Futuristic Holiday Avoider Gifts

"Thank you, guys! Finally I don't have to spend Christmas with the annoying family."

'I hate all holidays!'

"I cloned myself to take care of my Thanksgiving duties while I watch football in peace."

"I'd rather be at the office."

"This year let's choose a Christmas card design that reflects the situation the country is in. Let's go for a design that says: Bah humbug!"

Bed of Nails on Holiday

The Hollowdays.

'He's determined not to enjoy himself this Christmas.'

'Your wife didn't do this. I'd recognize your handwriting anywhere.'

'I hate Christmas!'

'Well, you could have fooled me. You look as though you're having a good time.'

"I hope I can make this work, with Thanksgiving just around the corner."

'Why not just serve Thanksgiving dinner in the shoe department next year and be done with it??'

'Don't try to kid me - that whole Rudolph thing is just a publicity stunt, isn't it?'

'Frankly, I don't know what to believe. They say if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.'

'... But, if he knows when I'm sleeping and when I'm awake, isn't that an infringement of my right to privacy?'

"Excuse me, but will you be long?"

Christmas in the Streets.

'I hate doing Christmas cards!'

'I've got to get away from Christmas... I've got to get away...'

Boy Clause

Sorry, I'm too ill to come in today. More medicine please, nurse.

Always looking for ways to increase sales, the creative team at Mayflower Greeting Cards brainstorms new sending occasions.

Scrooge: only-23-days until day after Christmas.

Travel Agents

"There are more things I'm ungrateful than grateful for. Why can't we have a holiday for that?"

Women bathing at the seaside

Christmas Burnout

"I want to believe in Santa Claus, but it's tough in this post-fact, fake news era."

"Bearing in mind that Santa has fact checkers, have you been a good little boy?"

Christmas Family Gliders

"Not only do I need an escape to the beach, I need to escape the beach with a book about someone escaping their life."

'The CEO's computer has cryogenically frozen him until the economy picks up.'

'And for the sports minded. . . there's the £100 trip up to my flat.'

'Don't try to kid me - that whole Rudolph thing is just a publicity stunt, isn't it?'