To find the days in between Xmas and new year depressing?

[manboywomengirl]

I don't mind Boxing Day but today I feel very blah and down in the dumps like I don't know what to do with myself. My daughter is at her dads till tomorrow so I'm going to the shop to get a few bits I need then home for a shower and some wine and dinner later on. However, I just feel like I should be doing something else. I feel antsy and unsure of what I am meant to be doing.

What is everyone else up to?

I'm just reading. Popping out later to drop supplies off at my brother's house. He's isolating with covid.

I know what you mean op, it's a strange time to and then weather is awful.
However it's the first time I really enjoy the tree, enjoy the nice food etc.
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I actually love these days between Christmas and New Year! I just hunker down, wrap myself in blankets and watch whatever I fancy. After working hard for months and running myself ragged making Christmas perfect for everyone I find it a really nice relaxing way to wind down and have a bit of me time. Everyone has eaten too much and spent too much so there are no expectations to meet up or socialise. I absolutely love it!

My favourite days of the year.
Board games, walks - maybe a trip to the coast to blow away the cobwebs, playing with Christmas presents, visiting family and friends, Christmas food, drinks, chocolates everywhere, baking mince pies and shortbread and cinnamon buns, Christmas films as a family, reading new books, everyone off work and school.
We don't really start to do anything Christmassy until late on Christmas Eve, so it's still fresh for us - I think a lot of people do all those things in early December instead.
I prefer that Christmas Day is just the start of the celebrations.

I hate the days between Christmas and New year....always feels like you're in limbo waiting for life to begin again.

Crimbo limbo!

Today I've been shopping with DD, DS is at his dad's, DP has gone to see his folks and help then with some odd jobs around the house.
DD is napping so I've done the cleaning, would love to get out for a walk but it's pouring day with rain again!

I love these days. Relaxing, reading, playing with children and their new toys and sorting out cupboards if I can be bothered. Using up all the food that’s been bought and staying cosy!

We've been on the m5 for three hours, a s then going to be on the M4 for another two. It fills the day

Tbf I find it a boring time too so will be back at work for three days. Tomorrow I'll be going to the cinema and having a massage. Luckily it's a bit more like a normal day.

We used to go away for at least one night, see friends, shopping etc but this year it’s so curtailed cos of covid - either people have it or we don’t want to go to crowded places. DS also has mocks so we can’t go away anyway.
The shite weather doesn’t help either!

I love them! But then have been working every day including today so Christmas starts now. Can finally relax and enjoy a bit of family time after all the stress of organising Christmas
Could you go out and about somewhere? A lot of the Christmas activities are still on this week

I think of it all as Christmas really.

They are a but dull I agree but I am trying to enjoy stuff I don't normally have time to do, watch some films, dramas, sit on MN eating chocolate etc !

I love this period. It’s still Christmas - good food, lots of TV, no work for me, and a chance to properly relax.

I start getting the dread on NYE, though. I’ve never liked it as a ‘celebration’ anyway, but it also signals going back to work soon and cold, grey January & February with not much to look forward to.

I love this period!
I sort out all the kid’s clothes and our bathroom cupboards. I watch films and catch up on the tv I missed over Christmas. We visit family and friends. I do a bit of sales shopping. I have pamper days where I use the smellies I got for Christmas.
Today I’ve bought the few bits I wanted from the M&S sales, stripped all the sofa covers and cushions for a wash and sorted out the baby’s room.

I like Twixmas too. No expectation of "special" meals. Today is largely a left-overs day - soup for lunch made out of turkey stock, dinner will be shepherds pie from left-over beef and then whatever is left of trifle.

Oh and I think it helps if your Christmas presents included some nice books and things to do. I have a timber kit to construct, the White House in Lego, a new jigsaw and another lovely craft kit. So plenty of indulgent readings and building in the days ahead.

I like that there are no expectations. It's a good time to relax and recharge before school and work start up again.

Happy birthday, dancingthroughthedark!

Good god I love it, other than having to work I can’t work out why you wouldn’t? You can basically do what you like and it’s the only week of the year like it. Reading/Netflix/planning/sorting/craft/board games/puzzles/cooking/exercise (stick a you tube work out on if weather shit/call someone for a chat

Cleaned up, had family visit for a few hours, had lunch then popped some washing on.

I like this bit, especially if my presents have been books or stuff to do. I love the good TV and the food!

I don't like NYE. I find it depressing - ruminating over how little I achieved in the last year, and worrying if anything awful will happen in the next year. #party

Lovely relaxed ‘me’ time. I know the feeling but really everyone is just doing nothing. Put something nice on the Tv, sort the house out, maybe nice bath and book? Good dinner and drink definitely. All relaxed and lovely, preparing for a fresh new year :)

@AlbertBridge

I like this bit, especially if my presents have been books or stuff to do. I love the good TV and the food!

I don't like NYE. I find it depressing - ruminating over how little I achieved in the last year, and worrying if anything awful will happen in the next year. #party

I used to do this but I also found doing nothing could make it worse. Our new thing is to get lots of fun food and nibbles and watch a great film. Then go to bed exactly when you want :D never really liked the countdown, gives me stress for some reason.

Crimbo Limbo is the best week of the year 😍

@stargirl1701

You are meant to be doing what suits you. Learning to 'just be' with yourself. It is a marked contrast to our over scheduled lives in the rest of the year.

Today I have made soup for lunch, helped DD1 with her crystal growing kit, read another chapter of Harry Potter to DD1, taken the dog for a walk and read the newspaper. No-one needs anything; the relief is sheer bliss.

I think I know now why I find these days long, boring and unsettling… I feel under scheduled! I make a big effort not to over schedule, I’ve found my balance in everyday life so when I’m faced with four days pretty much empty it’s too much. I think I need to plan a couple of things to do next year.

To be fair it would be different if I didn’t have small kids, I’d just sew all day!

plus i got some essential oils so that is lovely to relax with nicely

@2reefsin30knots

I love them! Days when you can just completely do your own thing (if you are off work).

There is a novel called The Book of Dead Days suggesting they are "a strange, a quiet interlude, somehow outside the rest of the year, outside time itself."

That's a really interesting quotation, and it's fairly similar to the German concept for the week - zwischen den Jahren, literally ' between the years'. It's traditionally a time of quiet contemplation about the year that's passed and the year to come. It's supposed to be a magical time beyond the scope of normal life, with no obligations. Vegging out on the sofa with chocs and Netflix is basically an updated version of that. And fair enough.