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How do you plan to destabilize the traditional family unit this year? Let's plan our strategies. One, I'm not putting up any xmas bullshit. No tree. No lights. Nothing. There's no money for it, anyways. Two, happy holidays. I will not utter a merry christmas. It's personal. Have you ever heard "Merry Christmas" uttered half- aggressively, with a conspiring nod if you return the sentiment, as if you're a part of some rebellion? I got it all the time while doing retail, and usually just said Merry Christmas back, a bit confused. It took me a while to realize it was a lovely little test, because what they really wanted was for me to say happy holidays so they could rant at me about the war on Christmas. Or, more likely, rant to their Bible study group about how persecuted they feel. So happy holidays it is, now that I'm not in retail anymore. If they want to start poo poo, it'll be with a Dick that can actually fight back without fear of losing his job, this time. Third, I'm just not doing the thing. I'm not frantically buying gifts. I'm not wasting my time and sanity in the stores, and Jeff Bezos can eat my lovely rear end in a top hat. There are maybe three people getting a gift, and they're all things that I'm making for them, since one of the few privileges I have is the little studio I've built up. I bet you also have something you can create. Food is a good one. Everyone has a dish they can make really well. I would certainly consider a full custom dice set an even trade for good food, if we're weighing value for value. Maybe you can sew. Maybe you can write, even. I would be tickled if a friend gave me a story they wrote about our characters. One of the best gifts I've ever gotten was when a friend ran a one-shot monster of the week game for my birthday. I cherish the memory like a ruby the size of my fist. She wrote a custom story with npcs and monsters and everything. That's something special. And like, even if you can't do these things, you can learn. Last weekend, I made two new dishes- candied carrots and caramel apples. I had never created caramel before, and was pretty scared it would be bad, but it turned out beautifully, and the family loved it. We had a nice time, and watched a movie that made us all cry together. I don't think the war on Christmas has to be about being belligerent, though it's my nature to be. It can also just be about not buying into the capitalism machine. Hell, if you really want to be lovely about it, just go out of your way to be nice to service workers. Tip 50% or even 100% the next time you eat out. Take your cart back to the corral. Put poo poo back on the shelf where you found it, label facing out instead of being careless. Pull the next item forward when you take something from the shelf. Just... if you have to bother service workers, be cool. Be that customer that they will not remember, later. Or actively complain to management about the Christmas music being repetitive (do not involve the grunts, only management) and actually do the little surveys they give you. Let's take the war on Christmas to their home territory, and reclaim the quarter of the year they've taken from us.
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Merry Christmas OP.
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Dec 4, 2025 07:12
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we just had this thread, OP
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I don't mind if people put up Christmas poo poo all over the place. We just can't because we have 4 cats. As for presents: gently caress presents. I never know what to ask and in the end, I end up asking poo poo I actually don't need and probably will use like once or twice.
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You can opt out of it completely op. When someone says “merry Christmas” you can say “no thanks”. When someone asks you what you’re doing this year you can tell them you don’t celebrate Christmas. The wife and I used to go to an island every late December and avoid the whole thing. You may not be able to do that, but you can just shut it down completely every time someone expects you to participate.
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Dec 4, 2025 08:07
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i'm going to murder santa claus
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Declaring a no-fly zone over north pole, bombing some obviously civilian elves
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Dec 4, 2025 08:35
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Here frosty lemme light that pipe for you
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Dec 4, 2025 09:05
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I work smart, not hard. I air-dropped copies of the Communist Manifesto over the North Pole. Why lift a finger when Santa will be strung up by the hands of the worker elves he enslaved.
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Wait I thought this was why we were attacking the North Pole? Santa's with the reds, he cosplays Marx and gives away free poo poo
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Dec 4, 2025 09:32
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The Management posted:You can opt out of it completely op. When someone says “merry Christmas” you can say “no thanks”. When someone asks you what you’re doing this year you can tell them you don’t celebrate Christmas. Christmas Island?
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Colonel Cancer posted:Wait I thought this was why we were attacking the North Pole? Santa's with the reds, he cosplays Marx and gives away free poo poo Santa's gifts are propaganda designed to inculcate children into capitalist consumerism by drip-feeding them bougieous luxury goods until they are addicted to the pursuit and expectation of frivolous things. He must be put to death
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 I'll be coordinating with the Muslims to provide a network of support and alternatives for anyone burnt out on Christianity.Safehouses are available and infiltration training camps are being arranged.
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TrashMammal posted:we just had this thread, OP We still have this Thread 
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for more.
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This is actually all an extended ARG for CoD: Holiday Special
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Dec 4, 2025 11:07
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"Heighten the Contradictions" is what my squad of rogue elves always say!
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I'm literally mailing out salt as presents.
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i will defend christmas until my dying breath. come at me
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Dec 4, 2025 15:20
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luv2shit posted:i will defend christmas until my dying breath. come at me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scnqePfFpa8
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eric idle is ghetting coal for xmas this year
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A chemical attack has hit the workshop, elf casualties reports are high. What's our next move General Rudolph?
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Saalkin posted:A chemical attack has hit the workshop, elf casualties reports are high. What's our next move General Rudolph? Wait for the Elf Rescue Squads to arrive on scene, and then launch attack 2.
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IDK about going to war on xmas, but it's always fun to get a fanatic bent out of shape to remind them that Saturnalia's really the reason for the season.
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Whenever my kids act up I threaten that i’m gonna find santa claus and break his legs.
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Filled my scout elf with C4 so Santa will get a rude surprise when they fly back to the North Pole for the night.
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Extra Large Marge posted:Filled my scout elf with C4 so Santa will get a rude surprise when they fly back to the North Pole for the night. Coal filled cluster bombs sound good!
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:i'm going to murder santa claus No don't do this you'll turn into Tim Allen!
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I say we take back some lost ground on the calendar front and push the spooky Halloween season into mid-November
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Asterite34 posted:I say we take back some lost ground on the calendar front and push the spooky Halloween season into mid-November We need a buffer zone from Xmas
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goons wanting a special military opertaion against xmas. loving sick. xmas has a right to exist and defend itself
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luv2shit posted:goons wanting a special military opertaion against xmas. loving sick. xmas has a right to exist and defend itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23cjXModWpA
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Tinsel chaff falling from the sky to confuse the North Pole AA batteries
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Mistle posted:No don't do this you'll turn into Tim Allen! first, i'm going to murder tim allen
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Always clear the shelves when entering Santaic premises. Those elves aren't harmless, you should have seen what they did to Pvt.Doug
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luv2shit posted:goons wanting a special military opertaion against xmas. loving sick. xmas has a right to exist and defend itself Xmas can exist on December 24th and December 25th. Xmas existing in mid October is an unwelcome intrusion.
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Anderson Koopa posted:Xmas can exist on December 24th and December 25th. xmas will not be defined by scrooges or humbugs. xmas will defend itself by any means necessary.
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luv2shit posted:xmas will not be defined by scrooges or humbugs. xmas will defend itself by any means necessary. Eh everyone celebrates in their own way, This time of year is so cold and dark, just have to look for happiness where you can find it.
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Anderson Koopa posted:Eh everyone celebrates in their own way, This time of year is so cold and dark, just have to look for happiness where you can find it. and they're it is. the tide is already turning.......
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Negotiations cannot begin until Claus withdraws all forces from within 15 days of the October 31 demarcation line.
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Stocking Liberation Front has some surprises in store for this year
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