Decemberween...?

"Back off! He's mine!"

Hey kids! Do you what time of year it is?

Kids: Whats That Nintendood!?

It's Christmas Time! Woohoo!

If you're wondering how my Thanksgiving went, it was hecka sweet. I didn't eat that much turkey, surprisingly, but I DID consume lots of jello salad.

It only took a whole eleven months for it to finally become Christmas time. For those who are unaware of the rules, I present them to you now.

1. Christmas Time starts the day after Thanksgiving. No sooner, no later. Since Christmas Time is the only fun time to go Christmas shopping, performing the task at any other time is just performing a chore, and that's not what Christmas is about. This is also perfect because if you want to buy something embarrassing (not like undergarment, more like Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and such), because every cashier will assume it's a gift for someone else. Here the part of the rule that many people break year after year. Christmas music may only begin to be played during Christmas Time, and possibly Thanksgiving evening.

2. It's Christmas Time. Not "Holiday" time or "Winter Break" time. This is directed at all of the politically correct nut jobs out there. It's Christmas Time. Calling it anything different is not going to change the fact that during this time of year, a vast majority of Americans, Christian and Atheist alike, celebrate Christmas. I don't want people to say "Happy Holidays" or whatever to me. I would like to be wished a Merry (or happy) Christmas please.

3. The list of Christmas Time No-No's
- No peaking at Christmas presents.
- No giving a gift basket with ONLY a fruitcake. Include something edible as well.
- No singing of a certain "Santa Baby".
- No giving of gifts that you just want in your house so you can play with it.
- No repetitions of "Feliz Navidad". One verse will suffice.
- No referring to the holiday as X-mas.
- No RUNNING!*

*Not really.

Hopefully, I have provided you with enough information so that the Christmas Time police don't pwn you on the street.

I have one more thing to say about Christmas. It was a while back, but I was talking to my friend when they said that they hated Christmas. I couldn't fathom this idea and promptly asked what their reasoning was. Their explanation was that Christmas had become too commercialized.

Now, they have a good point. Christmas has become incredibly commercialized. What with all the pressure to buy that "Perfect Gift", a term with is now applied to everything, and the oh so many crappy Disney Channel movies.

Society has forgotten for the most part that Christmas isn't about gifts, however pleasant and traditional they may be. Christmas is, for Christians, about celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Even if you don't believe in a Christ, Christmas can still be an enjoyable time of year used for family and friends.

Commercializing of Christmas is lame. Hating the holiday because of that is lamer. I hate fruitcake, but I still dig the holiday.

Now, if you don't mind, I'll be watching Arthur's Christmas Special if you need me.