Christmas nonsense that can get in the sea

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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.

I don't do any of these. Might get the dc matching pj's. I do have christmas bedding. But I don't understand why it bothers you if it makes other people happy.

I like matching PJs but I buy decent ones and wear them all year

Have never understood the pyjama thing. As in new or matching.

Also like to add anyone putting up decs in November. Just stop it. November is autumn! 😂

I have been on here a very very long time, under various names.

I would often post similar comments to yours at this time of year and the outrage was always immense.

I am really delighted to see at last we maybe are reaching peak Christmas and the nonsense of children over the age of six ( unless they have learning difficulties of course) believing in Father Christmas; let alone at 12.

Yeh I know about that and that veggie is nicer than vegan…but that’s no good, too dry and dull. Apparently. She won’t eat gravy. Thanks for the thought tho :)

I've always hated Christmas crackers! Hate the stupid paper hats, jokes and plastic tat

If you don't like it don't do it.
I find this annoying superiority about what other people enjoy so boring. Why does it bother you how other people enjoy themselves?

YANBU DH and I are quite Christmassy people, but thank fudge our DC slightly missed elf on the shelf. I could not be doing with that nonsense.

We are big into Father Christmas, even for each other, and lego advent calendars. I make sure DC have Xmas PJs (that they wear all year!) and Xmas jumpers that still fit, schools seem to require them!. They are not matching though. It is really unnecessary and a big waste of money.

It is a shame, as it dilutes the experience, I think. Going into the city centre to see the lights, getting a takeaway on Xmas eve and watching a film are lovely, special things. I think those things are still special for our family as we haven't gone in for the Xmas Eve boxes and winter wonderland trips.

A very senior manager in my professional organisation loved Christmas.

Come 1 December her glass walled office would be plastered with fake snowflakes, stick on ho ho ho merry Christmas transfers and the like.

Within, she would arrange flashing lights, tinsel, a collection of extremely large plush stuffed toys- penguins, reindeer, Father Christmas.

I thought it was utterly, utterly mad and weird.

Arguably the only insufferable thing about this list is the need to show everything off on social media.

The elves are no different to Santa really. It’s just a newer tradition. The light trails are amazing to look at. Hot chocolate stations are a nice idea and reminds me of movie nights when I was young!

The only thing that makes these “nonsense” is the constant me me me posting of them. Like you haven’t done it if it isn’t on your instagram

Who says it’s superior? It’s a thread for us grinches. There are other threads for Christmas so go and knock yourself out in there.

@greengreyblue
From op
'This is all just absolute nonsense that people are being sucked into by advertising and social media #makingmemories scams. '
Sounds like they think they are superior to me.

Me too! Just off to a light trail. Bring it all on. Except matching pjs and jumpers for the kids. They all hate each other on and off and don't want photos together especially my eldest who hates all of us, all the time. My in laws who post cheesy crap on FB are extremely popular and get lots of comments on everything being perfect. We are a bit candid and less popular for it.

The Christmas cheese makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside and distracts from the bickering.

I wondered this too. If it's what I think it is,I would quite like one in my house. 😂😂😂

And bread sauce. Dear god what kind of hell is liquid bread.

December 1st boxes have started appearing on my instagram! 😬

Just let me know the days I’m NOT supposed to make some kind of gift box for my children. It’ll probably be easier.

I think people need to start following an anti elf movement. You could have elves in various states of domestic torment such as:

Elf stuck out in the cold and wet.
Elf in a freezer.
Elf in a blender.
Elf hanging upside down in front of the cat.
Elf scrubbing the kitchen floor.

That kind of thing.

Sanctimonious posts about 'plastic tat' and getting all het up about relatives who refuse to be controlled and don't buy parent-sanctioned wooden toys the children don't want to play with anyway.
Moany posts about your cousin twice removed who has forgotten you are 'allergic' to any bath oil costing less than £20 a bottle, and a failure to understand that your very specific requirements are not the starting point of everyone's Christmas list
A complete failure to grasp that most people who have Christmas bedding, towels etc bring the same ones out every year (10 years and counting) and they are neither tat, landfill nor wasteful

Missing the point of the thread entirely..... Any recommendations?? This sounds divine!

I think we might have reached peak Christmas. I reckon everyone will be over all this insta shite soon.

The thing with Christmas is theres the next generation of parents waiting to take over. There will be something else.

Christmas Pyjamas - DD and I wear ours all year round.

Christmas Jumpers - Vinted for DD when she needs a bigger one, mine are years old.

Elf on the Shelf - absolutely not happening in this house.

Christmas Eve boxes - DD gets a gift bag on 1st December with pyjamas, advent calendar, and a bath bomb. It's also filled with various Christmas bits and pieces we've gathered over the years. I refuse to take part in this Brrrr box nonsense

Hot Chocolate Station. Mugs, hot chocolate and marshmallows are in the cupboard. Help yourself, and you can stir it with a spoon like you normally do.

Light trails...£100 - not a bloody chance.

We love Christmas, we have a wonderful time with family and friends, it's not performative, it's not all matchy matchy, and certainly not ridiculously expensive. All that social media fancy nonsense can definitely get in the bin.

I am a huge christmas fan however i dont like the commercialisation of it. I dont do the elf, matching pjs, family photo shoots, north pole breakfasts.
My kids get an advent calendar, a trip to see santa and a drive round the streets looking at christmas lights. Thats about it and they love it.
I cant stand those people who moan on social media about having to do elf on the shelf. Well if it annoys them so much dont do it. It is not compulsory. None of it is.

OP started this thread as a rant, which can be a laugh, there’s a lot of people taking it very seriously. Half the shit around now is quite irritating especially when explained on here, I mean I hardly grew up encountering Dickensian christmases, but our 80s/90s Christmases were quite bare bones compared to now, and still magical. Those few foil decorations and tiny plastic tree, wallpaper pasting table to eat our Christmas dinner off of, huge quality street tins, my dad slippering his accidentally dropped fag ash into the carpet while watching Christmas specials, ah memories!