Things about Christmas you positively hate

[Dave7]

Presumably not one of the Christian variants?

Don't they all ((CoE, Catholic etc) claim to be Christian?
They weren't 'born again' if that's what you mean.

Edit.
Just realised I have misread your post, sorry.

 

[All uphill]

View: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=jgVyeCcCyw8&feature=shared


It's just another day.

 

[Vantage]

Christmas stopped being fun when my girls grew up and switching to universal credit this year has made things even more unpleasant. I've had a serious falling out with my brother a few weeks ago and I'm giving the snotty obnoxious bast**d the silent treatment. Yesterday I got another slap in the face when my daughter announced that her boyfriends family had invited her over for Christmas day. So Christmas day after visiting mum and granny I'll be on my own.
F***ing awesome.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I can’t stand it, as I find it really stressful. The whole thing is over-hyped and impossible to escape, and I’m sick of the hearing the same songs for six weeks every year on every music radio station and in every supermarket.

Why do people (and I include my own family here) have to make a meal for four people into a marathon event? A fortune is spent on a single dinner that seems to take more planning than a wedding.
Then there’s the same inane question from every Tom, Dick and Harry: “Are you all set for Christmas?“ - No!

It’s like the whole country gets swept along in an uncontrollable fever and you get strange looks when you express a desire to want no part of it.

When I become president, the event will be restricted to December 11th to 25th only, including all related music and advertising. Bah humbug.

 

[lazybloke]

I love Christmas.

Both kids are home, we all take a step back from work and spend time together. Just watching The Santa Claus....

Let's have less hate and more love?

Nothing wrong with a tree, a family reunion and giving presents to loved ones.
My parents are coming over on the big day, for the first time in a few years; so that'll be good.

But it's Boxing Day I'm really looking forward to. Just a long walk with my wife out in the Surrey hills. Away from phone reception.
Because there's so much packed into xmas - it can be overwhelming.

PS Zero out of 10 for unoriginal adverts with red lorries.

 

[cookiemonster]

I don't hate Xmas, I just don't bother with it. I grew up in care so Xmas wasn't something that I celebrated when I was a kid so I don't really bother with it as an adult.

To me, Christmas is 10 days off and a chance to travel somewhere. That's it. I don't get the hype surrounding it. Buying presents for people you wouldn't cross the street to wee on if they were on fire or buying a month's worth of food for one day.

 

[MontyVeda]

mostly most of the Christmas songs... I like the classics from my youth, but Maria and East 17 and Halefeckinlulia just do my tits in

oh, and Lynx

 

[Gwylan]

Jackie Lawson (expletive deleted) cards!
Can't even burn them.

The last resource of a total cad

 

[Brandane]

I can’t stand it, as I find it really stressful. The whole thing is over-hyped and impossible to escape, and I’m sick of the hearing the same songs for six weeks every year on every music radio station and in every supermarket.

Why do people (and I include my own family here) have to make a meal for four people into a marathon event? A fortune is spent on a single dinner that seems to take more planning than a wedding.
Then there’s the same inane question from every Tom, Dick and Harry: “Are you all set for Christmas?“ - No!

It’s like the whole country gets swept along in an uncontrollable fever and you get strange looks when you express a desire to want no part of it.

When I become president, the event will be restricted to December 11th to 25th only, including all related music and advertising. Bah humbug.

Pretty much this ^^^^.
The way some people drone on about Christmas, you would think it was a rare occurrence. It happens EVERY year FFS! And no longer is it a 12 day festival, it has become a season, starting in early November. Completely and utterly unnecessary and pointless. Maybe modern life has made some people's lives so miserable over the remainder of the year that they feel the need to compensate with this madness?
I am off to my brother and his family shortly, and will be staying there for a few days. It should be a pleasant few days and I'm sure it will be, but I will be glad when it is over and I can get back to a normal routine. And anyone who asks me "What are you doing for New Year?" will get a very short answer consisting of 7 letters, 2 words, the second of which is "all".

 

[icowden]

Hmmm.... I mostly like Christmas but on the strong dislike list...

• Wife not telling me what they want for Christmas
• Relentless overbuying of presents
• People buying me socks or smellies that I can't / won't use (sensitive skin)
• Too much food (I always lose my appetite!)

 

[sevenfourate]

A whole thread about Christmas hate ?

Well: move aside grumpies 🤣 Ive got 12 days off work, plenty of time to do as I please and yet another plate of enjoyment to get through here 🤩

 

[derrick]

Christmas stopped being fun when my girls grew up and switching to universal credit this year has made things even more unpleasant. I've had a serious falling out with my brother a few weeks ago and I'm giving the snotty obnoxious bast**d the silent treatment. Yesterday I got another slap in the face when my daughter announced that her boyfriends family had invited her over for Christmas day. So Christmas day after visiting mum and granny I'll be on my own.
F***ing awesome.

Sounds like the perfect day, i have four brothers and three sisters, i only speak to one of them. you can pick your friends but not you family. A few beers with friends over the holiday is fine, just a normal week.

 

[Brandane]

So Christmas day after visiting mum and granny I'll be on my own.
F***ing awesome.

Last Christmas I had covid so had to self isolate (was still testing at my work as it involves vulnerable adults).
It WAS f***ing awesome. No pressure to do anything other than put the heating on, check out what was on TV, and eat normal food in normal quantities. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

[Marchrider]

I think it is the family socialising thing I can't be bothered with - this last weeks been great, just me and the wife, xmas tree up, get the curtains closed early, big open fire on, and we just sit about and read - wonderful

But the morrow, some family coming for dinner, I can't be bothered with it, and then later in the week more family arriving to stay, and they just argue and bicker

beam me up scotty

 

[Dirk]

Feckin' John Rutter's milquetoast carols on Classic FM.