Christmas shopping stories

this is why i finished my christmas shopping for this year several months ago

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When my son was little he was a big fan of the Power Rangers. The year they all came out with the different zords that you could get and combine into MechaZord, it was pandemonium. A coalition of our friends with kids the same age got together in the, seemingly, fruitless hope of getting the Red and Pink rangers and..some kind of dinosaur zord..can't remember wtf it was now. Everything else was easily available, but those. We would do a round robin. When we found out a store was getting them, they would usually open at like 5am or something equally idiotic for people to fight their way in. I was doing really badly on my turns. Everyone else had managed to get at least a couple, but I was striking out right and left. I finally get to Toys'R'Us and run through the store like some kind of possessed moron and get to them. I managed to grab 2 reds and pink and the holy grail...the zord. As I'm walking away, there's a man trying desperately to get into the mob with a kid about 9 in a wheelchair, bald, obviously under chemo treatments. He's talking to the kid about getting him a zord, but it's obvious he's terrified to leave the kid. So I gave him the zord then ran back in, but alas, they were all gone.

The following week I get to Kaybee Toys and right as I'm reaching for the zord, a woman pokes me with a knitting needle. I swear, right in my side. While I'm going, wtf?? she grabs the zord and starts trucking out of the crowd. So I tripped her and took it back. Proud, no. True, yes. There were several words exchanged about the knitting needle (she had apparently gotten like 3 other people), but when she realized we were quite likely to smack the crap out of her, she went away.

I have never since done anything to get that kind of stuff and will actively boycott companies that come out with things like Elmo and toys they know are going to be uber popular in limited numbers to pump up the price. But, the dedication of a mom getting a stupidass toy because it's the only thing the kid really wants for Christmas, has asked Santa at least 10 times for (he still believed) and all you want is to make their eyes light up when they open that present.

OMG!! WHAT A BITCH TO STAB YOU WITH A KNITTING NEEDLE!!Who the hell did she think she was Jamie Lee Curtis?? I don't blame you for boycotting those ridiculous sales,my daughter always tries to get me to go,I'm not an early bird!!

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Im sure i have a few, but want to post this since i just got asked to babysit my nephew while my wife and her sister goes out on black friday at 3 am, since one of the malls is trying it this year. The whole mall is doing it in Deleware! As long as i have leftovers and fearnet, ill be fine! PS XMAS tradtions in the house, we watch christmas vacation right after turkey dinner of thanksgiving. Full belly and tons of laughs to start the season right!

ooo! holiday traditions are wonderful things. the day after thanksgiving my family puts up our christmas decorations. christmas eve we attend mass at my dad's church, come home and watch the 1951 A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim as Scrooge and play rummy while sipping tea or hot chocolate or coffee.

I want a battery powered hat that says "Gas, Grass or Ass, nobody rides for free!" that lights up.

get me a die-cast miniature engine block or a used tire