I'm so glad this thread was resurrected today as I'd like to confess something with impunity.
I HATE CHRISTMAS!!!!
Now don't get me wrong. I don't hate everything about it. I'm a Christian and would happily have a church service to celebrate Christ's birth, give the kids a couple of presents and have a family lunch.So what do I hate?
It's not limited to December. Planning can start anywhere between January and August.
I hate Santa hats.
I hate goofy reindeer antlers.
I hate secret Santas where idiots spend money they don't have on sh!t that their colleagues don't really want.
I hate the incessant parties that people expect you to attend.
I hate having to waste several evenings doing christmas cards.
I hate christmas letters. My wife insists on doing one. I don't want to write one and I sure as hell don't care to read others.
I hate the presents given to our kids by people who hardly know them and certainly don't know what they like, or what we can fit. (I know this sounds ungrateful and I smile and say thank you put it's a pain in the bum.)
But most of all I despise all the crap songs by Wham, Slade, Wizard, Paul McCartney, Band Aid, Bing Crosby etc etc that would have been forgotten long ago had they not been about Christmas.
I'm glad I got that off my chest. My favourite day of the season is Boxing Day when I can breathe a sigh of relief glad that all the pointless hard work is over and I can relax for a few days.