“Christmas doesn't feel like a holiday anymore. It feels more like a mainstream obligation to buy things for people most likely to buy us things, so we're not embarrassed by the perception of not caring for them. It's a product marketing season that starts earlier every year, replacing Halloween candy on the store shelves with Santa Claus. It's the most insufferable time of the year.” Santa ClausCorporate GreedScroogeChristmas QuoteBah HumbugGrinchHoliday QuotationsWorst Holiday Author:Kianu Starr
“Inside, the festivities would continue, probably well into the night, with flirtation and merriment and gratuitous use of mistletoe. It was an inexpressibly wearying thought.” HolidaysMerrimentBah Humbug Book:The Mischief of the Mistletoe Source: The Mischief of the Mistletoe
“I actually hate Christmas," says Eileen. "Everybody has this idea you have to have a good time, like happiness comes in a ruddy packet." Her face is flushed with heat. "One time, I stayed in bed all day. That was one of my best Christmases.” ChristmasBah Humbug Book:Perfect Source: Perfect
“...If I could work my will," said Scrooge indignantly, "Every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!" "Uncle!" Pleaded his nephew.” HumorChristmasBah Humbug Book:A Christmas Carol Source: A Christmas Carol