Pet hates. Christmas edition

[Winterfellismyhome]

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

Every year DH cracks the same shit mince pie joke. Whenever someone offers him a mince pie, he gets up, swaggers past in an excessivly relaxed manner, stops and says "oh, sorry, i thought you wanted me to mince by!" Does my head in.. EVERY FUCKING YEAR

I hate that I always worry that I'm not doing enough,not buying enough early on,not makeing enough memories with my DC but the thing I hate most of all is that my Mum and Dad are no longer with me.

My Mum adored Christmas just like I always did but it's bitter sweet now without them being here for me to spoil rotten and even though my Dad would say every year without fail don't buy me anything I don't need anything he was always over the moon with the presents I bought him and he used to go out of his way to tell everyone what I'd bought him and my Mum,I didn't know that he'd been doing that.

The annual silence about who is going to invite mum, and the expectation that we will have her.

My mum’s general negativity that seems to intensify over the festive period. This year I am already hearing why she is not going to various events (peas never cooked; they charge £1 for a raffle ticket etc). She’ll barely get through the door before telling us she doesn’t like Christmas and never has! She’ll then make the annual speech about the kids having far too much. She’ll comment that DH really doesn’t need a second beer (‘I don’t mind anyone having A drink, but really’), and by lunchtime she’ll be telling us that it’s all over for another year.

So yes, for me, it joy-drainers!

My aunt who kept asking me "Why are you bothering with that?" every two minutes while I cooked dinner.
I'm bothering because I like cooking and I like Christmas dinner and I paid for most of the food so bore off!
She contributed a pack of Aldi mince pies and kept going on about how good they were. They were ok.
People who don't like Christmas but insist on foisting themselves on people anyway just so they can spend the whole day moaning about how they hate Christmas. They can bore off too.

People saying "it's not bad working over Christmas as it's quiet", it's always a stressful logistical nightmare where I work for various reasons and the next person who says that is going to get strangled with the office Christmas lights.

House guests

I always see family on Boxing Day and it's always nothing on tv this Christmas was there ? It's probably small talk but drives me mad .

Whoever mentioned Christmas adverts, yes! DH and I sat and watched Christmas adverts from the 80's last night because I said I don't remember them being a story or being full of heart string tugging themes and I was right! It wa elite rally just someone going "BUY A BLACK AND DECKER WORK MATE AT B&Q!" no lengthy, sad music played over a worthy individual. I was those adverts back!

I also loathe people that make a show of how much they hate Christmas, especially in front of kids, fuck off then and don't celebrate, that's fine but don't sit here and tell my excited kids how much you hate the cost/commercialism etc, my daughter is 3, she is just hyped that her jumper has a light up nose on it!

Advent calendars with stuff in

Body wash, cereal, Lego, even pork scratching ones.

The inevitable awful/tasteless/unsuitable/bizarre/inappropriate gift from someone who stands their practically rubbing their hands with glee awaiting your rapturous gratitude.

Elf on a shelf nonsense it isn't a tradition it is just something else for parents to do !

Forced joviality at work. Entirely people's choice to be happy but peoples who expect everyone to be really piss me off.

I'm still laughing at the annual mince by remark

If I feel rain in the air when we go for our after dinner walk.

Every year DH cracks the same shit mince pie joke

My sister does this with wrapping / rapping. Give it a rest this year love eh?

Do you know what I've really laughed at these we aren't so different are we yes to it's all over for another year ! The mince pie joke the bloody relatives I've a confession to make couple of years ago I told my mum his mum that we were going to the others for Xmas ! But actually we were at home!!!!! There's a special place in hell for me isn't there!!!! But we had a blast just the 3 of us I know it should be about the family but I can't stand them for the 364 days a year so wasn't going to ruin Xmas again!!!!!! X

I am pinching the mince pie joke!

The food police.

DD is a veggie, DS has ASD and food issues. There's no way in hell either will eat a turkey dinner so yes, I will be cooking them a pizza each, at least they'll enjoy it. I don't care if it's not the done thing.

adults getting angry at other adults because the dc discussed in the playground that santa is a fictonal character.

It's not strictly a Christmas hate but I can't stand NYE. Also all the holiday and furniture ads from Boxing Day onwards.

MIL uses every single pot/pan/plate/glass...I bloody hate cleaning up the disaster zone after Christmas lunch!!!

Consumerism.
Crowded shops.
Birthdays really close to Christmas.

That Minced by joke made me laugh a bit too much

Also the whole discussion of where to spend Christmas. My in laws I think would ideally like us over every year