Christmas is a great time for an election!

There's been a lot of talk about this being a Christmas election. The mainstream media has been creating the impression that Canadians don't want an election right now. I think Christmas is the perfect time for an election since there's a lot of similarities between the two.

Christmas	Election
People make lists of things they want and hope they'll get them from their friends	People make lists of things they want and hope they'll get them from their friends in government
People rush around trying to visit as many stores as possible and buy as many presents as they can in the shortest amount of time	Politicians rush around trying to visit as many cities as possible and buy as many votes as they can in the shortest amount of time
People are rude, arrogant, and impolite to other shoppers, drivers, etc.	Politicians are rude, arrogant, and impolite to other politicians, parties, and sometimes voters
Radio and TV are filled with boring, repetitive Christmas movies and songs that have been played every Christmas for the last century	Radio and TV are filled with boring, repetitive political ads that have been played every election for the last century ("American" health-care anyone?)
People open their gifts Christmas Day and fake surprise and elation at receiving yet another useless reindeer sweater	People read the news after election day and fake surprise and elation at yet another useless government program (Gun Registry anyone?)
People go on a whirlwind spending spree then have heart attacks when they get the outrageously high credit card bill in January	Politicians go on a whirlwind spending spree then Canadians have heart attacks when they get the outrageously high tax bill in March
After being revived by the paramedics people realize that they didn't actually come out ahead, since for every present they got for "free" they bought one costing the same, or more, for the person that gave it to them	After being revived by the paramedics people realize that they didn't actually come out ahead, since for every handout or program they got for "free" they paid the the same, or more, for someone else's "free" handout/program
After Christmas people line up for hours and fight each other violently in an attempt to get a deal on a TV or bed that they don't really need	After the election people line up for hours and fight each other violently in an attempt to get a handout or favour from the government that they don't really need
After all the hype, hustle, bustle, and stress, people sit down the day after Boxing Day and think "Hmm, that's it? It's over?"	After all the hype, hustle, bustle, and stress, people sit down after election day and think "Hmm, that's it? It's over?"
People make all sorts of wild resolutions and promises for the new year, and then don't follow through on any of them	Politicians make all sorts of wild resolutions and promises for the next four years, and then don't follow through on any of them