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.

@DdraigGoch me!! Fricken love Yorkshire puddings with every meat for a Sunday dinner, I would actually substitute Yorkshire pudding for meat....I may have an issue!

I'm with you on All I Want for Christmas is You

Although my favourite is Christmas Wrapping. Although that used to be more rarely heard.

Last Christmas though

Christmas Day is dinner is overrated and it’s all about the cheese boards. Pigs in blankets dipped in warm cheese yes please!!

All white Christmas tree decorations. My social media feed seems to be full of them. It looks shit. It's the Christmas version of twigs and pebbly shit...and signs that say HOME and LOVE LAUGH LIVE or whatever.

Oh and "Christmas Experiences" for children.

Frigging tea with Father Christmas! Give me strength! Just take them to see him in a normal grotto, receive a crappy toy and be done!

I spend Christmas day alone and usuall have cheese on toast .

usually

I could happily have a plate of Yorkshire pudding, sprouts and stuffing as a meal (with a generous helping of gravy). So, for that, YABU!

However, Christmas pudding is the work of the devil - totally gross.

Crackers are PTSD triggering mini explosives and have no place on my table on what is supposed to be a happy day.

External Christmas lights not organised by the government look messy.

Advent calendar chocolate is shit; and I have a bathroom full of skincare/makeup minis that don't need more friends.

I don't like the 'scents' that get stuffed in candles either. Vanilla cookie? Pumpkin pie? Cranberry and White Chocolate Cocoa? Too sweet.

Why does the fairy have a massive branch going up her bum? I prefer a star, less painful.

It's frowned upon to use exposure to noise as part of interrogation procedures. Why do we allow continuous Christmas music to be piped into stores for employees to suffer? Are they all withholding information about pending attacks??

The only roast potato worth eating is a goose fat laden, crispy one - and beef gravy on everything regardless of the meat.

I'm actually really into Christmas, not sure why these things make me so grumpy.

Turkey is only dry when you cook it wrong. A properly cooked turkey is gorgeous and juicy. Stuffing again would be a cooking issue.

I do agree with the general sentiment, however. A wonderful feast shared with friends and family at Christmas is great, but I think the obsessive rules around what you must or must not have, and the military operation to get 20 different dishes on the table, ruins the whole day. Christmas dinner should be a nice meal that everyone enjoys. Fuck the rules, fuck spending the lead up to Christmas prepping and planning, fuck spending Christmas day in kitchen.

And yes, Christmas pudding is awful.

Oh this thread is just what I need.....

• When someone says ‘oh no don’t buy for me/us/my children’ just bloody well say ‘ok!!’ Then they feel obliged to buy for you/your children.....
• Some of the garbage people buy masquerading as gifts makes me heave.
• The show off bragging on social media about how much you have bought your children. I judge you. I judge the absolute shit out of you. what are they trying to prove?
• The fact that people get into debt for Christmas is mind boggling.

(We are Australian)

• Santa hats are too hot and make kids sweat.

Ahhhhhh that feels better

@youvegottenminuteslynn

If turkey was that nice, more people would eat it more than once a year.

I do, all year round, more often in the form of mince. Turkey is very lean.

As to the OP, you're cooking it wrong if its dry!

That it is a religious celebration for Christians.

@SinisterBumFacedCat

My heart sinks when I hear the intro to “Fairytale of Newyork”.

Me too.

Unpopular opinions - Christmas is not just about kids. Other people matter too.

I don’t want to buy a present for your child who I’ve met a few times and and really not to that interested in. I do want to buy a present for you because I like you!

Most (though not all) homemade gifts and cards are crap.

Inflatable decorations are naff and scare the dog.

Christmas pudding is horrible.

Staying in pyjamas all day is vulgar.

It’s perfectly possible to have an enjoyable Christmas without consuming your own body weight in chocolate/alcohol/whatever.

Blue fairy lights around your house make it look like a meat fridge.

It’s not all about the kids.

Ugly Christmas cards get shoved behind nice ones.

Christmas jumpers are overrated...unless they’re on dogs.

The coke advert is still boring.

Hmm, I'm not sure I really have one, I guess I generally like Christmas.

There are some vile Christmas songs on the radio, and I think people spend too much. It would be a better holiday for everyone if the consumerism was dialled way, way back.

Turkey with Yorkshire pudding is really weird and something I have never seen - which is why I am having a moose roast this year rather than turkey, I had that at Thanksgiving and that is enough for me, I want an excuse for yorkshire pudding and horseradish.

I may have to do a turkey for the in-laws, but I certainly hope it isn't dry - it shouldn't be if it's cooked properly, nor should the stuffing or even fruit cake.

That it is a religious celebration for Christians
Actually my unpopular opinion is - Yuletide is a mid-winter pagan festival which was culturally appropriated by the early Christian church.
Christianity became a successful religion in Western Europe due to the clever appropriation of local festivals due to the political and social power of the clergy.

Mince pies are an abomination.

I like elves, family Xmas PGs are OK and I also like Xmas bedding.
(Actually I also have Xmas crockery and kitchen floor mats)
It is a dark and cold time of the year so bring on the house decorations.

It’s mostly an excuse for companies to persuade people to spend money they haven’t got on absolute crap.

You don’t have to bother with it at all but peer pressure ensures most people do.

Turkey - bleurgh, so dry Yep, we have chicken
Sprouts - farts posing as leaves No!! We love them!
Parsnips - how can anyone put them in their mouth?! *Cannot stand them despite being told several times that its because "you have never tried MY parsnips". Still taste like shit lovey!
Stuffing - like eating sand Depends. We have Kipperbang Xmas Stuffing which was a recipe my mother got from a work mate 45 odd years ago. Its absolutely lush. However we only eat it at Xmas and is my designated job. We once had it at Easter and despite me using exactly the same recipe we all agreed it didnt taste right!
Christmas pudding - sour booze disguised as cake And who wants to eat something so stodgy after a massive dinner? We have a family pudding into its 20th year over its sell by date as every year everyone says they dont want pudding. Its a prop more than a pudding now
Christmas cake - way too dry and that much fruit does not belong in a sponge Yes and no. I love Xmas/Wedding cake but I wouldnt eat it on Xmas day for the same reason I dont eat pudding, way too stodgy

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.

@SinisterBumFacedCat

My heart sinks when I hear the intro to “Fairytale of Newyork”.

A kindred spirit!!!

I have not yet met a single person who hates that song as much as me! I have a theory that people love it because its sweary and a little bit left of centre so they all feel edgy singing it. A whole pub full of people shouting "YOU SCUMBAG YOU MAGGOT etc" makes me want to firebomb the fat red cunt's sleigh.

The fact that without the sweary bits it would have fallen into Xmas song oblivion many moons since seems to have passed a lot of people by. I will not have it on in my presence.

I have never cooked a whole turkey in my life. I do cook a turkey crown, but the idea of having a turkey dinner, then looking forward to the turkey curry/turkey pie/turkey sandwiches etc etc for the next week is hideous.

Added to which sprouts are revolting once let alone keeping enough for bubble and squeak to go with some of the turkey you have left....