I hate Christmas.

[Blueuggboots]

Every year, it just makes me unfathomably angry.
I hate all the fuss, I hate turkey, I hate sprouts. I hate that people eat them just because “that’s what you do”.
I hate having to spend time with people I don’t really want to spend time with and pretend it’s all lovely.
I hate so many Christmas songs especially when people “put a spin” on them. Silent night is a really depressing song and it doesn’t matter how you sing it, it’s still depressing.
I’m going away next year to avoid it.

I hate Christmas. It’s something to be endured and I feel great when it finally is over.

Christmas music in shops - shut the fuck up with these songs that have been so overplayed. Irritating as fuck. For weeks/months beforehand. I go to the shops because I need something - not to have a sensory assault.

Mega pressure on some people, but not others. Parents, hosts etc. Obligatory visits. I want peace.

Forced or expected festiveness. What the fuck is that anyway. What are you “festive” about. For 99% of us it has nothing to do with Jesus.

I actually struggle to understand how adults get excited about this non event. I can understand people relishing time off work, spending it with their family at home, but unless you have small kids for whom it’s exciting, how can an adult be excited over this. Be excited to holiday in a new destination, to take on a challenge, to better yourself. Absolutely. But excited about what exactly, at Christmas?

The cost, the waste…

I do enjoy the food, but I enjoy almost all foods. We do the dinner with a chicken instead.. Turkey is a waste of money and chicken is nicer anyway.
Milk

The inane “are you ready for christmas”. I’m ready for it to fuck off.

I cant get over you hating sprouts 🫣
I am a lover of sprouts, OMG they are the food of the Gods.

Just saying....

I hate the consuming, the focus on getting and buying. Buy more food! Don't want to look stingy! Buy expensive brands! Don't want to look cheap! Spend spend spend! Buy things for everyone you've ever met!

Every year there's threads here "I got this person a present and they didn't get me one back / they got me something cheap / I don't like what they got me". It's all showing off and being grabby and people getting butt hurt about not getting a smelly candle or a box of chocolates from their cousin who they see once a year.

@SleepingStandingUp - I don’t have 4 days of leave all year. We’re not allowed to book leave at Christmas so I have 23-26 Dec off as my normal work pattern. I can’t book any annual leave for the two weeks of Christmas and new year.

i promise I’m not a miserable git generally!!

I’m not able to make other choices because I’m not the only person who has a say. If I’m not cooking the dinner, then I can’t dictate what we eat. If I suggest that we have cheese and biscuits or don’t cook a traditional Christmas dinner, I’m ignored.

I like going out for Christmas dinner, but we went out last year and it was shit food (not my choice of venue!!) so now my MIL flatly refuses to go out.

i just can’t wait for it to be over. As the years go by, I want to do it less and less but we seem to have now fallen into hosting MIL every year (she doesn’t have any other options now for various reasons).

I have managed to finally get my husband to agree to pare it down. We’ve had a small prelit Christmas tree this year that hasn’t required moving all the furniture around the lounge to fit in.

When I asked for us not to bother with a big tree last year, he made a big fuss and said he would do it (I normally put the tree up, cleaned the lounge, moved furniture etc). So after me doing it for about 10 years, he did it for one and then this year he was the one suggesting we get a smaller tree.

Another small example of women doing stuff that is taken for granted and when men have to do it they soon discover it’s not that important after all!

@Tresdyes, I hear you.

Gosh, I’m so glad I’m not alone with this. Thank you!!

👍🏻

It is just pure greed, and it makes me deeply uncomfortable.

Not helped by still being awake at midnight and now I’m wide awake again and have to get up in 50 minutes anyway.

@Blueuggboots okay folks worst Christmas song ever? My vote merry Christmas war is over not only absolute shit, as are all of them, but has Yoko Ono “Singing’ it’s just horrendous

Oh yes @CalzoneOnLegsthat's a good point. Well I already mentioned silent night….
i detest gospel versions of any well known songs.

I am actually not a miserable git, but a worn down ordinary person who is unafraid to state things as they are.

Or maybe, just maybe, people have their unique likes and dislikes that happen to be different from yours.

Christmas is also a time when issues like addiction, domestic abuse and mental health typically get worse so spare a thought for those who are either dealing with this now or remember a childhood where Christmas was marked by any of these.

I’d be as negative and miserable as you if my MIL lived with me
Merry Christmas

@Timelineukmy MIL is actually a really nice person, but has very limited food tastes.

Stop moaning and do things that bring you joy. I like sprouts all year round!

I feel far better about the day having escaped with my parents to church this morning. DH and SIL are cooking, DB is keeping the DC (mine and his) vaguely entertained. We will back in time for me to take charge of the washing up which I enjoy as it allows me to impost order on chaos.

DH didn't want me to come out this morning but I can't be doing with fancy breakfasts and enforced jollity and Christmas music all day. I'll be so refreshed after the service and come home in a far more more relaxed and positive frame of mind.

Me too.
One good thing though wr are getting nearer to the Spring.

Its not miserable
There's more to life than Christmas. Theirsxalso a lot of grief/upset for some people at this time of year.

I prefer birthdays, New Year, Spring, Summer and holidays/beach life.😀

I enjoy, sport, music, dancing and theatre. Far from miserable.

Your comment was ill thought out and wrong but that's on you.

I dont do Christmas at all.
Right now I have a coffee, laundry on.
Not a bit of tinsel in sight.
No chores todo, so im chilling.
Dinner will be what ever I have in the kitchen.
No man no kids no pets no relatives, no faffing faking mess or moaning, it's fucking blissful.

For full disclosure we are not Christian so pretty low key but I cannot believe the fuss people make over one lunch. Honestly when I have my extended family for dinner on Friday nights I make the equivalent of an Xmas dinner.

Having said that we’re on a cruise now and about to enjoy a Christmas lunch!🤣

I'm not a Christmas fan, I see family regularly through the year, no dramas or conflict with any of them, so we go away until 7th Jan and avoid it all and enjoy the milder weather abroad.

A lot of Christmas stuff is forced fun, and I reckon there is only a minority who actually enjoy it really.

The amount of fuss for 24\48 hours is mad IMV.

I’m not miserable either. I have a lovely life and do lots of things I enjoy. I just don’t enjoy Christmas.

Christmas is whatever you want it to be. We don't get sucked into the 'traditional christmas' we do our own thing and enjoy it. Today has been so chilled. Will definitely do it this way in the future 😊