Christmas nonsense that can get in the sea

[YimYum]

Matching family pyjamas
Matching family jumpers
Photoshoots involving the above
The Elf
Christmas Eve boxes
Hot chocolate stations
Light trails

This is all just absolute nonsense that people are being sucked into by advertising and social media #makingmemories scams.

There, you're welcome. From a Grinch.

Yes! And as the ad is on about every 5 minutes, I think I have a right to say I hate it!

As for my christmas stuff ...

Snowballs. the type you drink. If I wanted sweet egg, I would add sugar to my scrambled on toast.

Blue outdoor lights. Hate hate hate them.

Christmas ads.

I recently came off Facebook because it doesn’t make me feel good looking at everyone’s ’look at me and what I’m doing’ posts. I’m a grown woman so I can only imagine what it does to young people. It’s all nonsense, just enjoy your day out without showing off about it!

*the blasted, GROTESQUE, CREEPY elf
*Xmas eve boxes
*north pole breakfast
*Christmas parties
*the endless bombardment of Xmas songs on the radio when most are utter dirge or are Michael Buble. Only about 4 are tolerable
*matching pyjamas
*Christmas films. Most are utter cheese and/or not funny
*the Christmas tree. It looks nice for about a day then the cats skittle the baubles everywhere, so sick of crawling on the floor every morning reaching to the deepest darkest depths under the sofa, they just get shoved back on any old how, and I want the blasted thing gone as soon as boxing day is gone so I can clean before going back to work
*mince pies
*Christmas pudding
*drunken relatives

I'm pregnant currently and have already decided there will be NO elf (it's CREEPY hideous little fucker anyway), Xmas eve boxes, or north pole breakfasts.

Oh and candles as gifts. Fuck off, they give me a migraine, and I worry about the cats sending it crashing to the floor and causing a fire

No I don't want my house to smell of mulled wine or whatever, I don't even like the stuff and it'll give me a migraine so is the opposite of relaxing!

I am a Grinch and proud.

Recently seeing Instagram posts of London looking lovely with the lights and influencers getting hot chocolates and doughnuts from Borough Market blah blah blah....

When in fact as an adopted Londoner I steer WELL CLEAR of the West End and the City as it is true HELL ON EARTH at Christmas. Sure the lights are nice but the crowds are too much and walking from tube station to tube station trying to get in to use a TUBE when they are closed because of overcrowding is not my idea of fun. The shops are crowded too. Last year I had to queue to get into Fornums. This year I've ordered online. Fuck that noise. I stay in Zone 3 where it's safer.

Don't get me started n Winter Wonderland. A bloody con, all of it.

Christmas at Kew lights can fuck off too wanting to charge me £35 a ticket. JOG ON.

No one is getting anything expensive, it's the THOUGHT that counts.

I've only got the tree up, if you want any other plastic nonsense put out do it your bloody self.

Stockings for pets. NO.

@PlumpHobbit Netflix Christmas films are the worst. They are churned out and all of them basically have the same plot but in a different location.

Oh yes indeed!

I'll add "Christmas magic".

100% with you on this one! Loving watching films under the tree lights but not bloody Elf!

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Hot chocolate station is an area somewhere in the kitchen (normally on the counter top) where you set up jars of hot chocolate powder (or pods), marshmallows, choc bombs, candy canes etc. Normally in festive themed jars

We just have a 🎅🏻 double duvet set, bought for the sofa bed Gdcs share when they’re staying.

Ditto to whoever mentioned cheesy 🎄films, especially if super-corny American. I love a good ghost story for 🎄Eve - last year’s BBC offering - The Mezzotint - was brilliant. Hoping for another good one on the 24th!

@Hayley1256 to me hot chocolate is just an everyday drink - except in a heat wave maybe 😂

I find December is just a good excuse for me to put baileys in it!

Christmas Eve boxes

What a load of shite.

Then join the gym in January?!

Don't need to join a gym, why do you?

Because I'm sure it'll appear any day now...

The fucking on the beach holiday advert with that fucking theme song that I have to scrabble to mute

I know it's a MN favourite so I'm sure I'm not the only one who's not looking forward to it returning (probably sandwiched between horrible cheesy Xmas films, I refuse to watch Elf as it just looks ANNOYING from the stills. And silly. I don't do silly.

I did like the first hour or so of the Grinch, I saw myself 😂 then we all know what happens!)

Michael Buble's Christmas songs...

I think what everyone actually hates is social media.

It’s the smug photos and captions.

Come off social media and you don’t see any of it.

Christmas Eve boxes? What fresh consumerist hell is this?

Words fail me ...it's the kitchen in someone's home.
Hot chocolate station what a load of wank.

Anything to do with pets that implies you think they are on any sort of level with human social life

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