The Christmas and New Years Holidays are my Least Favorite Time of the Year

[The Beast1]

You know, this Christmas has been a bit different.

Gave out a few small gifts to the building maintenance guys. Blew their minds and made their day.

Went to a Christmas eve party and had a blast. Today, I've got the smoker going and trying my hand at brisket. So far the whole place smells incredible and it's looking mighty fierce.

So far, it has actually been a rather pleasant time of year!

Still hate Christmas music though and at the party we quickly switched it to some catchy pop music.

 

[Conquerer7]

Have to say Christmas as a whole actually turned out very good. Still going to make it more immediate, local and personal next year though. Now gonna listen to Merry Rooshmas.

Today has definitely made me realize how great it is to be on this forum and be aware as a whole.

 

[cascadecombo]

Ba-humbug! It's the most horrible time of the year.

Everything about this time of year is the epitome of suck. Each year it gets more and more miserable and I don't know why. Here are my reasons:

1. Back when I was single, it was a game desert. Good luck finding a single girl this time of year. New Year's Eve parties? Forget about it..Thankfully, I get to spend a quiet day with my wife instead of drinking away my biting angst sitting amongst crazy family members.

2. What's the original point of Christmas? To celebrate the birth of Jesus? Not even! Jesus was born on March 1st 7BC and anyone with a star chart can you show a curious conjunction of several planets in the constellation of Pisces around that time to prove it (fun reading: http://www.thebigpitcher.org/2010/10/21/the-natal-chart-of-jesus-christ/) So why do we celebrate it? Ah yes, it's the solstice and a bunch of long dead pagans found it relevant to celebrate it so let's just conveniently claim Jesus was born on this day to get a bunch of woodland spirit worshipers to join over.

3. Christmas music. It's not like it starts creeping earlier and earlier each year. I thought I heard jingle bells playing on October 18th. I am sick of the hearing the same crappy Christmas music over and over again. If I hear that stupid Paul McCartney Christmas song again, i'm going to go postal.

4. Buying expensive gifts. Thankfully, this year we've elected to do a secret santa for the whole family instead of a massive gift exchange. Years before, however, it's a gift madhouse and businesses know this. Don't think they aren't jacking up the prices for this. I get happy when I hear that retailers didn't meet their Q4 Christmas goals for the year prior in late Jan/early Feb.

5. It's cold. Winter sucks, except for winter sports and even then the cold still sucks. I'm happy I now live in a climate where I can treat snow like a cute novelty instead of a forced yearly experience of hell.

What else drives you nuts about this time of year?

1. Makes it easier to spit a single girl since they'll all be with their guy at this time. Makes them extra eager to find a young stud.

2. I've been made aware you're point is a myth a d that date had been set as the birth of Christ since a while ago.

3. The music makes people festive and encourages those who usually are more reserved to sing along since everyone always knows most the words.

4. Gifts are a great way to show your friends and family that you care about them and are aware of what they need or want. Don't have to buy crazy stuff, but anyone who expects something stupid pricey simply to stay in vogue is more a sign of you picking shitty people to stay with .

5.the cold is awesome, jackets look great and you can't wear some of those spiffy get ups in warm climates.


This time of year is awesome.:tard:

 

[Caduceus]

I hate the awful christmas pop music in the shops, cafes and everywhere else you go, that they play on repeat every day for weeks on end.
Makes me want to avoid entering or buying/consuming anything anywhere until Janaury comes along.

 

[Johnnyvee]

You can`t be serious about Christmas music OP. Some of the greatest music ever written happens to be Christmas music. It`s one of the few good things in all the mindless consumerism. Maybe you`re not listening to the right version of songs. Here`s some tracks to get you started;

 

[Oz.]

That time of the year again.

 

[redpillage]

Me during the holidays...

Damn that really sucks, Roosh. I grew up near the Alps as a kid many many years ago and I remember Christmas as the most magical time of the year. The snow was great, Christmas music everywhere, the decoration in the streets, those awesome Christmas markets, the smell of Glühwein in the air, my Christmas calendar which made the waiting period even more painful, and of course the presents!

Look guys, it's all up to you. My girl and I usually cook a nice meal from scratch, something traditional that we usually don't eat. We brew some Glühwein, watch an old movie, just relax, snuggle up or hang out.

If you are alone and don't have anyone then you can still do these things (without the snuggling admittedly) and not fall prey to depression. If you are intent on having a wonderful Christmas then you will. You guys clearly seem to not grasp the purpose of the holiday season.

In the 'olden days' winter solstice was a very special but also difficult time of the year. It was COLD and staying warm and not freezing to death required much effort. Food supplies were the result of hard work throughout the preceding year. Celebrating this time with family and closed ones and taking stock of what had been accomplished was a way of closure and helped deepen family bonds.

The cynical attitude that many of you seem to have been internalizing plays exactly in the hands of our enemies. I mean if the holiest time of the year means nothing to you then don't turn around and complain about the destruction of family values and unmitigated licentiousness.

Roosh: Go out there and buy yourself a f..ing chicken, some ribs, or steak, whatever floats your boat. Do your best to cook it to perfection and if possible share the meal with someone you care about. You'll be surprised by what happens.

 

[Mr. D]

At least somebody made a rockin' Christmas song back in the day...

 

[No More Mr. Soy Boy]

I don't get why more people don't buy their Christmas presents online instead. It used to take me hours to buy everything before when I went to shopping malls and there were always so many annoying people out, cold, too busy, loud kids, had to stand in line for ages, irritating music and idiots who can't drive. This year I think I spent about 30 minutes scrolling the web for Christmas presents and ordering everything and it came straight to the door, even for a cheaper price.

 

[questor70]

Online is great if you already know what to get, but I found something for my sister that just happened to be on the shelf that I probably never would have plugged into a keyword search if I were online. It's that process of discovery/surprise/serendipity that comes from roaming slowly through stores that really can't be duplicated online.

As far as being upset at Christmas in general, I know exactly why people get that way. Christmas is like being shown your happy childhood photos each and every year and being asked to compare who you were then when you were carefree and opening up packages to who you are now. It forces you to sort of judge your life against the happiest time and there's no way it's going to compare. When my daughter was young I could try to live vicariously through her but now she's grown up and so again I feel sort of a sense of disorientation with the Holiday. I don't get to either receive or give many gifts anymore.

This is exactly why It's a Wonderful Life's suicide attempt was oriented around Christmas or why A Christmas Carol is similarly full of flashbacks of Scrooge's regrets (like losing the girl to his avarice). It forces you to stop sleepwalking and reflect and pass judgment on your life.

Being angry at the Holiday doesn't solve any of the underlying issues. The Holiday isn't the problem. It's how we wind up building our life through decision after decision the other 364 days of each year.

 

[Rorogue]

I don't like this time of year either. At least not for the last few years.
My family are blue pilled and super competitive. All they want to do is ask you what you're doing, so they can compare it to their lives. I refuse to go to the luncheon.

 

[Day Game Bang]

Its a great time of the year. Everyone is in a cheerful mood. Online game is probably best at this time of the year, because girls won't be as bitchy.

Running Instagram game hardcore till January 2nd, 2019 lol

 

[Conquerer7]

Having a good one this year, despite having lost a family member earlier in the year. The weather has been pretty mild, the darkest night is gone and I'm going to Tenerife in January.

 

[Caduceus]

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky is the only xmas music i like, as long as you don't play it too often.

 

[whatday]

Memories of midwestern corporate Christmas parties come to mind, with people missing after the vacation because they got fired for insulting someone above them on the totem pole.

Holidays were like an episode of Survivor up there.

 

[yankeetravels]

Reading this thread, I feel the need to put my stake on Christmas. I tend to have a different view on it than most of the forum, believing it's one of the highlights of the winter season and probably one of the five best days of the year for family. I definitely understand the people that don't like the holidays or feel some sort of depression during them, and there's things that annoy me about the holidays too. But, I am someone that has grown up with close family and has mostly held onto it.

One thing I tend to believe is that Christmas (Thanksgiving too) is a redpill within the redpill. What I mean is that Christmas is the type of thing men bitch about not caring for in a similar way that women bitch about not caring if they're single on Valentine's Day. They care, but want to remain strong at least for face to take on the tough holidays.

Christmas despite the materialism around it offers something that is very difficult to buy. A foundation. A foundation that offers love, support, and togetherness no matter what the circumstances. One example is that I mentioned in other posts I lost a close relative a few years back. He died close to the holidays and that first Christmas without him was very difficult for my whole family. Definitely the toughest one I have faced in my life. Despite all of us being miserable that Christmas, I think it was unspoken that the rest of us were grateful to be going through this with each other instead of on our own. Without a strong family, I think a lot of us would've drank ourselves into an oblivion for those couple of days.

I remember watching The Bucket List movie with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Nicholson was a rich, lifelong bachelor and Freeman was a lifelong family man. Both had a terminal disease and went on a trip to do certain things before they die. When they got back, Freeman spent his last days with his wife of 50+ years, his kids, and his grandkids. They ate together at a big family dinner with Freeman and his wife staring at each other from across the table looking happy, scared, and appreciative. They both knew this might be the last big holiday dinner together, but they also both took the time to look around at the foundation they created together. Meanwhile, Nicholson went home, thought about his broken family relationships of the past, and ended up sobbing about it in front of hookers when it finally clicked to him that he was going to die alone with nobody really giving a shit he was going to be gone outside of his money.

Christmas I think we all know is about family. But the redpill in it is that it signifies the strength of the foundation of family. For a lot of guys, I think this is their eventual endgame or at least in the back of their minds, and Christmas forces us to take a hard look at that foundation and our closest relationships around us. It can be depressing if you realize you don't have that or just lost it as an adult. It makes us realize it may be important to keep good relationships with our family because like it or not, at the end of the day they are the most likely people that would be there for you if you're down.

If you spend it with family you love, great. If you spend it with family you hate, perhaps ask how you can improve or fix that situation with giving up as more of a last resort. If you spend it traveling, nothing wrong with that as long as it's not an every year thing. If you spend it with friends, that can be potentially rewarding as you can discover you have friends close enough to consider family.

Christmas makes us realize who we love, who we care about at the end, and the foundation we currently have. Reflect on it. Don't waste it.

 

[10119]

I dont celebrate Christmas myself but I do very much enjoy this time of year. Its nice to see people merry and jolly , thinking of other people and offering merry Christmas and cheer to everyone. I even love all the Christmas music , its so upbeat and happy and it puts me in a good mood , also it provides continuity and good memories of years past.

I would like to wish a merry Christmas to everyone celebrating today.

 

[sterlingarcher]

Yep, I hate this time of year.

First thing I'd do if I was King; cancel Christmas))

The International Festival of Obligation and Waste.

 

[godfather dust]

I don't like the fact many undoubtedly go into debt over Christmas gifts. It's a pagan holiday, transformed into a windfall for Jewish usurers, and labeled Christian (while Santa is Satan with the letters switched around.) I think many children like Santa more than Jesus.

I love the day itself, and Christmas Eve, both of which I spend with family, but dislike everything surrounding the holiday.

 

[Waqqle]