Your unpopular Christmas opinions

[LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet]

Yorkshire puddings belong on a Christmas dinner

Christmas dinner - other than Yorkshires and pigs in blankets - is fucking disgusting, and that goes for every course

Elf is a crap movie.

Too many parents get over invested in their child believing in Santa. The reason they love Santa is because he brings a shit load of toys. As long as they’re still getting the toys they’re happy.

The whole thing is shite.

A lot of christmas staple foods aren't very nice:
Mince pies
Christmas pudding
Christmas cake

Cheesy footballs are shit

Love actually and elf are both shit (I've never made it to the end of either)

The "something they want, something they need, something to wear, something to read" rule of present giving lacks any joy.

What are cheesy footballs?!

I hate the whole thing.

I appreciate I'm pretty much alone in thos, but it's fake, grotesque and intrusive and I loathe it all.

Pigs in blankets are vile.
Agree with the yorkies though.
Chicken is far superior to turkey.
It's just a bit rubbish when you're a grown up.

I absolutely loathe nativity plays and pantos. I’m very, very glad they aren’t a thing in Canada!

Elf is indeed shit.

So is Love Actually but somehow I still have to watch it every Christmas.

Christmas pudding is 🤢🤮

People who buy obligation presents - presents you feel you need to give for the sake of appearances - are consumerist idiots who are contributing to landfill and pollution and lining the pockets of greedy companies like Amazon.

Just say no. People will get over it.

I actually LOVE Turkey. It’s probably my fave meat.

And yes, chicken is much better than turkey!

I really hate Pantomime.
Christmas TV is usually bed.

But other than that I like Christmas.

It feels like every aspect has so much angst, let it go

Elf on the Shelf can get to fuck. Just another bloody thing to think of, making it "do" different stuff every day. Never had one in our house and DC is too old for it now anyway, thankfully, so no pressure that "everyone else has an elf".

I think my teen DS would add Linx gift sets to the Christmas Room 101. He got three last year and started to get paranoid. 🤣🤣

Christmas cards are nonsense.
Pigs in blankets are no better than OK
Stockings are ridiculous for anyone over the age of 12.
Christmas music in shops should be banned
Elf is the pits.

The films 'Elf' and 'Home Alone' are a bag of shite.
Pigs in blankets are an abomination.
Turkey is bland
'Fairytale of New York' is ghastly
Christmas pudding is not particularly nice
Brandy butter can fuck right off
The best place for Baileys is down the kitchen sink

Can’t believe someone said cheesy footballs are shit. They are bloody great!
This comment alone makes me think we’ve sunk to new depths.
Dates. Stuffed, whatever. Awful. Just leave the cheesy footballs.

When people offer to "help" you sort things out previous to the big day ( as you are hosting 16 ) , what they mean is they will sit on your couch and leave you with more mess to clean up than you had before. And they will eat your chocolate too and blame it on the 2 very small people that came out of their vagina.

Xmas dinner isn't/doesn't have to be expensive at all. It's probably the cheapest roast dinner of the year if you go to Aldi /Lidl on the 22nd when they reduce the veg down. I've just bought a giant pork joint, all the spuds and veg and pigs in blankets for 20 peopl on Xmas eve and it was £25 for everything apart from the take away tubs I'm serving it in.

I agree with this.

Boxing Day is more enjoyable then Christmas Day.

Cheesy footballs are little balls of sick.
I don't want to be near over excited children at Xmas
I love getting presents

Traditional Christmas dinner is horrible and makes the house stinky and stuffy.
Would rather eat cheese on toast.