How christmassy are you feeling?!

[Rainydays55]

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

Not at all. First Christmas separated from my husband. It's all gut wrenching and not helped by him being all loved up with his new girlfriend.

Roll on January.

I usually feel better than this. I just feel really sad just now. Dont know why. Well i do know, but usually i can get by with it. But this year I'm just wanting to go to a room and cry. I've got tears now. I think its this new varient. Ive got health anxiety, but im jabbed etc and was doing well, not worrying so much. Now I'm back to not wanting folk near me, which isn't easy working in retail right now and using busy public transport.

And i want to enjoy Christmas as i know January February will be super shit.

Not at all. We aren't putting up an decorations this year or exchanging presents. Bought a few small toys for my daughter but I've let her have most of them as she doesn't even understand what Christmas is. I've got some sticker and activity books for her which I'm going to give her on the day too. I'm mostly just looking forward to the time off work.

By feeling Christmassy I feel annoyed with how ridiculous the whole thing has become, which is a yearly occurence. We will be spending a lot. Do not want anything in return (just means more clutter to get rid off- horrendous for the environment). Do not mind getting Christmas presents for our children (I can enjoy that). The rest is just ridiculous tick boxes (so many messages back and forth to siblings, why can we not just wrap a present and say that's from Aunty/Uncle .....and they do the same for their children rather than sending each other presents to the same value). As for the days of hosting etc.....WE HAVE NO TIME. I really just want time as a nuclear family when DH is not working. I do not want to see DM, DF , DInlaws. I do not want to be cooking/paying for countless restaurant meals. I want time with DH and DC only .

@Lavender24 that sounds perfect

I was looking forward to a bit of shopping fir DDs stocking this morning. The town was so depressing with all the closed shops, nowhere nice to buy anything, all there is is Primark and M&S. I couldn't find anything nice and felt so deflated I couldn't even be bothered to stop for coffee.

Not one iota! I wish I was.
So much to do, always falls to me, seems so stressful. To be honest, can't wait for it to be over. Nearly all the presents are bought, just 2 more to buy so that's not a problem. I always used to love everything about it, then both Mum's died within a few weeks of each other, so it feels very flat without them. My mil was fantastic, they both made such a big effort. Now they're gone it all falls to me and i feel a bit resentful to be honest.
We've had work done at home and new plaster, so that needs painting, again down to me.
To make it worse, my cat has been really ill for a month, cat flu and gastric problems which has cost a fortune. I know some people will say, It's just a cat, but he's part of the family although cleaning up after him day after day has been hard.
Bah Humbug!! I can't be bothered

Not at all. Have purchased for grandkids and close relatives. Don't put up a tree or decs. Have booked Xmas lunch in the pub for us and the in-laws who will leave as soon as the last mouthful is eaten. Will just carry on with the day then as usual.

I'm finding the more prep i do the better i feel. I can't enjoy Christmas until i can can relax abit. Decorations all up from 1st, cards all written and posted, adult presents all wrapped, dc's presents all organised ready to wrap in coming days, food all bought in/ordered. Ready to do some Christmas baking to xmas music with dc1 on weekend and start enjoying things! Santa visit and acouple of outings after dc1 breaks up from school should help aswell

3/10 Christmassy so far

I’ve now got 20% off cocktail cans.

Not very. I work in schools and usually love this time of year but there are no Christmas performance rehearsals, no preparations for festive markets or sales in the school halls and no special visitors such as Santa or travelling pantomimes. It's all just lessons as normal.

At home we haven't put the decks up yet and we haven't been anywhere festive such as Christmas markets or enchanted light-up events. We haven't even visited Santa yet (and at 9 & 10 I'm not sure my dc are bothered this year). There were no light switch on events locally, the Carol singers that we usually see in the shopping centre in town haven't been yet and the weather feels dark, drab and miserable as well.

Feeling Christmassy but also like I'm herding cats!

Dh might have clot on the lung just waiting to se if anyone will get back to us. I’ve felt rubbish anyway for weeks at least my trees are up.

Could he hours for ambulance blood tests booked next week instead.

Tired just tired of it, it never ends one thing after another. This year has broken me.

I'm going against the tide here and announcing today i feel Christmassy! Wrapping is finally all finished (dc and adults, just dh's to do but only a couple of small things so won't take long and told him coal is still on the agenda 😂
Me and dc have started planning movies to watch over Christmas starting this weekend and dc1's excitement every morning just to open his advent calendar is contagious !
Dc1 has 1 week left at school and some non uniform days and is excited to give his teacher his gift; things are seeming abit more festive! I am super excited to see dc'e faces on christmas morning and feel like i can't wait! It has been an awful time but we were healthy and fortunate and have everything to be grateful for!

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@bloodywhitecat

Not even in the slightest but I know I need to for the sake of the fosterlings. I am currently hoping against hope that DH will be home in time for Christmas and that we can rearrange the downstairs to fit a hospital bed in the lounge and a lounge in the dining room. Fuck knows where everything is going to go. Knowing this is our last Christmas makes everything seem harder.

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Not Christmasy at all. The world feels upside down and everything is so damn expensive at the moment. Tbh probs the least christmasy I have felt ever even when I used to work Xmas day in hotels. The only thing I am excited about is seeing my nearly 2 year olds face Xmas morning and the couple Xmas light events I have booked with him. The rest of it I couldn’t give a damn about lol.

Not feeling it at all. Organised a family get-together because half the family is due to be away at Christmas. They wanted a chef to cook, I found a chef. Fussy eaters and allergies made picking the menu a huge faff. Then on the eve, we lost 3 of the 12 to Covid (the only unvaccinated adult + household). They then sulked and refused the food which the chef had packed up for them. Christmas was supposed to be at theirs and is now off. Everyone keeps asking me what the plan is.
I am not planning anything else. People can tell me where to be and when and I'll be there.
On top of it all, the restaurant I booked for my team is bending the rules to suit it and will not let me cancel our booking, so it looks like I'm forking out for 80% of a meal for 12 people.
I have not bought any present, we don't have any decorations up and I'm really not motivated in the slightest

SUPER CHRISTMASSY since we I made the decision to go out for lunch on Christmas Day. All pressure lifted!

I just hope we can still do it, amongst looming lockdowns...

So pleased to read this - I cried for 3 hours last night because I feel so low and it's so unlike me at this time of year. Putting up decorations was no fun this year, I can't be bothered with presents or wrapping, I'm not interested in watching or listening to anything festive. I've been trying to jolly everyone else in my life along and last night I just suddenly ran out of energy to do it for everyone else - a grumpy husband and miserable mum complaining she doesn't feel christmassy just pushed me over the edge. Really could have taken all my decorations down and just slept until January. I'm sorry so many of us are struggling.

Not at all I've the decorations up for the kids and we are doing some Yule baking and crafts etc but I'm not feeling it. I'm not well I can't keep anything but bread down/in and this morning I found a lump and can't get a GP appointment until after Christmas. Our farm is in serious financial difficulties we can't even afford to send cards or buy anything like the normal gifts this year, we've scraped a few Santa things for the kids and luckily their "big" gift they asked for is actually nothing expensive. We've had to get family token gifts and can't give our staff any cash as a thank you for their hard work, we are hoping they have a job come January.

Wasn't until this afternoon, watched our reception children's nativity, it was so lovely and admit I teared up at Silent Night