Christmas: Are they shoving it down our throats too early?

[LittleJerry92]

I don’t even have one.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

We also have an artificial tree.

 

[Any Del]

Mai twee iz artyfishell az whale.

 

[D'Snowth]

Artificial trees are so blah.

 

[fuzzygobo]

We got a new tree last year. It’s called a pencil tree because it’s intentionally skinny (but tall) and doesn’t take up much space. Comes in three parts, pre-lit, only takes a minute to set up.

Pine trees smell nice, but the thing drinks water like a camel. And sheds needles like it’s nobody’s business.

 

[fuzzygobo]

And they’re not blah when you put the lights and decorations on.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

We put up some of the ornaments on our Christmas tree yesterday.

 

[fuzzygobo]

Did anybody catch the video on YouTube about the woke Santa?
Over the weekend, a little boy visited a mall Santa. He wants a Nerf gun for Christmas. Santa said no, the kid burst out crying, the video went viral, and Woke Santa got canned.

I played Santy Claus once (with a lot of pillows to fatten me up). Most kids wanted an X-box or whatever. Girls like dolls and princess stuff, boys like cars or sports.
You don’t promise anything, but you don’t say no either.
You say “ You be a good boy or girl, and Santa will see you Christmas “.

Even if a 5-year-old came up to me and said “Not so much for me, Santa, but I want LittleJerry92 to get a dime bag of Homegrown and Snowthy a Trish Yearwood poster!”
You don’t say no. You say “Santa will check his list.
At least the boy had a happy ending. The next day another Santa stopped by his house with a Nerf gun.
It’s not like the Christmas story movie where he asked for a BB gun.
Maybe Woke Santa was thinking, “No, kid. If I bring you a Nerf gun, when you grow up you’ll want a real gun and vote Republican!”

But no. Kids grow up so fast, and at that tender age they really believe in Santa. Why ruin it for them?

 

[LittleJerry92]

I mean, if it’s a nerf gun then there’s no harm in that. Sorry to say the mall santa kind of shot himself in the foot with that “no” comment.

 

[LittleJerry92]

Okay, I just watched the video. Yeah, that mall Santa was a complete idiot. He’s only asking to get fired.