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.

Photos of families in matching Christmas PJs being put on Facebook is just showing off and makes other people in less fortunate position feel sad.

I love cauli cheese on a Christmas dinner but I was trying to explain it to an American friend the other day and he said, 'Cheese AND gravy? Urgh'. I suddenly realised how weird it actually is. 😂

I really dislike that as soon as we have the last hot days of summer and the clocks change, it's like boom, retailers are bursting at the seams to take us on an immediate rapid descent into everything Christmas.

I'd actually just like to enjoy the autumn and the season changing and think about Christmas in mid December. Also if you're grieving or having a really horrible time, Christmas can feel like an assault on every sense. You're under pressure to 'not be a grinch' but inside your heart is aching and the pain of having to be falsely joyful can be very stressful.

For this reason I prefer a small and simple Christmas, a lovely meal with people I actually want to be with, plenty of wine, cheese and no extravagant presents.

Crispy roast potatoes are life!

Surely this isn't an unpopular opinion?

Honey does not belong on carrots, pigs in blankets or on / in any other part of a Christmas dinner.

@ReneBumsWombats well I wouldn’t have thought so before I read this thread, but it seems many people have it in for Xmas dinner/ roast dinner in general! A crispy roast potato merged with gravy is the holy grail of deliciousness IMO!

It's all a pile of 💩. Can't bear elf on the shelf and matching PJ's and the like it- it's one day. If I don't want to see aunt Doris during the year then I certainly don't want to just because it's Christmas.

Can't wait for it to be over.

It’s an unpopular opinions thread . You are absolutely allowed to post “Santa Claus is shit “ as opposed to calling him Father Christmas as Santa is more popular given the Americanisation of the western world..

A ban on tubs of sweets being allowed to be sold in shops until December 1st. Just been diagnosed diabetic and put on a diet. Real test of willpower walking past them in shops.
On a plus side get to hear the Greg Lake song - I believe in Father Christmas,love that song.

I will be eating cheese on toast...I despise the whole thing. It's too much of everything, negotiating Tesco yesterday was like playing rugby...Stollen, festive coffees and candles etc.....all mingin'!

Presents for wealthy adults who can buy their own stuff as they want and need it - stupid idea. But try getting them to change the tradition and they make you feel guilty and stingy.

Elf on the Shelf, glad it wasn't around when mine were little. Ditto xmas eve boxes and duvet sets.

It's crass to put photos of each of your children in front of their mega wall of presents with the caption "Santa's been!" Yes, we know you are very wealthy and your children want for nothing, and that proves your a great mum . Because you also do similar on their birthday.

Christmas Dinner at 3 or 4pm is neither here nor there and I probably won't be hungry for it because I can't go without lunch at lunchtime so will have had to snack, and ruined my appetite. At my house it's 2pm.

Adults getting hysterical over the !release" of the John Lewis advert. Media manipulation at its finest. I especially hate the breathy little girl voice singing.

I would like you to keep your hands off the dinner table shared plates and spoons if you're coughing and snotty please. Otherwise that means a few other people will end up catching what you've got and you'll spoil their New Year/annual leave off work.

But if you do that every year surely you have to wrack your brains now because they'll already have everything? Or are you talking designer handbags and shoes type of presents? (which aren't on plenty of people's wish lists because they're just not into that stuff)

Chocolate Yule Log's are shite. They're always dry and tasteless no matter where they're from. My husbands family serves one every year along with a Christmas pudding and mince pies. I enjoy something else much more indulgent and tastier once I get home.

Christmas cards are little squares of guilt-Inducing empty platitudes from people you generally don't think of from one day to the next. They go straight on the recycling at my house.

Yes, we know you are very wealthy and your children want for nothing, and that proves your a great mum

in most cases it means they owe a shitload of money on their store cards

Anyone over the age of 7 who believes in Santa needs to be assessed.

My eldest only stopped believing in Year 5. He's now doing a Masters in Engineering at Cambridge. Go figure... But magic always wins over logic and physics! 😝

RUDE

Yes agree just have a present on your birthday and celebrate your special day.

Why have you got to have presents because it's Christmas.
Loafs of presents are unwanted and end up on ebay anyway.

Most people have got far too much crap anyway.

You are fucking welcome. 🙏

I've elected to have Christmas on my own. I have 5 children, 11 GC and their families who all live more than a 2 hour drive away from each other and me. I went for a 40 minute run, at 04.40, arrived home, showered, coffee, juice and warm croissants and in comfy lounge wear catching up with emails and missed programmes.
It's mild and dry here in South Surrey so no heating needed.
Later there'll be some family Zoom greetings then I'll decide on dinner to be eaten around 6pm.
I wish everyone a very Happy Christmas however you choose to celebrate. There is no right or wrong way, just YOUR way.
Health and happiness are the most important things that you can't buy. 🎄🎉🥳🎁🥂🕊️

I hate turkey

Spending Christmas alone is underrated not "sad" or to be pitied (with the exception of people who find it horribly lonely of course). I choose to be alone and I enjoy it all because of that.

I've had a Bayling and Hardis gift set from my sister in law and I'm really happy with it...

Bayling and Hardis 😂