As we get older, I think we start to forgetting why we love christmas. I know that sounds incredibly cheesy, but hear me out. When you’re young, christmas is about getting presents and eating food. End of story. As we get older, christmas is about fighting hoards of people to acquire the most desirable gifts, struggling to pry open candy cane wrappers with our teeth, carefully organizing and re-organizing decorations and tree ornaments, and let’s not forget forcing open presents while posing for photos and watching you’re cat fight and twitch to get that carefully placed bow off of his tail.
Okay, that still sounds pretty awesome, but I’m sure there are still people who feel like they’ve forgotten how to enjoy christmas. To help those people, I’ve decided to create a list of things to do this holiday, even though christmas is technically over. Why am I doing this? Well, it certainly has nothing to do with what I got for christmas. I mean, it’s not like I got a laptop and am looking for an excuse to type on it or anything. Pshhhh, what are you even talking about? I’m doing this because I care about people! I’m not in a better and more christmas-y mood because I got a MacBook Pro or anything! GET OFF MY BACK!
Anyway…
1. Eat Food
Food is good and food will always be good. If you’re on holiday, visiting people, or chilling at home, EAT UNTIL YOU CAN NO LONGER STAND IT! I do believe it was Louis CK who said, “The meal is not over when I’m full, the meal is over when I hate myself!”
Words to live by. When it’s christmas time, there is never a shortage of food. Ever. There’s something about eating food that makes you less cranky, especially when its good food, like pie and ham and a sh#t load of mashed potatoes. It’s really hard to be in a bad mood when you’re eating mashed potatoes.
2. Talk to People
Is it fun to sit in your room all day and play Skyrim? Yes, I’m sure it is, but if you really want to feel a little christmas-y, you should probably talk to people. Whether it’s family, friends, or hobos, talking to people about christmas or around christmas time can drastically improve your mood. I’m not saying you have to chat with the *shiver* in-laws all week, just don’t act too distant or you immediately become grinch-like.
3. Watch Holiday Specials
Do you hate cheesy holiday specials? Good, so do I. However, there are some people who enjoy the really cheesy ones, and I encourage those freaks people to indulge this time of year. For people like me who don’t like cheesy specials, find non-cheesy specials (usually on comedy channels) or watch something that’s not christmas-y at all, and yet still reminds you of christmas for some weird reason.
OR you could watch a marathon of some sort. I know for a fact that the Comedy Network is doing a Big Bang-athon, a Corner Gas-athon, and some leftover Celebrity Roasts this holiday season. I think there might be a South Park and a Simpsons marathon as well.
I don’t know if you people share my love of marathons, but they always feel very holiday-ish to me.
4. Watch a Holiday Movie
Again, some people hate cheesy holiday movies, and again, there are other solutions. For example, during the holiday season several movies are played often even though they have little to no christmas content. Just the other day I watched The Sound of Music. Well, part of it at least.
One of my favourite sort-of-but-not-really-christmas-movies is About a Boy. For those of you who have not seen this movie, it’s about a really rich bastard who does nothing for a living. His dad wrote a famous christmas carol a while back, so he just lives off of the royalties. Meanwhile, there’s this kid named Marcus who is kind of poor and lives with his suicidal and divorced mom. When Will (the rich bastard) tries to hook up with a sh#t load of single moms, he ends up meeting Marcus, and then (surprisingly) funny stuff happens.
Wow, what a descriptive summary. Seriously though, it’s really good. Probably in my top ten favourite movies of all time.
Like I said with the holiday TV shows, it doesn’t have to be related to christmas, it just has to make you feel like christmas.
5. Buy Stuff For People
One of the best things about christmas is receiving presents. Unfortunately, you can’t force people to buy you stuff, but you can buy stuff for people. Think of it this way, if you want a present and you give someone a present, in an alternate backwards dimension you are actually receiving a present since someone (yourself) got you one.
…It makes a hell lot more sense in my head.
Also, don’t be afraid to shop for yourself a little. There’s nothing wrong with buying something you really want like a new MacBook Pro when it’s christmas 
Suddenly, christmas comics.
I swear to god, this is my family
Every damn time!
The future is bright
HOLY SH#T THIS IS MY CAT!
I'm sorry, but I had to include it!
