Shit Christmas Things.

I'm moaning a lot on this thread, sound like a right misery.
I'm not. I LOVE Christmas. The tree, decorations, gifts for loved ones, rich food, fairy lights, drinks out, chocolate, party dresses...all good.

Hate landfill, competitive spending, debt, smug social media posts, tat, social pressure, women doing their pan in while the men reap the rewards, shopping shopping shopping, new traditions that cost money and time.

Quality over quantity for me. Less is more.

Turkey is crap I agree. Much prefer a roast chicken or something beefy.

Sitting in a relatives house, who wont ever put the heating on, sat on a fold out chair, at a rickety table borrowed from the scout hut, is crap. Being gifted tat for teenage girls from your in laws, when you're pushing 40, is also pretty crap and I don't care if it sounds ungrateful. I've now got to get rid of a load of teen/tween crap plastic tat from B&N. I have lovely in laws but they buy an insane amount of tat for everyone at Christmas. Bags and bags full! Usually bought in the January sales so always almost slightly out of style/ugly/stuff that no one wanted full price.

Elf on the shelf? Get in the bin.

It’s full of miserable fuckers all the time to be fair 😅

Turkey to me is just boring. Xmas day is special so why do we pay for a massive dry chicken?!

As for party food, we don’t buy it… we have cheese, cold meat, pickles, olives, bread, crackers etc

This year I haven’t drank as I was hungover Xmas eve and refused to do it to myself anymore. It meant I enjoyed Xmas day and Boxing Day without feeling sluggish and headachey from day drinking so I’d say alcohol is overrated at Xmas!

I love turkey, yum.

Correction. Overpriced tat in a shed.

Ours is supposed to be a hilarious one. You're supposed to make it tacky or rude on purpose. I hate the waste of it even though it's a limit of a couple of quid. Mine went almost straight in the bin last year. But I'd probably be considered a party pooper if I didn't join in.

German-style Christmas markets. Always so disappointing. The notion of them is just lovely...the reality, tat in a shed.

Party food - beige shit.

Isn't most of the food that people eat every day beige or beige-adjacent - white, cream, ecru, light-to-medium brown, light pink or peach?

Beige-ish:
most bread/rolls/muffins/tortillas/pizza base
Most pasta
Most noodles
Most rice and other grains
Most fish and seafood

Not beige at all:
Vegetables, with a few exceptions like turnip and parsnip
Fruit, with a few exceptions like banana, apple, pear, coconut
Purple potatos
Black noodles
Red meat
Some mushrooms
A few grains/seeds, like corn or black chia

What are some other good non-beige vegetarian or vegan foodstuffs?

Honestly the only thing I've hated this Christmas is clearing up the kitchen for three days straight!
I've loved having all the different people over at different times over the days and all the presents and fun. I'm knackered now though!

Wasn’t B&H a pound shop Molton Brown when it first came out? It seems quite pricey now for what it is. We’ve got some of their hand lotion, and it’s the weirdest stuff, a bit like watery paint. It feels thin and loose, but just doesn’t sink in. Odd.

But even if it was lovely, a B&H set reeks of Will This Do?

I hate that it highlights my misanthropic nature for all to see! I feel like a clichéd moaning, passive aggressive Mum and Wifey. Thank f**k it's over.

Me too! My stepson gave me one and l was more than happy with it!

All the Christmas hits played endlessly wherever you go.
Christmas films...I can't think of any genuinely good ones that are worth repeated viewing.

Yeah. It's because everyone knows you can pick them up from Tesco when you're there for milk.

If it's say Champneys from Boots I know it cost more than £6 and it won't make my skin feel like I've used paint thinner.

TBF their Goodness range is lovely.

The consumerism.

OMG I do love my turkey dinner, we actually have turkey a few times during the year, we all like it

Party food - well yep thats always been pure shite, a way to part a fool from their money without trying

Before Royal Mail was privatised the cost of stamps went up roughly in line with inflation. Since privatisation the cost has gone up about double inflation.

Elf on a shelf is a bellend and can fuck right off.

What I hate about Christmas is that MN turns into the most miserable place. Full of people fucking moaning about Christmas.

I’m perfectly happy with a B and H gift set. I’m clearly easily pleased. They are useful, saves me buying shower/bath products!

Amount of plastic packaging on kids toys and how. Bloody hard it it to get into them
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Yes! They need banning. Bloody awful.

Don't like that little cunt Elf on a shelf.

Don't like turkey, so don't eat it.

Don't send many cards as they are too expensive to post. £1.60 for a stamp...no wonder Royal Mail has been in trouble for years.

I think it's because their tagline should be "Bayliss and Harding...it's a gesture."

Even though the products actually smell nice and do what they say on the tin, they're the go-to brand for inexpensive, convenient presents.

In laws, I'll leave it there