Reasons The Holidays Are Annoying

1. Travel
Drive: School to Home
Fly: Home to Memphis, Memphis to Tallahassee
Drive: Tallahassee to Florida Home
(Repeat backwards)

2. Holiday Music
Only appropriate on Dec. 24 and 25, not from Halloween on.

3. Winter
I hate snow. I hate ice. I hate sleet. I hate cold. I hate wearing mittens. I hate that the only way to be truly warm outside is to wear a fleece face mask.

4. Wrapping
Papercuts, running out of tape, running out of wrapping paper and ribbon refusing to curl. After all the trouble, it ends up on the floor torn to bits with no regard to how time consuming it all was. It fills three garbage bags full. The worst is when people act annoyed that your ribbons are difficult to remove.

5. Cost
Too much buying stuff that you're not sure people will even like.

6. Car Stuff
Don't try to find a parking spot and don't try to get anywhere in 30 minutes or fewer.

7. Holiday TV
I don't want to see claymation snowmen or reindeer. I don't want to see A Christmas Story for 48 hours straight on TBS.

8. Santa Look-a-likes
I have seen at least a dozen men who clearly grow out their beards for the holiday season. Some of these men wear Santa hats. Those that don't have lent their hats to men without beards to help them feel less inferior when out shopping at the mall.

9. Perfume Ladies
If you thought perfume ladies in the mall were annoying year-round, try walking by them during the holidays. You'll end up smelling like a French prostitute.

10. Having a December Birthday
I hate when my birthday presents are wrapped in Christmas paper. I hate when people act all put-out that you were born in December, like you chose it.