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    12 Christmas Holiday Quirks Which Will Forever Be Traditions

    No matter how thoughtless, predictable, strange or downright risky some of the mainstream holiday traditions may be, people will forever celebrate them because...Christmas.

    There's always some expectation that women dressing up as Mrs. Claus have to dress up like this...

    ...and then there's that guy.

    This guy, too.

    Instead of a fake, 2D dog to ward off predators, thousands of people will decorate their front yards using this contraption to invite them in with a warm, illuminated glow,

    Nothing spells Christmas, wintry wonder like the Buddhist lesson kids learn when they'll build temporary snow sculptures that will soon melt back into the ground.

    Do you, A) kill your neighbors for a 50% discount?

    --Or do you B) Wait until the last minute?

    --Only for them to end up looking like this afterwards?

    Who can forget the last-minute products that make up those last-minute presents!

    Words of wisdom to people who give toys to their pets:

    The least you could do is humiliate them.

    No matter how many times it causes rejection, a piece of foliage over the head is the key to some holiday romance.

    Okay, maybe it's just plain creepy.

    The last time we checked, showing up at someone's door unannounced is trespassing.

    Somewhere along the way, someone decided to put fire-inducing lights on a tree and rows of cloth stockings above a fireplace.

    Someone else then decided to photograph that.

    --As if believing that a strange, large, red man would slide down our chimneys wasn't scary enough.

    It's DEFINITELY not a Christmas worth anticipating unless we adults spend the other 364 days of the year emotionally manipulating children to behave.