To really wish people would stop calling others a 'grinch'

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I know so many people who dislike or dread Christmas for very valid reasons: bereavement, lack of family, lack of money, unhappy memories and associations. Yet every year when posters express disquiet about being bombarded with Christmas from October on they are called grinches or miseries or fun sponges or ordered to just ignore all the music, decorations etc.
None of these people are asking for Christmas to be cancelled or for December to become a Christmas free zone. They are simply asking if the Christmas season could return to it's origins as a December celebration/religious feast, and not take over a quarter of the year.
AIBU to ask people to stop for a minute and remember that some people find Christmas very difficult and don't want it in their faces the minute Hallowe'en is over?

Yabu... it's a battle you won't ever win

It's all about the money

Some people can't resist being rude to people with different viewpoints to them especially on SM. You see it all the time on MN. Cat or dog threads can get particularly snarky. It happens on our local village FB page too, any negative comment about fireworks tends to spark (ha ha) a pile on. I feel really bad when these keyboard warriors start mocking volunteers who are helping out or improving our environment.

YANBU this year as soon as 1st Nov arrived everyone was talking about Christmas, trees up by mid November. I sometimes think people just need something to focus on to make their days better. I love Christmas but hate that people assume I don’t just because I’m not feeling festive in November 🤷‍♀️

Oh chill out, Scrooge. Better?

I’m with you OP. I really don’t like Christmas (long story) and unlike any other ‘holiday/celebration’ it’s in your face for months. You can’t escape it…..
I try to never show my hatred of Christmas, especially not to my DC or other peoples DC but sometimes someone will say “so are you all ready/looking forward to Christmas?” And if I say “not really” then I’m a Scrooge/Grinch/Grump etc.

I don’t know what the big deal is…if someone didn’t like Easter or Valentine’s Day then it’d be no big deal but apparently it’s the law to love Christmas 🙄

I don't actually care about Christmas Day itself, it's just me and my DH doing a roast but I love the decoration and lights that go with Christmas. I find winter miserable and the sooner I start seeing houses lit up on my dark drive to/from work, the better.

Nobody wants to be called a grinch but I don't understand what's so objectionable about Christmas decorations.

I'm not a grinch. Or a scrooge.
I love Christmas. Just not in fucking November. Or for the first 2ish weeks of December tbh.

Christmas is the annual bore and people have been brainwashed into thinking they need to celebrate it and buy people presents etc.

I'd cope if it was similar to Thanksgiving in the US, i.e. no gifts and just one day of it. The commercialisation of Christmas has ruined it.

Come January most have few if any funds left, and everything is half what you paid for the same thing prior to Christmas! Captive audience, emotional blackmail, idealism, guilt. Ugh I dislike the false jollity completely. So I must be no. 1 Grinch, but I don't care I say it out loud and proud.

I'd rather they called us/them a Scrooge. Just sticking with traditions I mean. Which is ironic.

I am in the ‘hate-Christmas-with-a-passion’ camp but try not to inflict my views on the happy people. I use this little ditty as a seasonal reminder

Mum was killed two months ago - a van driver went into reverse without checking and crushed her. As you can imagine, I'm really not looking forward to Christmas at all this year (and was never a big fan anyway...).

However, that does not mean that others should not enjoy every single minute of it. You know how people say 'You could get run over by a lorry tomorrow'? Well, it's true. You actually could. Life is short. Everybody should take as much enjoyment as they possibly can. Put the tree up in November if that makes you happy. Get Mariah Carey out earlier if she makes you sing along. I'm going to be upset regardless of what others do so why must everyone else be miserable too? I can simply take care of myself by avoiding everything festive. I'm sure next year will be better.

I agree with you op