How christmassy are you feeling?!

[Rainydays55]

I’m just not really feeling it this year ! How christmassy are you all feeling?!!

Heard a brass band today, so couldn’t feel more Christmassy

I am going out soon with some friends to secretly decorate a village feature with tinsel and baubles so that's when I will start to feel more festive.

Feeling resentful and overwhelmed tonight, tbh.

Not remotely bloody festive.

Every year I tell myself it's going to be different........

I’m not feeling Christmassy yet, as I haven’t started anything. My OH does ALL the food, I do the cards and decorations and we don’t do presents. Not much family to speak of. So when I start the decorations weeks time and cards I’ll be in full swing.

I used to hate Christmas because of all the stress but now I love it.🎄🎄🎄🎄

Never did until kids broke up. Youngest finishes university term on 17th, which is when the tree will go up, they’ll come home and we’ll start watching Christmas films and eating mince pies.

Getting there.

Trees went up today.
Cakes and Christmas puddings made
Butcher's order done
Tesco order done
Presents mostly bought and I've started wrapping
Some cards written but I need to finish them this week and post them.
I've been to a Christmas afternoon tea and a carol concert

However my parent's anniversaries are both around this time of year and I'm missing them both this year so it's affecting my mood a little bit.

There's a lot of Christmassy stuff happening around me but I'm just spinning plates keeping three kids organised and on time for a million events and obligations in-between all the usual stuff that needs to happen. All the presents are bought so at least all that's off the to-do list.

I'm reading this and wondering what if.. men were in charge of celebrating Christmas lol ;)

Not feeling it at all. Kicked my husband out a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely broke because of husband leaving without paying last months bills, so my dc have £100 each for Christmas. I know it's great that they have something and there's dc in the world with fuck all but £100 for teen presents isn't making me feel Christmassy.

My dm has invited us to hers for Christmas, one dc wants to go and one doesn't. Its a two hour drive. My aunties got my lovely nan and they want us round on boxing day so dc will have a nice time with aunties, uncles and cousins ect but I will be the only single person and will feel like an absolute failure tbh. I really don't want to say either set of family and feel even more alone.

So Christmas can do one this year!

I will probably feel more Christmassy when dc break up from school and we get a tree.

I’m not feeling it at all.
I’ve done hardly any Christmas shopping, although I’ve just bought a pack of cards from M&S at Knutsford services on the way home from the football, and we usually decorate the trees on the first weekend in December but at nearly 9pm on the Sunday night that’s clearly not going to happen. It doesn’t help that I’ve been out for most of today but even so, I could’ve done them yesterday but couldn’t be bothered.

How is christmassy supposed to feel like?

Not at all. I usually love Christmas. Even last year in lockdown we had a lovely time. This year though - bah humbug.

Very, can't wait!

Not at all. I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and I’m having chemo. Feeling rough and full of anxiety. Have had to cancel all the festive outings I had planned because I have to take extra precautions (covid etc) as I can’t risk an infection. I’m way behind with my shopping and absolutely exhausted at the thought of any preparation whatsoever.

Christmas is normally my favourite time of year, and usually by this time the tree would be up, presents wrapped, Christmas music on, some food prepped and frozen and generally just loving the coziness and anticipation.

Feeling miserable as hell to be honest.

Some of you really make me feel better. I am just done with the chores of Christmas, all the present buying, the many school, brownie, other Christmas demands/requests. I feel so resentful that this falls to me. Both me and DH work FT, I do way more childcare yet he does not help with any of this. I have lost my shit this weekend about it all as it is just another big job to sort. Agh........... I would feel more Christmassy if the load was not all mine. Believe me, I have delegated but things just get 'forgotten'. FFS.

I’m feeling it, I have taken a huge pressure off myself by scaling down on everything and weirdly because I’m so laid back about it all, DH has taken it upon himself to organise Christmas food, I keep finding hand written lists and he’s started a Christmas cupboard, I think he’s nervous it’ll be slim pickings.

TwoBigNoisyBoys

Not at all. I’ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer and I’m having chemo. Feeling rough and full of anxiety. Have had to cancel all the festive outings I had planned because I have to take extra precautions (covid etc) as I can’t risk an infection. I’m way behind with my shopping and absolutely exhausted at the thought of any preparation whatsoever.

Christmas is normally my favourite time of year, and usually by this time the tree would be up, presents wrapped, Christmas music on, some food prepped and frozen and generally just loving the coziness and anticipation.

Feeling miserable as hell to be honest.“

Don’t know your grade/staging but I was equally bewildered 5 years ago. Good now.

Sending you love.

Sorry, did not mean to be so negative!

Getting there…

Feel a lot more Christmassy now the tree & decorations are up.

Feels very robotic this year tho 🤷‍♀️

Presents are wrapped and ready
Food order has been done

Doesn’t help we have covid in the household which is making it all at lot less fun

Thank you so much @MrsSkylerWhite that’s so kind of you. Struggling badly.

I’m sorry to be so negative in this thread, this probably wasn’t the time or the place.

TwoBigNoisyBoys

Thank you so much @MrsSkylerWhite flowers that’s so kind of you. Struggling badly.

I’m sorry to be so negative in this thread, this probably wasn’t the time or the place.”

Well of course you are, who the AF wouldn’t be?
Day at a time. ❤️

Not at all.

We’ll probably be on our own - my teen dc and I. The only person who might come over is my sister but she might want to meet outside instead of inside if she does.

I would love to see my Dad but he lives abroad and I haven’t seen him for two and a half years.

Not to mention the fact that I feel as if so many things are not going well at country and world level that Xmas feels like a sham?

When I think how much wider family and also friend contact we used to have, I am not quite sure what happened? Though my divorce and covid have had a lot to do with it.

I'm feeling christmassy. But also a bit bleak about covid.
Distracted myself by making decorations and painting them with DC, making paper snowflakes, going to the market and the lights in town, making mince pies! Got all the presents in the spare room (well nearly) ready to sort through and wrap.

Not yet, I've still got to do the big clean, before buying the tree, wrapping presents etc.

Some of these posts are utterly heartbreaking.
I'm so sorry. 💐