Post #201376 by TikiJosh on Sat, Dec 3, 2005 12:24 AM

Some of these gripes are hilarious! I have to agree with everyone who dislikes Mannheim Steamroller. Just couldn't ever get behind it. My other peeve musically is Hillary Duff's Christmas album. Huh? Who's Hillary Duff and why is she making a Christmas record? I saw the Celine Dion record the other day, too. I told my wife that if she upset me, I'd buy it for her and make her listen to it (mwah ha ha).
And speaking of day after Thanksgiving sales, I have a few stories (though all of them are uncorroborated):

1. The parking lot at our local Walmart was already full at 5am when my wife was getting to work (she works at a Starbucks). The parking lot was FULL. Those parking lots are the size of some European countries! They're never actually full. They can be crowded, but there's always a spot, even if it's a mile away. I guess this time it was actually full. Unbelievable.
2. From the same Walmart, a customer came into my wife's store and related a story about one of her shopping experiences. While in the toy department, she witnessed a woman fighting with a kid over a toy. The woman bit the kid while they were fighting. I'm not sure how this one turned out, but when people start biting each other, it's time to get out of Dodge. That's probably one of the weirdest things I've heard about in ages related to holiday shopping.

And speaking of "holidays" has anyone heard about the city of Boston calling their Christmas tree a "Holiday Tree"? Apparently, using the word Christmas just offends too many people, so now it's a holiday tree. I guess we can use 'em all the time. I plan on getting out my silver christmas tree for Memorial Day, and possibly Martin Luther King's Birthday.