Yes I fucking hate Christmas!

[SapphireSeptember]

I was on the summer hating thread when it was boiling hot and dreadful. Now the temperature has dropped to a far more reasonable level, so I'm feeling better. But wait, what's this? Christmas songs in every shop I go into? Houses covered in lights? People wearing stupid jumpers? Argh! Now I'm feeling grumpy again! (Actually, that's an understatement, after an eight hour shift of listening to the crappiest Christmas songs known to man I start to feel rather stabby. )
I know I'm being a Scrooge/Grinch/Voldemort/Snape (delete as needed,) but my goodness, does the whole thing wind me up! I want to hide until the New Year.

Me too!! Having just entered a refuge I am nowhere near in the mood for Xmas. Green Day sang it wrong, should have been "wake me up when December ends"

Agree with the Green Day comment! Or possibly January, because things start to pop up in February and make everything start to look pretty again.

Being in a refuge sounds like you've been having a hard time, I hope you're okay now (or will be soon.)

sapphireseptember I'm getting there! Only been here since Sunday x

Then I wish you well in your new life! To get to the refuge in the first place shows immense strength, I think. You'll get there!

I hate xmas too and the stress makes me ill every December. I have an infected eyelid due to being so run down this week. Bought vitamins and minerals to try and avoid illness.

Every year, I worry in case my cats need veterinary help over the xmas period and my older rescue cat has kidney failure and has been very poorly recently, so I'm worried about that now.

The xmas songs in the shops and gp surgery are driving me mad. I'm longing for it to be over. I can't express in words just how bad xmas makes me feel, my body is doing it for me by becoming sick.

I hate it.

I've heard Mariah Carey at least 6 times in 5 days in different places.

The music is still not all Christmas songs, they're being interspersed with 'ordinary' music, but pretty soon, every shop you walk into will be playing Now That's What I Call Christmas on a ducking loop.

fucking loop. Obviously.

I can't wait for January

Hate it here too.

Reminds me of my shitty childhood and suddenly everyone being jolly and nice ( bullshit fakery) and then it going back to shit immediately after christmas ends.

Our local Tesco was pumping music out a few nights ago, wtf is that all about?

I don't want a tree up but OH thinks it will help us get into the spirit CANNOT BE ARSED.

Just put a few pretty lights up, that's all we do. It lifts your spirits at the darkest time of year.

I've been really down so feeling like I can't wait for January to come.
Then I read posts like thelaststraw and i feel guilty as nothing to be down about.

I'm so sorry, you must have gone through hell. Sending you hugs and hope that things improve rapidly for you and your family.