Shit Christmas Things.

The overflowing of bins. Fighting with bins. Trying to piece together a bin like cardboard jigsaw puzzle by crushing one million cardboard items to their smallest size to fit in the recycling bin

All the crackers haters, try making them. We did it this year and put nice chocolate inside. Kids helped me and we put extra in one lucky cracker so they were excited to see who got that on Christmas day. All the materials were recyclable

Being really ill over Christmas and Christmas last year is shit.

I'm making sure I have absolutely anything and everything to do with Christmas sorted by the 14th of December next year in hopes that resting before Christmas will stop me getting ill next year.

Turkey I love,I think we must be very lucky because we've never had a dry one yet and party food I know what you mean,I think I'm going too make more of my own party food next year rather than buying most of it in.

Quality Street used to be in massive tins but more importantly was Mcintosh's then Nestle bought it and ruined it like everything else they get their filthy claws into. They are a company everyone should boycott!

Has anyone ever cooked a goose?
One year I was with a date and we stopped by his sister’s house and she mentioned she had a goose in the oven.
This was bizarre because this was a small town deep in agricultural California where everybody just had turkey for Christmas, no big deal.
I thought I was in a Charles Dickens novel.
Where the hell did she even get a goose?
I should’ve asked her but I didn’t want to come off like a country bumpkin like I am now.

I don't dislike turkey but it's tougher, dryer chicken. There's a reason it's not eaten year round.

Similarly, most Christmas deserts are fine, but worse than you have the rest of the year.

Tradition basically means ignoring that food has generally improved.

Also agree with whoever said Quality Street and Roses - both are awful.

Nativity plays. Not that they aren't lovely, but I wonder about the wisdom of penning several classfuls of small children, their parents and grandparents in a stuffy unventilated hall for an hour slap bang in the middle of bug season.

Pigs in blankets. The bacon is always soggy and the sausages don’t get browned because they’re wrapped in the soggy bacon.

This thread just goes to prove that Christmas is wasted on some people.

I don't remember any Christmas I've not enjoyed.

I agree about (most) Christmas music.

I don’t like that Christmas normally falls short of our expectations. This year, as well as the usual arguments and petty disappointments, we’ve had… Christmas flu.

Mince pies and Christmas pudding. If they weren’t full of festive nostalgia I’d never bother with either.

I can’t decide if panto is a great British Christmas tradition or something really naff and dreadful.

December is ruined by xmas every year

I love your overuse of shit. It’s right it’s all shite.

Pre-made shop bought party food is totally shit. It's all beige colour
Xmas tv is shit. I've recorded G&S and Wallace and gromit but not watched either yet
27th - 31st is shit. Boring. Nothing going on.
Nye is shit and over hyped
Bayliss & harding is cheap nasty shit
Xmas pjs/Xmas eve boxes all shit
Elf on the shelf is the shittiest thing ever
The grinch is utter shite

Go to a farmer, buy one not killed in October (at latest)
I kid you not.

I hate Christmas TV with all the endless films, specials etc. I just want regular TV schedules back. Especially true crime and police programmes.

As for turkey- been a veggie my whole life so I don’t get it. It seems like a stupid American tradition that has been imported over here.

Roast dinners aren’t my favourite anyway as I prefer spicy food.

Had turkey at FILs this year. It was delicious.

Wrapping paper is great. I'd hate to receive unwrapped gifts. The unwrapping is a massive part of the fun.

I love pretty much all of Christmas.

My only two dislikes are:

Christmas markets. We went to the one in Bruges this year. The crowds were awful, the market itself was underwhelming, and the queues meant you couldn't get near the stalls anyway.

I had a second dislike, but it can't have been that bad because I've forgotten it already!

Poor turkey I blame Matthew’s. Let’s work hard all year and kill an animal and stress over it I’m not a veggie I wanted lamb. What I got was a dry turkey I cooked 😂. Never again 👍

Ha ha 🤣 that's a lot of extra ingredients and work to make a dry tasteless turkey start to be edible.

I’m heading to M&S tomorrow to buy some beige food. Actually just the mushroom vol au vents. When I saw them advertised it took me back 30 odd years to my late mums superb Christmas spreads ( she would have nailed Great British Bake Off, she was so talented). We lost her 28yrs ago and there isn’t a year goes by when I don’t miss her baking.
We are having a very quiet Christmas this year but so far I nailed the turkey and the roast potatoes. Just a joint of beef for the weekend and Yorkshire puddings ( I’m a purist so don’t serve Yorkshire puddings with anything else.
I recently used my air fryer to roast a joint of beef it was amazing. Not sure this one will fit though. I used wagyu beef dripping from Aldi for the roast potatoes and they were delicious so I need to pop in and buy more. It will be perfect for the Yorkshire puddings.

Jeez sorry that was a long reply

I LOVE my Christmas dinner, including the turkey. I’m having a turkey sandwich for lunch tomorrow and already looking forward to it.

I dislike very little about Xmas. It’s my favourite time of year.

Things I agree with from this thread though - overpriced Xmas markets. Why can’t they just be genuinely nice and fairly priced?

Being forced / feeling obliged to spend time with people I would rather not. I am trying to be better at not doing this, though the pressure is immense. And I’m not a horrible person so wouldn’t have BIL on his own even though he is lazy, doesn’t contribute financially or in any way really. This frustrates me and I started to feel resentful. Which I don’t want to feel.

Christmas Eve boxes are a waste of money - we fill a gift bag on the 1st December instead with Christmas jammies and other Christmas themed things that my kids use during December - fancier hot chocolate, Christmas slipper socks, nice Christmas sweets / chocolate, christmas mug etc No plastic tat and I try to limit it to items that are useful.

Party food is generally rotten and bland…some exceptions - I don’t mind a halloumi fry or tempura prawn 🤣 I much prefer nice dips, olives, cured meat, smoked salmon blinis etc.

What I don’t like is the pressure to get everything done. I put a lot of pressure on myself to have a pristine house - only for people to come and it to be an absolute tip!!

The elf doesn’t bother me. It’s fun for the kids

Me too! I have turkey salad for lunch 2-3 times a week all year round.

Haven't had turkey since I first had goose 20 years ago. Been either duck or chicken since.
I hated family Christmases, there was around 20 people and I inevitably had bronchitis.
Now I'm on my own and it passes my by as if its another day.
I do still look at NORAD's santa tracker though.

Never eaten a turkey I liked so we don't do it.

Not a fan of Elf on the Shelf. It was fun when it started but it's just boring now.

Adult presents. I don't want to buy them or receive them (apart from a box of fancy chocolates from my DH). Especially when we have made an agreement with other adults to not do presents and they then on the day they show up with a present anyway.

I do love the smell of an B and H gift set and would prefer to receive that in a secret Santa that some of the horrors I’ve seen on here and TikTok!

Absolutely agree with the beige buffet food! Cannot stand the stuff! Hate it even more at Christmas because it suddenly because expensive beige crap!

Have to disagree on the turkey though! We’ve always cooked it to the exact timings recommended on a “roast timer” app or web page and removed from the oven as soon as the timer rings and checked the internal temp with a meat thermometer - without that, there would always be the temptation to leave it in the oven for another 15 mins to be sure and also be a sure way to dry it out. It’s always tasty and not dry. This year, we popped our meater thermometer in the oven whilst cooking and it was cooked 25 mins before the recommended cooking time on the apps etc! We trusted the process and it was absolutely delicious. We are lucky enough to have a local butcher that is very similar in price to the supermarket.

My personal hate is elf on the shelf. We’re lucky enough to have avoided it so far.