I can’t wait to celebrate the day of the devil!
Halloween is just around the corner and I’m excited!! However there was one particular douchebag that almost killed my buzz yesterday, and it was a customer that I had at work (In earlier entries, I said that I quit my job, but recently, I told them if they desperately needed me then they can always call me).
I asked him if he was excited for Halloween as to which he replied, “No, I’m Christian. I don’t celebrate Halloween.”
“Well I’m Christian, and I’m celebrating it.”
“Then that means you’re celebrating the devil.” He gives me a snotty look, following by a retarded snotty chuckle.
“Ummm…that’s a load of crap. Have you ever done your research before?”
“I know well enough that I’m not going to be celebrating the day of the devil! Good bye.”
Halloween ISN’T a devil-worshipping holiday! Fuck! Halloween was started as an ancient Celtic festival called “Samhain”, and I believe it was the time when they honored and communed with their loved ones who have died. If you want to know more about its origins, then wiki that ish.
I hate it when people have to ruin the joy of something fun and special. I had the same thing happen to my co-worker last year for Christmas. She asked one of our customers if he had any plans for Christmas, and so he answers, “I don’t celebrate Christmas. It is against my beliefs.”
It turns out that this guy was a “Christian” too.
The difference between I-don’t-celebrate-Halloween Christian and I-don’t-celebrate-Christmas Christian, is that I-don’t-celebrate-Christmas Christian actually did his research and willingly gave her a 10 minute explanation on why Christmas shouldn’t be celebrated.
While this had happen, I was actually in another room fixing his glasses, and all I remember hearing was that December 25th wasn’t really the day that Jesus was born. And then I heard him say, “Instead my family and I will celebrate…harvest…grain”.
Seriously, man, if he was talking to me about it, and I wasn’t so much of a pussy, I’d say, “Dude, stop being anal. Shut the fuck up and just celebrate it.”
But yeah…*note to self: if you don’t want to get stuck in an uncomfortable situation, never ask a customer what they’re going to do for the holidays.
I found your blog through a link of a link. I was reading post after post after post. Long story short—I was hooked. It’s 205am here and I should’ve been asleep by 1am: but your blog is the devil and I was lured into it. ;p
Good job Tiff! Keep posting and writing. I’ll be reading forevarrrr. ^_^
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I don’t get it either. I’m Christian and I’ve actually never heard of Christian’s NOT celebrating Christmas, nor did I never hear that Jesus WASN’T born on that day. WTH? Either that or I wasn’t paying attention in Church when I was a kid.
Whatever. At least we get a bunch of holidays out of it. I’ll totally be celebrating it, wine bread and all.
Horray for my favorite time of year!
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I am absolutely, wet-my-pants excited about Halloween. I’ve got money to burn, I’m hightailing it on out to the coolest town in the Southwestern United States (Bisbee, AZ) and I am gonna be Mad Max… fuck yeah.
My parents are coming out from California to visit me and I’m gonna weird ‘em out but good. We all have simple pleasures, mine is to shock my parents and then laugh about their facial reactions for weeks.
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haha this is why i don’t talk to customers beyond whether or not they want a bag and sometimes they can manage to make that painful too… i love xmas and halloween! candy and presents, could it GET any better!!!
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Ahaha some people are just super anal… it’s a holiday and one where you get to go out and have fun and be happy. Geez.
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wow, it’s such an innocent comment and people get all narky about it. =_=”
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i hate people like that.
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LOL, my dad’s Christian and he calls all holidays (Christmas, Halloween, VDay etc) ‘pagan rituals’. He made our family stop celebrating Christmas when I was 12 (he’s kind of a nut job) and I had this really bad emo spell one December during my junior year in college. I didnt wanna go home to my folks in their decorless house =/
We go to cemeteries during All Souls Day and All Saints Day here (Nov 1-2). Well, I stopped going when I was old enough to say no to my mom hehe.
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I’m a Christian. and I celebrate Halloween. I like to play dress up and eat candy. I don’t go around saying, “Praise Satan” same as I know Jews put up Christmas trees without saying “Praise Jesus”.
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I don’t get it. People like him just annoy me. I’m Catholic and I like to dress up and get free candy… candy is good. *sigh*
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