To ask for your unpopular Christmas opinions?

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

Mine is that a traditional Christmas dinner is horrible
Turkey - bleurgh, so dry
Sprouts - farts posing as leaves
Parsnips - how can anyone put them in their mouth?!
Stuffing - like eating sand
Christmas pudding - sour booze disguised as cake
Christmas cake - way too dry and that much fruit does not belong in a sponge

I'd honestly be happy with a plate of pigs in blankets, a jar of cranberry sauce and a spoon to eat the sauce straight from the jar.

The whole stuffing yourself thing puts me off. A large dinner plate - full of roast turkey, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, broccoli, sprouts, peas, cabbage, parsnips, carrots, gravy, bread sauce, stuffing, pigs in blankets (have I left anything out?) and goodness knows what else which can be piled on - looks like a dog's dinner and is just too much. Having to eat it up quickly (or more accurately shovel it down) before it gets cold would give me indigestion and I don't want to feel that I'm going to burst. I don't want to drink myself silly either.

This attitude might have been all right when we were all just starving peasants but I don't want to do it anymore. Now I have a small lunch at home and visit rellies for a late afternoon buffet and that's much better. No more lying awake with heartburn - which I only got at Christmas.

You don't have to do a big meal on Christmas Day. My mum only used to like chicken ( a capon , so a it was a bit bigger ) and a few veggies. Everyone ate it and we would have a small Christmas tea. Money was tight so it wasn't a lavish affair ( the tin of chocs was a real treat not to be replicated at any other time!)
Things were much less commercial back then and she would save up all year round too. I don't think I missed out at all but it wouldn't go down well these days.

That all the nonsense over Elves on Shelves, xmas eve boxes and north pole breakfast should end with immediate effect before you tie yourselves down to 10 years of unrealistic expectations.

That children dont need 31 days of "experiences" to enjoy christmas!

My Christmas decorations will be down the day after Boxing Day- sorry but with all the clutter of new toys etc I need space

Elf on the shelf is pathetic
Christmas cake is vile

Santa is old and obese and should be shielding.

This made me snort! 🤣

Children don’t need Christmas to start on the 1st December
Santa’s list is not something that is legally binding. They shouldn’t get everything.
Elf on the shelf and Santa are just lies.
Christmas Eve boxes. Meals with Santa. All that commercial shit is just that shit.
Many Kids nowadays are just spoilt brats at Christmas.

@PyongyangKipperbang

As for my personal hate....people who eat out for Xmas Lunch. Its the reason I havent had a Xmas day off in years.

I assume that you all know its the same processed frozen crap you eat in you favourite pub every other day of the year but for 5 times the normal price? Cos it really is....... and no, we dont get double time so its a "good deal for the staff". We get TOIL if we are lucky and maybe a free half of lager.

This is the reason I don't eat out on Christmas day. If you can't cook you should learn or get a ready meal and save another family's Christmas ffs.

I doubt many places will be open this year for Christmas dinner so those that usually go out will have to learn to cook their own roast.
Our local pub isn't opening up this year.
They usually do a roaring trade on Xmas day. I refuse to eat out on that day as it's not fair on the staff , plus it's very expensive too.

Mashed potato has no place in Christmas dinner

Roast potatoes only.

Cheeseboards are disgusting (actually, just cheese is disgusting).

Right, that's it. takes off gloves and throws down gauntlet

BRING IT

@PrincessNutNutRoast

Cheeseboards are disgusting (actually, just cheese is disgusting).

Right, that's it. takes off gloves and throws down gauntlet

BRING IT

If I wanted to eat a loaf of rancid milk laced with stinky mould I'd just leave a mug of milk on the radiator. 🤢

Honestly, I don't like cheese and I've tried most sorts over the years. I will just about manage cheap CHEAP pizza as long as it's cold.

Saying that, I'll fight you for the last bag of Cheesy Wotsits. 😂

I adore Die Hard and it’s not for Bruce Willis,

This one is mostly unpopular with my in-laws and it is a hill I WILL die on.

Just because I am a woman does not mean I am the person to pester 65 times a day about Christmas arrangements. Your son also had a part in creating your grandchildren and is well placed to tell you what they would like for Christmas. Your son is also capable of waiting in at home for deliveries of presents and your son is more than able to tell you what our plans are for Christmas. LEAVE ME ALONE.

Also, I am not the one buying your presents. I've reminded your son to do it and that's as far as my involvement goes, it's not my fault if he doesn't actually get on and do it.

That claims of santa is watching, the elf on the shelf is checking if you're good, santa cam, pretend messages from santa is just as silly as parents saying they'll call the police / the lady in the shop will tell you off /insert any other 'it's not my fault I'm saying no, some other adult is in charge' story.

There's too much crap generated at christmas so people can pass tat around. Seriously, who needs a new christmas jumper for £4 every year? Is there really a need for santa posing pouches? They're not funny. Matching christmas family pyjamas won't be worn by the whole family until the child outgrow them and the adult ones are no longer function (unless you're on mumsnet where apparently anyone on here who buys new festive pjs every year wears them all the time and their children wear them all the time and christmas jumpers are also worn all the time and they think nothing of wearing a light up Rudolph jumper in March even though the child has had a growth spurt).

we do elf on the shelf for the elderly in their homes

Turkey is lovely, if it’s dry you can’t cook

I leave my tree up for as long past Twelfth Night as I can get away with-the room looks very empty when you take the decorations down.

My Mum always did a traditional turkey for Xmas. Too many vegs for a start; roast and boiled spuds, carrots, sprouts and peas, bread pudding, stuffing, thin gravy, etc. This annoyed me as it was too much to do in a small standard oven and was never served at the correct temperature, it always overwhelmed her, and she always wanted to save some of the bird for 'other meals'. There was always a starter, Xmas pud, Cake and then 'biscuits and cheese' if you were still hungry!!
Now I have grown up, I ask the family ahead of time what meat they would like for Xmas. Usually it is lamb, but I have also done salmon.. chicken, pork, turkey crown, 3 game joint, and fillet steak joint or sirloin beef. No starter, light dessert and, later or on Boxing Day, Xmas pud, cake. I also cut down on the variety of veg and leave out stuffing and bread pudding. Chocolates, sweets and junk food should not be part of the day. Perhaps mince pies only.
I love Xmas lunch but think everyone should style it to their own and family's preferences, and simplify it if at all possible. It is easier for the cook(s), more satisfying and less bloating. Good luck!

Forced to spend time and give presents to people I don't see the rest of the year?
Turkey is a horrible meat and shite.

@Queenest

Work secret Santa is usually a crap gift that gets tossed in the bin.

I miss at work Secret Santa presents now that I’m retired. I’ve always received lovely, thoughtful & useful gifts (max £10 value). Merry Christmas 🎄🙂

It's beyond ridiculous to be offended because the £5 Secret Santa gift bought for you by a colleague who doesn't know you is "thoughtless chocolates".

My unpopular opinion is that it's best spent in your normal family unit (for us that's DH, me and 2 DCs). It's a very unpopular view with my in laws who always want their 4 kids and 8 grandkids sy their house. I did that once and never again.

It's so much nicer in our unit of 4 with our own traditions and the kids love it. Plus we literally see the in laws 3 times in December anyway with various birthdays. 4 times would tip me over the edge as that would be every bloody weekend in December

Unless it's being sung by Eartha Kitt, every version of Santa Baby is absolutely shit.

I like turkey and sprouts and parsnips and stuffing and bread sauce, also Christmas pudding. I don’t think Yorkshire puddings or cauliflower cheese belong on a Christmas dinner.

I like receiving gifts even though I’m a fully fledged adult, and I love buying gifts for my husband and adult children. I have never purchased or received a 3 for 2 gift set or any item by Baylis and Harding.

I like going to midnight mass and it’s the best part of Christmas.