To be so over Xmas now....

[Oakenbeach]

... and wish it were New Year already.

My tree is drooping already - it’s been up since 15th November.

Black Friday’s long past.... DP and me got our presents for each other then, and knew what we’re getting, so ended up giving them to each other on Black Saturday.

My new Xmas jumper already has bobbles in it.

I’m fed up of the twinkly lights in the living room

I’ve had my work do on Saturday, and had Xmas lunch in work canteen today.

Heart Xmas has been pumping out of my car radio for weeks so have tuned back into Radio 1.

Anyone else feel they’ve had enough already?

I think a tongue in cheek post too.

Normally I’m a really giddy Christmas enthusiast but I’m struggling this year, I have a never ending cold that just evolves into new symptoms every few days, it’s been about 6 weeks now, it’s been a really tough year and now everything is back as it should be I can’t shake the anxiety and low mood off.

I’m hosting a pre Christmas this weekend with family and friends we won’t see as we’re away for the day on Christmas Day itself so tree is up, everything’s wrapped and the food is planned and ordered. I just need to find some Christmas cheer.

I would suggest you take your tree and all your decorations down now then, but I'm guessing you can't because THE SHOPS.

By the way, does your jumper have bobbles or baubles?

F- for effort.

Shops put their decs up early to get people to buy shit

Yes YABU.

I love Christmas but we have no decorations up yet and won’t for over a week still - pretty much to avoid what you’re feeling!

aahhh and this is why those sensible among us do not do Christmas in November.

You know fine well that you started too early. Apart from some Christmas shopping I haven't done anything. My tree will go up next weekend and then I will start getting Christmassy. Hopefully I will peak on Christmas Day.

This is clearly a wind up thread.

This must be a joke thread?

Well technically Christmas starts at sundown on 24th Dec and lasts until sundown 5th Jan so I’m a bit confused as to why your decorations were up so early in the first place. I mean, if you’re not religious, who cares, celebrate it in July if you like, but then why go to the hassle of it all? Shops only put their decorations up so early as they’re trying to get two pay days’ worth of spending out of you and for them it’s over at 4pm on Christmas Eve, but for most people, it’s a nice time when the world stops and everyone can get together with people they love and watch some good films while eating their weight in chocolate. It’s not unreasonable for you to be sick of the shops’ excessive onslaught but if you joined in with them, you’ve brought it on yourself to be honest so why bother asking? You can’t object to other people who haven’t even put their trees up yet only just starting to get into the spirit of it. Maybe next year, do it a bit later - maybe celebrate it when it actually is? Or go on holiday somewhere in the world where they don’t celebrate it at all and you can just ignore the whole palaver.

Well you brought it on yourself if you put your tree up in November and have been listening to a CHRISTMAS radio station for weeks and have been wearing your Christmas jumper for so long. Why were you doing all these things?

Well your Christmas will be a barrel of laughs then
We're not "over it" because we didn't start a month early. Not sure what else you expected really.

This has got to be one of the silliest threads on mumsnet right now. We are three adults in our house. Our tree will go up as close to Christmas as I can get away with, and come down on new year's day.

I have bought some Christmas presents, the cake, the pudding and some cards, but that is all the effort I have made for Christmas for now. TBH the hype and over commercialisation around christmas has spoiled it for me and I am currently an ostrich with my head in the sand until it is actually Christmas.

You peaked too soon!!!! I haven’t even started yet. I’ve got deadlines into next week so I haven’t even written a single Christmas card yet. I don’t usually start until two weeks before to avoid this happening.

If you start something 6 weeks early then you deserve to be sickened by it!

I am over Xmas, every bloody year, the same shit. It's just more work and juggling awful relatives, I hate it.

You can't really moan though if you've put a tree up and been listening to Xmas music already though, that's your own fault!

shepherds I agree

This year I've gone into telling myself "not to expect too much. Just go with the flow" and so far so good!
We've had a few disastrous Christmases and I'm finding not building my expectations too high is helping so far.
I'm not really seeing it as Christmas at this stage. Just December with a few treats thrown in for the children.
It seems to be more common now to put the tree up early and take it down as soon after Boxing Day as possible. By then I'm sick of the cats using it as a jungle gym and ready for that "fresh start"!
New Year will come soon enough! The days just fly by.

Well, this is an interesting thread from last year......

😂😂😂
This is as Barrmy as this year's one.

If all stories are true then this is no lie.
So much for planning making life 'absolutely perfect darlings' It seems op planned her way to having Xmas a whole month early then wondered why she was fed up with it at actual Xmas time. Not so clever now eh?😀