Reasons to hate Christmas: the Scrooge thread

[TheWoodsareDarkandDeep]

Vent here...
For me, the weight of everyone’s expectations

My mother. My husband. Both can fuck off

I am at work for the 12 year out of the last 13. But I don’t actually mind that much because I don’t want to have to be festive! However it is also 45 degrees outside and all my friends have left town for Christmas
I guess I am lucky in a way as no expectations on me except not to let my crankiness out too enthusiastically...

I’m so fucking tired because my dog has had the shites for three days and I’m sitting in a pigsty of a kitchen. My cold sore is making the complete left side of my face sore, including the roof of my mouth, teeth, eye is dry and sore and I need to wrap the presents. Why the duck did I have friends around for lunch earlier. Merry fucking whatever!

Merry Christmas to you all.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Don’t you come in here with your niceties,
KaptainKaveman. Can’t you see I’m having a rant?! goes off grumbling. Fucking Merry Christmas

Everyone expects me to give the kids a huge pile of shite loads of clothes and books and chocolate reality it I buy clothing 365 days of the year books the youngest dont read and have thousands of chocolate? Fucking seriously? THEY NEVER SLEEP CHOCOLATE ISNT HELPFUL and there is no point to tat because his other family buys it so in just not wasting my time money and effort this year

I have never felt less festive. And that is saying a lot

I can’t cope with all the lying to children about Santa Claus. It’s wrong.
It scars children emotionally and leaves life long scars when you find out your parents and all these adults have lied to you from your youngest and most trusting age.

I really don't get it all that fuff for 1-2 days ... as I am not religious, kids don't believe in Santa anymore, the weather is usually shite & we have plenty of family get togethers throughout the year! And don't start me on all the plastic tat, forced card & gift giving / receiving, ...

I really really hate how busy the shops are, and town in general.
Definitely the huge pressure of expectation, and not from my dc! It's my dm and other family adult members who are the worst. I'm having my first Xmas with just me and my 2 dc this year and it's going to be awesome.

I get pissed if that Christians appropriated the period of pagan celebrations and turned it into a Christian celebration. They also say Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus, while putting up the pagan symbol of a decorated tree. Bad naughty Christians should all be on Santa’s naughty list.

I hate it, it's a load of shite. However, this year it's helped me a little bit to accept the stress and impossibility of pleasing everyone and view it as 'work'.

To me there are two different types of Christmas experiences in the world.

1. Those who receive Christmas, enjoy all the benefits of someone else's labour.

And

1. Those who 'make' Christmas..ie the likes of me, there's no time off, there's no pay, no thanks. Just relentless slog and organising. God forbid you should actually pollute the receivers pleasure with your selfish exhaustion or desperate desire to clock off! Ahhh well, it's nearly over, thank fuck!

👐

MIL just had huge meltdown over innocent comment made by teenager. Merry ducking xmas.

I want to feel festive and fun and merry, I really do.

But I'm the only person who can make Christmas happen - I have to do this for my elderly disabled parent who still wants the day to be nice and keep up the old lovely traditions we're used to even though things can't really be the same, and I'm sad about all that. DH is with me which should help, but he's frankly as much use as a chocolate teapot on a practical level. I just can't understand how a grown man can be so utterly clueless. And he simply doesn't grasp any of how I feel about this, or seem able to think 'hmmm, DW is doing all the work - maybe that's not right'.

Tomorrow we have family coming and I have to cook the dinner for all of them and quite frankly I'm dreading it. I work harder at Christmas than at any other time of year. It felt like today was never-ending

(That was long. Sorry)

Every fecker is so damn loud - they can’t even walk without slamming their feet, and our house is semi detached......my neighbour must hate me.......

Every fecker is so damn loud - they can’t even walk without slamming their feet, and our house is semi detached......my neighbour must hate me.......

Are you my neighbour? 😒

@PlanDeRaccordement yes!!!! Just had another conversation today with a family member who was utterly devastated we are not 'doing santa' for our toddler. (I cried myself to sleep each year, scared shitless of an old man breaking into my house, and worried if I was on the 'naughty list')

Working in a supermarket is enough reason to hate Christmas, also I'm single, childfree and my family live miles away and I won't see them till January, so I'm going to be on my own. I didn't mind it last year but this year I'm feeling it.

I have just got out of bed to put stuff in stockings. The ONE job I told DH to do as I went to bed earlier.
And I have to pretend all is OK , despite having the worst year ever. Can't wait for it to be all over.

It bothers me that Christmas is supposed to be all about the birth of Jesus, yet he is almost completely left out. It seems like Christmas is all about Santa Claus/presents/unrealistic expectations/sky high expenses/debts/stress/exhaustion...

None of this makes sense, I feel for Jesus and I’m not even a Christian.

Waiting to see what dh will drink on Christmas day, usually starts drinking wine while cooking and ends up shitfaced at night. Told me he had been prepping veg yesterday while I was at work but all I can see are a tray of parsnips so he's done fuck all and will spend all day in kitchen being a time wasting tosser.

Waiting to see if he gets shitfaced for another day

I enjoy seeing the kids doing Christmassy things and craft things but I really loathe the running round beforehand and all the crap the schools try to squeeze in meaning two weeks of tat taking,outfits.xmss jumpers,plays,parents evenings and money raising efforts costin a small fortune.
Add to that it's my busiest time of year at work and dh decided two days ago his viral cold and chest that we've all had hs rendered him useless unless it involves what he wants to do.
His sad face is making me want to punch him when he constantly says "what else do we have to do"

Well let me see dh
All the things thatvalways need doing on Xmas fucking eve

Have decided we are going away next year and everyone else can sod off

DM can fuck off. Every year is hard with her. I spend ages agonising over the perfect gift and it is never good enough. This year's was met with "is that it?". Unbelievably fucking rude. Made worse by the fact DSis isn't bothering to see her, let alone give her a gift and that's all just written off.
I hated Christmas as a kid. Christmas meant a day of her crying, complaining about DF and more crying. It wasn't something to be celebrated. It was shit.

I’m miserable. I have woken up with a horrible cold. This is the first Christmas ever I haven’t been with my twin and she’s had a shit year and I just want to look after her. Already had a squabble with DH. He’s he so controlling and the only conversation we have is him asking why I’m doing something and him telling me I’m wrong. Makes me feel suffocated.

Family. Having my first DD in one week.. I'll make my own Christmases then.