you need, as if the rampant consumerism and growth underlying it all wasn’t enough
I was in a store on Saturday that already had Valentine's Day and Easter stuff out. Long gone are the days of stores having extra stock after a holiday that goes on clearance. Now they plan it so they sell out a week before so they can rotate in the new stuff.
Lol my work does give us just Christmas off.
3 weeks ago they announced that we will also be closing early on Christmas eve and new years eve. This only affects my shift. Everyone wad like hell yeah we get 6 hours off on Christmas eve and new years eve! Then they said it isn't paid so I actually had to torch 12 hours of pto not to lose 15% of my paycheck the final 2 weeks of the year over the holidays. Actually sickening
Sounds like your boss needs a visit from three ghosts
Three spectres of Communism