What Are You Doing Here, Fat Man?!

Strategies for coping with the too-early holiday season
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 1, 2008 2:48 PM CDT
What Are You Doing Here, Fat Man?!
Shattered giant baubles are seen forming an 'untitled' Christmas art installation by British artist Claire Morgan at Selfridges department store, in London, Monday Oct. 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Halloween is over, and you know what that means: It’s Christmas. The annoyingly early holiday cheer is already descending upon us. Jezebel provides some tips for surviving the X-mas blitzkrieg:

  • Be a Halloween extender: If your neighbors can keep Christmas lights up until February, why can’t you do the same with your rotting Jack-o-Lantern?

  • Organize a “Thanksgiving Awareness” squad: Make handprint turkeys, strap a belt-buckle to your hat, and generally do whatever it takes to “take back November for the holiday that truly deserves it.”
  • Skip the holidays entirely: Start planning your New Years parties as though you’ve already survived December.
  • If you can’t beat them: Become a terrible parody of a Christmas lover and milk it for everything it’s worth.
(More Christmas stories.)

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