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.

@ChestnutStuffing moose? What does that taste like?

@PyongyangKipperbang sorry you have to work. My friend works for a social club. She cried when she got her first Christmas off as it was so important to her to see her family and spend it with her baby. I feel for you. I also work Christmas but not every year thankfully.

To those who say Yorkshire pudding doesn’t belong with turkey - we love Yorkshire pudding with roast duck over here!!!

All the Jesus stuff
Fruit cake and Christmas pudding are just rancid stinking dead fly graveyards
Sprouts are magnificent

I hate school concerts- I’m so glad they’re virtual this year. Stuffed in a freezing/boiling hall, trying to get a decent view when some stupid people in front are standing up/waving cameras in the air etc. Plus the actually concert is normally ear splitting- children playing recorders and violins

Michael Buble needs to be stopped

Taking children to see Father Christmas, I hate it. It's so odd. I make sure mine know they it's just a dressed up man or woman.

I really hate all the 'calm down dear' type posts that get passed around Facebook etc. Of course people know "Christmas dinner is just a big roast dinner" saying it in a patronising way doesn't make it cook any quicker, and no I don't want to use ready made roast potatoes or gravy because they're either expensive, horrible or both.
Also if my in-laws don't get any presents it is me who will be judged by them for it not DH and actually although they can be annoying I do like them and care for them and my children love them so I want to have a good relationship with them.

Goose fat does make roast potatoes very crispy but also they have a horrible aftertaste. Lard, beef dripping or oil are better.

I love turkey. I don't care if it's slightly on the dry side either. Turkey giblets make the best gravy.

It doesn't matter what else you serve if I don't have mashed and roast potatoes then it's not Christmas Dinner.

Hot chocolate is just a drink not an experience.

What sort of weirdo would have Yorkshires with anything other than beef?

That's fighting talk where I come from.

YP with gravy should be the starter of every roast. A large YP is vital to toad in the hole and if you have never had them for breakfast with golden syrup you have never lived.

blue flashing lights should be banned around the house in a pandemic

it is a tiring day and i would rather eat later in the day but it is quite exhausting waiting to eat.

blue flashing lights should be banned around the house in a pandemic
Blue flashing lights are awful regardless.

There are too many presents!

What sort of weirdo would have Yorkshires with anything other than beef?

Plenty of us actually

Bread sauce - just no.

Every roast dinner should have Yorkshire and stuffing regardless of the meat.

Die Hard is not a Christmas movie

That you must have a billion traditions that you do every year or you're a shit parent who will scar your DC for life.

Fruit doesn't go in trifle...mine goes, sponge and jelly layer, milk jelly layer, custard, cream then hundreds and thousands or chocolate shavings

I think Christmas is a total waste of time and money and effort.

There should be no sponge in the jelly of a trifle.

Goose fat potatoes do have a weird aftertaste! You can male really lovely crispy roast potatoes worh oil. It's much easier and tastes nicer. Same with gravy, I'm not faffing around with special gravy. Roast onions with your meat, Meat juice, flour, maybe a bit of alcohol, whisk it over heat, job done.

I hate that so many people think it's rude not to open every single gift individually while staring at the giftee. It's so formal and socially stressful. It's particularly excruciating when you don't have much money and have put lots of thought into small gifts that you know will still look tiny and a bit naff. Or have small children who can't sit still and might be rude about something unexpectedly. Plus it takes forever which can mean there's no time to just go for a walk and get some fresh air and have a break where we can just chat about anything not the gifts all the time. I find it the most stressful part of the day!

Quite pleased to be doing that part on our own this year.

Based on this thread my unpopular opinion is that I really enjoy Christmas day - and I also really enjoy making and/or eating a traditional Christmas dinner.
And Yorkshire pudding goes well with any roast.

@SushiGo agree with the opening gifts. I've read too many threads about children who have adults that expect to watch them open their present like it's some kind of performance, poor things.

What sort of weirdo would have Yorkshires with anything other than beef?

We do! Yorkshire puddings go with everything and I'm always gutted if my Christmas dinner doesn't include them. Thankfully we host Christmas now so there are always loads - they all get eaten so I can't be that weird!

Christmas Eve boxes and elf on the shelf are not
moral issues.

People get far too hysterical about Santa these days. Sure it's lovely for small children but if you are having a meltdown because someone told your 11-year-old he's not real, you need to get a grip.

Elf on the Shelf needs to fuck the fuck off.