Let's lighten the mood - what would go into your Christmas Room 101

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

For me

• family pyjama pictures - you know the ones where mum, dad, child & baby wear the same PJs - you all look like pillocks and/or like you're part of a cult.

• mummy martyrs. Women (and sorry it is women and yes I know theres bigger expectations around them at Christmas) clanging pans around the kitchen from 7am - 6pm on Christmas Day, making far too much food that nobody especially asked for, refusing to let anyone help but complaining you're doing it all on your own. Just STFU and order a takeaway if you're gonna have a nervous breakdown over sprouts.

• most Christmas specials (except the first Gavin and Stacey one where Nessa have everyone a celebration chocolate ) - although I do have high hopes for the Motherland Christmas Special!

Slade and that bloody song! I hate it with a passion.

Elf on the shelf
Christmas cards especially special cards
Tipping/giving presents to everyone and their dog
Work nights out

I want to send to room 101 -
Elf on the shelf,
A very specific house which is decorated with flashing lights and resembles the emergency services lights. I see it every night on the way home and always think - bugger an accident, I’ll have to go the loooong way home.

Most Christmas songs
Turkey
Tinsel

Flashing blue lights! Makes me feel permanently on edge.

The Grinch. Just because.
Elf on the shelf. Creepy.

Boris Johnson

Advent calendars filled with miniature bits of tat. How much of the make up, candles etc actually get used. Perishables only.

@HappyHomeWorker

Elf on the shelf Christmas cards especially special cards Tipping/giving presents to everyone and their dog Work nights out

My list is your list

I would say Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, but it didn’t run this year.

Also, work secret Santa, you look like a grinch for not participating but it’s such a bloody waste

Most of the Boots 3 for 2 gifts.

@GlummyMcGlummerson The film with all the lights and Danny Devito is called Deck the Halls. It's one of my favourite Christmas films.

As for 101, here goes:
Family matching pyjama pics
Christmas Eve boxes
Christmas cards with glitter that goes everywhere
Christmas pudding
People saying 'All ready for Christmas?' In November!!!
People also saying 'Have a nice Christmas if I don't see you before.' I work in a shop. All through December I hear customers saying this to each other like a billion times a day.

Flashing lights.. everywhere.. Great fun for me with epilepsy.. fade them gently in and our or keep them constant but please stop flashing them

Christmas pudding.. buy it every year.
no one wants it.. gets chucked out a year later..nothing year have decided not to get one at all.

And what the f*ck do those irritating little elves have to.do with anything..

Personalised baubles.
Gifts of gin.
Mince pies with random additions.

Plastic tubs of plastic chocolate, I'm looking at you not so quality street, roses etc. Husband buys several tubs every year and then I take them into the office every new year as they are shit.

Elf can be permanently shelved

Christmas Eve boxes

Club together whip rounds for teachers, kids activity leaders etc, goes on and on in my area, scarf and Merry Christmas is not enough anymore

Robbie Williams

Call me the Grinch but home made coupons as presents.
(And Elf on the Shelf).

COVID , my mums awful cooking , the Facebook photos people post of a whole sofa of presents for their kids, winter wonderland type theme parks, zoom Christmas parties ( oh no I can’t stop with suggestions to go in... ahhhhh!)

In addition to my previous post elf on the shelf and the movie elf

Mince pies - everyone expects you to like them but I really dislike them
Christmas cake
Christmas pudding

I'm not really into raisins. Trifle or yule log are the only acceptable Christmas desserts!

This will probably be controversial but I'd put santa into room 101. My daughter's only just two, so we haven't spoken to her about santa yet, but I hate the idea of fibbing to her about the whole santa thing. I also feel like as a parent I'm pressured into it because if we don't go along with it then our daughter will spoil it for the other kids when she's older. I'm sure i will go along with it in the end but the whole thing gives me a headache.

That Coldplay Christmas song. Bloody awful.

Gimmicky tat. DH is a sucker for it. He wastes £££ every year even though I beg him not to. The DC have never smoked their own bacon or made halloumi from a kit, baked a cake in a mug or even opened their socks wrapped up like sushi.

Making a fuss about Christmas adverts on TV, and the Coca Cola truck thing.

Elf on shelf
Xmas Eve boxes
Matching pjs
Posting huge gift piles on Facebook before
Boasting about gifts after

Oh and Boris and covid obviously