Pet hates. Christmas edition

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Ill start. People who put the empty wrappers back into the Quality Street tub 😡

People who get overly invested in what other people choose to do or not do.
'omg your tree is up already? We put ours up at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve then burn it in front of the kids on boxing Day morning'
Or...
'omg why isn't your tree up yet, don't you know it's only 59 days until Christmas Eve?'

'Omg you must have turkey otherwise it's not Christmas'
Or...
'omg, you can't have Yorkshire pudding with turkey, that must only be eaten with beef'

How about you do what suits you and I'll do what suits me and we'll happily stay as different people.

Blue Christmas Lights.

Basically anyone telling me what I can and can't do on Christmas day. If I want to slob in front of the TV watching die hard eating my weight in chocolate, pringles and cheese, I bloody well will. And I look forward to doing that from November.

I don't like that it now seems 'cool' and the in thing to hate Christmas, for no reason. Yet they still want presents? If you hate it, you get nothing, it's another day to you right? So shut up, enjoy your 'just another day' and don't expect presents and turkey.

Ah yes, glitter. The herpes of Christmas.

@AlpacaPicnic

What?? Who says you can't have Yorkshire puddings with Turkey? That's bonkers. Yorkshire puddings with everything!

Presents!

DH getting the credit for Christmas dinner.
Every sodding year I buy and plan everything. On Christmas eve I make the red cabbage, make sauces, peel everything, prep everything, set everything so all it needs is bunging in the oven. I also clean the kitchen.
On Christmas DH makes a big deal about having to cook, everyone starts to help (turning the oven on and waiting for it to heat up). Cue loads of 'what a wonderful man cooking whilst his wife drinks comments.
Afterwards who gets the sodding praise??????
DH
And who gets to clean up because he did the cooking??????
Muggins here.
And the reason I drink from 8am is because I find his parents obnoxious.

Cemetarygates, I agree 100%

Our favourite dinner is one of the plate sized yorkies filled with... Well, anything really! Sausages and mash, chicken and mini roasties, roasted vegetables... Anything goes in a Yorkie as long as there's gravy!

Incidentally, I know a woman who divorced her husband because he wouldn't let her have Yorkshire pudding unless they were eating beef. I mean, it wasn't the only reason but it was an example of his controlling behaviour so she LTB!

I can't actually think of anything apart from trying to 'do' Christmas on very little money. I suppose 'debt' is my Christmas pet hate. That and the cutbacks that have been a massive contributing factor to our debts

Christmas themed tat. I love Christmas but the single use flimsy crap, and the special themed stuff that sits in a cupboard 51 weeks of the year, just no

The only thing I hate about Christmas is that it appears to start in October. I love Christmas and I don't want the festive feeling diluted into a long, advert-filled drag.

Organised fun.

Work Xmas do last year the organised fun police took over and forced us into teams to do "activities" after work with occasional drinks. The only rule was your team couldn't be made up of anyone you knew or worked with regularly.

Unfortunately I started with a "stomach bug" that morning so couldn't take part. What a shame.

Things appearing in shops before October.

But for me the worst is people always asking me what I'm doing. I'm struggling right now and hearing the "oooo you can't be alone there must be someone willing to take you in" will probably result in tears. Not that I'd spend it with anyone else, I'm struggling so much I'd just ruin it for anyone else, it's the people who go out of their way to try and get others to take me that really irk me or the ones who offer and should I say yes suddenly change their minds and say they only offered because they thought I'd say no!

This has been a particularly bad year for me usually I'd be able to brush it off much easier but this year it's difficult.

People should do what they want/need to and let others get on with what they want to do.

When relatives ask what can I get for ds or dd and when you say not sure cause I'm not they keep asking . It annoys me I spend a lot of time thinking of nice gifts so now I've got to thing for other people too

I also hate that the shops are so busy just been out for a few bits and it's busy everywhere traffic ridiculous too
Christmas markets annoy me too overpriced tat and no where to sit and £5 for a German beer in a plastic glass .

My husband every year "helps" with the Christmas dinner, no he doesn't all he does is turn the oven on.

Just the sheer amount of bodies in every space!
I went to town last weekend ... and cried, social anxiety ftw!
There are 11.5 months to plan this, why does everyone like into the high street at the same time! 😭

People with full trolleys packed with massive amounts of food when the shops are only closed for 2 days...then throwing the majority of it out because 'they are fed up of eating all the time', and want 'normal food again', don't bloody buy so much then..yes, I do mean you Mother!

Christmas cards. Bits of pointless cardboard that go in the recycling on Boxing Day in the New Year.

Mulled wine. Bleurgh, nobody needs hot wine.

Alcohol worship. Boring. Even worse: 'middle class' Prosecco/ gin smug alcohol worship.

Blue Christmas lights.

I love Christmas, but my budget is so small this year

Flashing Christmas lights every sodding where - I've epilepsy that's induced by flashing lights and at the moment not controlled well.

Are non flashing ones really that awful? Even the ones being put up locally flash this year.

My sister's annual terrible nausea as soon as dinner is over, meaning she has to go and lie down and not help wash up.
When people put empty After Eight wrappers back into the box.
My mother will buy alcohol as presents then when you drink it, will sit and sigh "You shouldn't drink so much you know, maybe this should be your last one."

I'll take your People who put the empty wrappers back into the Quality Street tub and raise you after eight wrappers fuckers

Agree with the forced fun.

Fuck off with your fun Christmas themed game you found and endless rounds of who’s in the bag.

It’ll be you in a minute with a couple of bricks.

Just let me fester in my overindulgence,

Current pet peeve is the people aghast at me spending Christmas on my own! I'm so looking forward to it... I can eat what I want, watch some DVDs and enjoy myself, and possibly go for a walk play on the swings in the park, then have a nap without feeling guilty. Bonus is I'm not working on Boxing Day this year!