Merry Xmas and Happy Holidays from the Ten Angry Men

In honor of the holiday, here are some Things That Mean Christmas to us.

• The family of 11 who decide to go over their list at the top of the escalator.

• The couple who have a fight and break up in the middle of the store (we secretly love when that happens).

• The loose children who scatter and run wild all over the store, like little fugitive Taliban trying desperately to make it across the Pakistani border.

• The bookstore filled with women chatting away on their cellphones, distractedly wandering about the store, standing in your way as they aimlessly flip thru any book on the shelf. These gals turn the simple act of trying to get to the register into a real life game of Asteroids …

• The woman who breaks out into tears inside the Victoria's Secret, because her boyfriend bought her a garment that is 3 sizes too big.

• The older lady who just cannot understand why her CVS coupon does not work in Walgreen's.

• The couple holding hands, tying up pedestrian traffic for 3 store-lengths behind them.

• The woman in the Hallmark store who insists on reading every single Xmas card and sharing it with her friend, before finally buying the first card she picked up 20 minutes ago.

• The fat guy in a hurry, who whines and moans the whole time he is in line

• The boyfriend, bleary eyed and drooling numbly out of the side of his mouth, who shuffles behind his girlfriend into every single store.

• The couple waiting in line for gift wrap, when the boyfriend suddenly asks "Why the hell are we in line for giftwrap? I thought that's what you were for."

• The sound of her slapping him across the face resonating throughout the store.

• The woman who does not close out her sale until she calls everyone she knows on her cell phone and recites everything she just bought.

• The people who, upon finally reaching the register, are surprised when the clerk asks them for money, and fumble for 10 minutes trying to find their wallet inside their purse/jacket.

• People who insist on signing up for the store credit card, a 15 minute process that ties up the register, both clerks, and a manager, all so they can save 10% on a $40 purchase that we all know will be returned anyway.

• Or the woman who needs help from all 6 of her friends to operate the ATM ("How much should I take out? How much did you take out? What's my password again? What do I do next?")

Image at the top via Drawergeeks.com (found via Kottke.org) Twice a month, graphic artists draw their takes on popular icons. Their Santa page brought us joy)