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.

Real Christmas trees smell horrible and look shit. Lopsided with bare patches. Yeah looks fab!

Baffling. A plastic copy of a tree looks nicer than an actual tree?! I'm wondering if you look at trees growing outside and want to neaten them up so that they don't look 'lopsided'!

Just sitting down being thankful for things we have, without all the nonsense that makes it tedious.

Just sitting down and being thankful sounds pretty tedious to me! You can do that any time.

Pantomime is horrible.
Mince pie is disgusting.
Mulled wine is gross.
Santa lives at the North Pole, not Lapland.
Christingle is truly bizarre.
Nativity (the film) is crap.
Christmas dinner should be at actual dinner time, not lunch or late afternoon.

it is meant to be an unpopular opinion thread!

This! The amount of people getting their arse on, arguing against someone else's opinion is extraordinary, given that this is meant to be an unpopular opinion thread.

Honestly, the concept of this thread is that people give unpopular opinions about Christmas and you give your unpopular Christmas opinion. There's no need for a rammy.

Its meant to be the season of good will (for unpopular opinions about the season of good will ), or something.

So how about a bit of live and let cantankerous curmudgeon live, folks!

So how about a bit of live and let cantankerous curmudgeon live, folks!
Bah humbug!

I also agree with every single one of these!!

Buying mounds of presents for other adults is ridiculous.
Buying mounds of presents for children is nearly as bad.
Only Fools and Horses isn't funny.
Die Hard is basically the only decent Christmas film.

Nope, I mean every word of it! Would also like to add to brilliant items: Christmas cake eaten with thin slices of very mature Cheddar cheese, smoked salmon (eaten straight from the packet, with a fork, whilst standing by the fridge), and green triangles from Quality Street.

They're not exclusively Christmas food though

• If a child genuinely believes that Father Christmas is real beyond the age of 7, rather than just playing along for the presents, they are possibly just not very bright
• All American Christmas stuff is shit, including saying 'Santa' instead of 'Father Christmas'
• 'Christmas jumpers', 'Christmas pyjamas' and 'Christmas duvet covers' should not be a thing
• Proper Christmas should feel a bit spooky somehow
• Pigs in blankets are really nothing special
• Christmas specials of any TV show are usually not as good as a normal episode
• It's not in the slightest bit unusual to hate Christmas and it doesn't make you different or special. It's totally fine and normal to not be into it, but banging on about it like you're the only person in the world who hates it and/or wearing a jumper that says 'Bah Humbug' is not a substitute for having a personality
• Boxing Day is nicer than Christmas Day itself

THAT Mariah Carey song is overplayed, overrated and over-sung. Just SHUT UP

People who post aggressive 'how dare anyone do different from what I like' things like this have something lacking in their life, nd tgwy don't really mean people can do what they like.
They mean they can, and everyone else better shut up and follow the crowd.

All American Christmas stuff is shit, including saying 'Santa' instead of 'Father Christmas'
Really? Even in the Seventies we referred to Santa growing up in the UK. I've never associated that name with USA.

Although I was today years old when I realised that Santa Claus is obviously a corruption of Sankt Nikolaus.

And some of the best things if you know more history than propaganda.
Hey, that's an unpopular opinion around here for sure.
Pretty much MN policy that religion=evil incarnate

You missed the point of the thread didn’t you .
it’s for people to say unpopular opinions .
I don’t get the fuss but I don’t growl at everyone who is giddy in real life I’ve just said it on here .

My unpopular opinion is this thread is shit as are all unpopular opinion threads.

Love cheesy footballs so much I already ate the christmas ones and had to replace. Love mince pies too but not Xmas pudding. Always have turkey, Yorkshire puds, pigs in blankets and cauliflower cheese for Xmas dinner. hate all the consumerism crap and buying stuff that no-one needs or wants. I've really cut down this year.

Why would anyone eat them at any other time of year?

@xmaslurgy - party food. In the 70s cheesy footballs, twiglets, cheese and pineapple on sticks were de rigeur party food. Vol au vents and sausage rolls if you were posh.

Haven't had a vol au vent for years! Really want one now.

There will be snow in Africa this Christmastime

I think people should do what suits them. But, no, I don't give presents or cards to my adult children and don't receive any either. Me and my partner don't do gifts either.

Sinterklaas spawned Santa Claus, the immigrants took it over and dialects changed it. We love to criticise anything taken from the US, completely ignoring the German/Netherland traditions that we've adopted thanks to having German etc Royalty.

Why do people have presents just because it's Christmas.
Most people have got far too much anyway.
Just have a present on your birthday that is your special day after all.

Adults also deserve presents
Christmas pudding is disgusting, as is Christmas cake
Roast is just roast and dull as fuck
And for the one to get me slaughtered on here.....the sound of children singing is like fingernails on a blackboard