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Most of the big department stores here have had their christmas stuff out in full effect for at least a couple of weeks. Man does it ever sicken me. I worked in retail over the holidays last year, and by mid-November, I was ready to smash every holiday display I saw and rip every adult contemporary christmas carol-playing speaker out of the wall.
So, no, I don't think you're being too sensitive Lurkette, being reminded that Christmas is the time to buy stuff for everyone you know and have all your friends and family over for a christmas party just like the ones in the ads is more than enough to send anyone into a holiday depression.
There's been a trend in my family to simplify things more and more each year, we stopped exchanging gifts a couple of years ago, and I don't think we're really formally celebrating this year, instead, my parents plan to volunteer at the homeless shelter I work at, since I'll be working all Christmas day.
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