Things about Christmas you like. This is not for the Grinches of the forum.

[fossyant]

Me

Relaxing two weeks and no ruddy emails.
Ride my bike if I want to
Cheese
Wine
Nice beer

Very quiet for us. Daughter at boyfriends till Christmas Day, son away till Boxing Day. Me and MrsF will have a wander out to grab a meal at a nice pub locally this evening (Xmas Eve) before we do the meal at home tomorrow.

Watching cheesy Christmas Moves, Die Hard, close Encounters (on now whoop).

We stopped the silliness with presents for all of us on my side, but we just buy for the kids. None of us need anything.

It's much different with grown up kids but I like the time to relax.

To top it off were escaping for some Vitamin D on 10th Jan in Madera for a week.

 

[Brandane]

Yebbut.... Maybe the "Grinches of the forum" have things we like about Christmas, as well as things we don't?
So I am replying to your thread for the sake of balance!

Things I like about Christmas:
The break from work (although for most of my working life I worked shifts through the whole "holiday" period, so that didn't apply. In fact it made it even worse. However that was then, this is now).
The buzz around most pubs in the week leading up to Christmas.
An excuse to catch up with some people that I rarely see otherwise.
SOME of the Christmas songs are quite listenable (but only for a limited period, NOT beginning in November).
Good food being supplied by others.
Chocolate in abundance. Same for Guinness and Jamaican rum.

And that's about it!

 

[wiggydiggy]

Getting to say 'Its Christmas' as an excuse whenever someone complains about me eating too much, drinking too much or spending too much!

 

[ColinJ]

Ooh, tricky. Let me think...

Ah yes - It is the time of year when the evenings start getting lighter again!

 

[wiggydiggy]

He's on his way!


View: https://www.youtube.com/live/_CW-kS4PbU8?si=99kiKNQepl6Affij

 

[fossyant]

Jobs done, two cars snow foamed and washed ready for Santa to not think we are scruffs. Maybe I should be the 'elf on the shelf' and spray snow foam down the street tonight ?

 

[sevenfourate]

Me

Relaxing two weeks and no ruddy emails.
Ride my bike if I want to
Cheese
Wine
Nice beer

Very quiet for us. Daughter at boyfriends till Christmas Day, son away till Boxing Day. Me and MrsF will have a wander out to grab a meal at a nice pub locally this evening (Xmas Eve) before we do the meal at home tomorrow.

Watching cheesy Christmas Moves, Die Hard, close Encounters (on now whoop).

We stopped the silliness with presents for all of us on my side, but we just buy for the kids. None of us need anything.

It's much different with grown up kids but I like the time to relax.

To top it off were escaping for some Vitamin D on 10th Jan in Madera for a week.

Very similar. Just swap Madeira for Tenerife.

Enjoy the hols, nice food and free time 😁

 

[stephec]

Not going to work

Beer

And cheese is for life, not just Christmas

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

The only thing I like about Christmas is the Brewdog advent calendar. Mind you it’s the 24th and I have only imbibed of 1, 2 & 3 ( I do drink them in day order even though it’s not the right date).

 

[Moon bunny]

The lights and decorations.
Seeing ma and my sibs.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

On the day; being with family, exchanging gifts, playing silly board games, charades, sampling my favourite cheeses and beers.

 

[stephec]

Santa Claus the Movie.

 

[raleighnut]

Getting it over for another year

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Getting it over for another year

Lucky you!

 

[JtB]

The birth of our Saviour.