That Christmas is for kids?

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It seems to be that it is something adults get dragged/forced into for spending money purposes, but the events at this time of year are primarily aimed at children?

Aibu to want to ban for childless adults the trill of ‘done all your Christmas shopping?’ I don’t have any to do, sigh!

YABU because it's my seasonal alternative to a comment about the weather for other dog walkers - you have to let me have some variety!

Christmas is for meeee! Now I have kids, I get my pleasure from arranging things for them and giving them gifts, but before that I still enjoyed it. You can make Christmas food for friends and relatives, go to carol services, visit people you have been meaning to make time for all year and generally luxuriate in the feeling of goodwill.
There is loads of stuff that's marketed at children, but that doesn't mean there is nothing for you.

About the Christmas shopping- if you can afford to, you could buy gifts for a charity, to be distributed to children who are going through hard times. So shopping for children, but with added goodness.

YABU

I have no children, but I bloody love Christmas!

Evenings with friends and relatives sipping something bubbly most definitely are not just for children
I tend to think of Christmas day as definitely for the children but once they are exhausted from all of the excitement then it is adult time; much like the rest of the year for us.

I think Christmas is for family and feasting. Definitely not just for kids!

I loved christmas pre-kids. Its never been as good since.

Christmas is for Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Most people seem to forget that bit!

Not in our house! We have celebrated for years with just adults (we are all old farts these days). A regular trip to the local pub christmas eve, all the usual food and treats, walks with the dogs and probably a communal snooze at some point. We enjoy the company, the food, a game or two of cards, we have a lovely time, and not a child in sight. It's just a time to relax and enjoy those who are left in our ever diminishing family. I seem to remember Christmases with children always used to result in a child meltdown at some point (usually because they've been awake since silly o clock), we just have a fun peaceful time and stuff our faces.

I have never appreciated Christmas more than I have since getting a full time job in education.

We long for Christmas from about September.

Yabu, I’m not sure where you get the notion that Christmas is just for kids, it’s very consumerism way of thinking tbh, Xmas is for families to be together, and I have a family outside of my children.

I loved the pre-child Christmases especially when me and my adult siblings went home and there were 5 adults enjoying being together.

I would go to the pub on Christmas Eve to meet friends and then we'd head down to the chapel for midnight service.

Had more money to buy presents for DH and family too.

Toddlerteaplease, celebrating midwinter is a pagan festival that predates Christianity. God how I hate smug Christians.

Yabu. Christmas is not "just" for children.

I used to love it. No presents, no stress. Instead parties, solitary walks, a holiday from work.

Now obligatory visits, shopping, stress - my whole life meshed in with other people. Love my kids but preferred Christmas before.

(OK when they were tiny I loved the joy of the fairly lights and the tree and their happiness)

Aibu to want to ban for childless adults the trill of ‘done all your Christmas shopping?’ I don’t have any to do, sigh!

That’s right, no childless adults have family or friends to buy for...

YABU

Christmas is for everybody, best time of the year at work!

It also means that employees with children should not have priority for time off over childless ones.

I’m a Janet about Christmas....it’s MINE.......ALL MINE!!!!!

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YANBU - my experience is that Xmas is for kids. We sadly can't have children, and don't really need any more stuff so we don't buy presents for each other (I do give to charity). My family haven't done presents since we were kids for the same reason, so the only Xmas present I buy is for the office secret Santa!. When people ask if I've done my Christmas shopping I just mumble something politely

If we had DC then obvs we would celebrate it, but as we can't, and it's a sad time of year for us, I can't really get excited about it, and just watch from the sidelines tbh.

I found my gifts were lovely when I was childless and Christmas/New Year was very glam (unless I drank too much) and was full of beautiful champagne dinners with DH work, a very fun Christmas party at my work etc.

For some reason our workplaces started planning 'piss ups' instead of lovely parties probably due to expense after we had children. (Co incidence but I loved tipsy missions round an old 'hall' in the city centre after a 7 course meal)

I got told this by the inlaws shortly after we'd confided our fertility problems with them. Never forgotten how it made us feel. For me Christmas is a time of joy and celebration of wonderful friends and family be they young or old.

I'd happily never have another Christmas again...it's totally for the kids.

YABU.

I find it very sad when people think Christmas is only for children. I love it. Love everything about it.

I don't see what's smug about pointing out that Christmas is a religious festival for some people - it's relevant to the argument that's it's not always just for kids.

Such a strange attitude to think it's only for children. Father Christmas....yes, but Christmas itself has never just been about children.