To think Mumsnet is absolutely miserable this Christmas

[Vilanelle]

Nearly every thread I'm popping on today is a moan. Shit gifts, shit husbands, house is a mess, why can't retail workers not work Christmas time, glad it's all over, let's rip christmas decorations down for another year.

I've come on here and its left me feeling deflated!

Did anyone have a good Christmas???

I did, thanks. Coming on here helps me count my blessings, too :)

We had an absolutely lovely day, thanks. You?

YANBU :)

I had a good Christmas, and I'm not back at work till Monday, so I am very happy.

A fab xmas thank you and will be relaxing with the family until 6th

I did! There were some hiccups as MIL stayed 2 nights and she is a difficult character. However it is once a year and I feel lucky to have family around.
Next year will be v different as I'm expecting our first baby!

Going to pop to tesco today for some trifle then home for turkey and chips and a new series of You :)

YANBU.

It’s like competitive Christmas miserableness in here!

I had a lovely day with dp and ds yesterday and today I'm enjoying lounging around doing very little. Back to work tomorrow, so I'm taking advantage of being able to rest.

I agree. It really doesn't have to be as stressful as some people make it.

We've had a lovely Christmas. Hosted DHs family yesterday who were all fabulous as usual. They loved the food (which was cooked by both me and DH) and brought us drinks and snacks as a thank you. We then went to a friends for a party which was great....kids playing with toys and adults played games, drank and got merry.
We all got lovely, thoughtful gifts too.
Today we're chilling at home in our PJ's and getting a take away for tea.

Low fuss, no stress - perfect ♥️

we did lovely day with my sons and two of my grandchildren, good food well cooked by me, telly I liked on bbc1 last night, yes today my house isn't pristine but I don't care the housework can wait till tomorrow

I did despite being ill! We always have good Christmases though. I've never had a bad one!

We had a lovely day. And I am off til 6th Jan so I am planning some more lovely days too.

Mumsnet has never been any different.

I guess it's because people only start threads when they have problems or are feeling down, although some of the 'problems' are certainly first worlders.

We were lucky enough to have a lovely Christmas. Today we're chilling and I don't intend to change out of my PJs until this evening, when I shall have a bath and put a fresh pair on

Best Christmas I've ever had!

Well this is the place to vent, I might even do it myself one day :-). I don't mind others doing it if it helps them.

What I have seen is a lack of tolerance and compassion towards some posters who are obviously deeply disturbed/unhappy. It would be better to just not join in and go on other threads.

I did thanks but I don’t accept the premise of your question really. This is a chat forum with emphasis on advice and support. Some people are struggling for a variety of reasons. Are they supposed to paste on a fake smile and pretend everything is hunky dory just because it’s Xmas?

I was thinking that last night too @Vilanelle

Thankfully we had a cracking time. 4 generations of family together. My little niece was on top form and so was rest of family. My mum did an amazing spread we all pitched in. Last year we were just about to embark on ivf...this year I’ve been stone cold sober enjoying my little boy kick away at 28 weeks. Feeling extremely Lucky. Hopefully not smug. I’m so very very grateful.

Mine was fine, bit hectic I was chief cook and we had a house full, but I got some lovely thoughtful presents. Today is my favourite day, DS finished opening his presents we all had a late breakfast together, I've had a long bath with a nice cup of tea and just laying some cheese, olives etc out for lunch and think I'll have a nice drop of port with it. Fire is burning, Christmas lights are on, lovely quiet family day just the three of us.

We had a lovely day thank you. And the icing on the cake was when our 13yo DD said that she'd had the best Christmas ever and had loved all her presents, without a single "dud". :)

I had a lovely Christmas. We had daughter and husband, son and grandson. We had a lovely lunch, everyone loved their presents, including me. I cooked and they helped and then cleared. Played games and music whilst having a drink and cheese in the evening. They all stayed over and left after breakfast and today we are just relaxing and eating leftovers.

I was just thinking this!!

We had a really nice Christmas. It wasn’t perfect or anything, but we all had a great time and the kids were thrilled with their presents. I’ve found it really sad all the threads about fucking brats and mums threatening to cancel Christmas. It’s really triggering for me

Mainly because people having a good time are too busy for Mumsnet. In general I would say there easier misery than joy at all times in here.

I wouldn't know if MN is more miserable than usual this Christmas as this is the first Christmas I've posted on it...

Ah.
Sorry for that

If people write about their good Christmas's, they get accused of gloating.

As a general rule people don't come to a forum like this if everything's going smoothly.

I opened MN @ 9.30 last night and came out of it again by 9.35! The miserable, complaining threads had started before 8 am ! I do know some people genuinely have it tough and I think Christmas always shines a harsh light on already shitty relationships so it’s not that I don’t have sympathy but bloody hell it’s depressing.