To hate it when people call Christmas the big day ?

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No one is getting married..... Aggggggggr!!! It's all over the ads on tv.

Besides Christmas is a season, not just one day!

Definitely , Christmas is 12 days!
I love Christmas, just LOVE it. I milk all 12 days for all they're worth.

Why does a big day equal getting married?

Christmas Day is a day, winter is a season

YABU. Christmas Eve = evening before the big day. Christmas Day = the day. Something to do with someone lots of people think was important being born or something?

I agree to me 'big day' means a really special event like a wedding or due date, Christmas comes every year so nice as it is, its not unique or special in any way.

YABU to compare it to getting married.

YANBU to think Christmas is more than one day, although in the grand scheme of things, it is the biggest day of the Christmas period.

its not unique or special in any way

Not to you it isn't.

To me, every Christmas is special and unique as it's different for us every year.

Why is unreasonable to compare it to getting married?

Christmas is very special to me but "the big day" makes my teeth itch!

Because a wedding isn't always a 'big day'.

For some, it's just far simpler and cheaper to pop to the registry office and get married, than it is to consult a solicitor regarding wills/pensions/next of kin etc...

I can think of at least 3 couples off the top of my head (probably more if I took my time), who have been together 20+ years and simply got married to tick the legal boxes for one another.

Big day doesn't neccessarily mean a big wedding, I take it to mean a momentous life event such as a wedding, graduation or birth of a baby etc, things that don't happen very often, Christmas happens every year.

YABU
It's 'the big day' of the Winter season for lots and lots of people, for lots of reasons.

Not long till the Big Day! Not long till' the Big Man comes!

Christmas is very special to me but "the big day" makes my teeth itch!

You should get some cream for that. Maybe Baileys Irish Cream would help.

YABU.

Definitely , Christmas is 12 days!
Where does 12 days come from? In my world its 3 days at its core but a few months as a season. The big day is just an advertising gimmick.

Haven't you ever heard of The Twelve Days of Christmas?? Starts on 25th December and ends on 6th January which is when trees have to be traditionally taken down.

How does one's teeth itch ?

I only ever see that on Mumsnet .

I wish it was a day...

I don't think yabu. In other countries, Christmas Eve is the biggy, specifically just the late afternoon and evening of... In orthodox countries, it's the 6th January and not about presents or food particularly.
I don't get the UK's obsession with this one day either. It's bonkers.
So I spend it in Europe where the shut down is confined to one evening 😂

For me Christmas Day is the Big Day - the days before are for shopping, wrapping presents, work parties etc. Afterwards is for relaxing and having lots of family time before going back to work and starting the new year.

There is biblical precedence for comparing the arrival of Jesus with a wedding. Several verses in the new testament refer to Jesus as the bridegroom or his followers (collectively) as the bride.

*biblical precedent (phone autocorrected)