Christmas things not worth doing

[charlieinthehaystack]

you know the things you think you have to do then after you think why on earth did i bother?
many a time i have spent hours carefully putting the stickers on toys bikes etc to complete it then two minutes after kids open it all the stickers are ripped off!
you risk life and limb not to mention driving miles to get that toy that your youngster has begged for along with most of the kids in the UK but on Christmas day its played with for 2 minutes then discarded never to be seen again
similar to above you have that one guest you want to impress/who is awkward so you spend ages finding food you know they like at great expense then find out when they visit they no longer like it!

Presents for teachers
Cards
Christmas Dinner on Christmas day
Matching pyjamas
Mulled wine

Decorating the banisters as if it were a feature in a house magazine.

It invariably looks crap unless you live in a mansion where you can deck your literal halls with boughs of holly.

The roast. On a day when there's so much going on why have a main courrse that requires so much last minute attention. On Hogmanay I stick a casserole in the slow cooker hours before the guests srrive, it's much more civilised.

And a rather specific one. BIL has never once had Christmas in his own house and he's in his 50s with adult children. MIL would always host him and his family when she was younger, now SIL (his sister) and I alternate hosting MIL. But BIL and his family always come as well and constantly complain about how I do things (e.g. serving lunch before 2 pm is parochial). Drives me mad. Guess who I'm refusing to host after lovely MIL dies.

Christmas cushions. Use the same ones all year round..

I think you need the contrast of all the Christmas shite to be able to enjoy the rest of the year free of all this nonsense.

I love the thought of Christmas more than the actual day, it's just stress to me 😂
I do have 2 boys with Christmas birthdays though so that probably adds to the stress levels 😅

Christmas winter wonderland.

Every year there is some sort of "outrage as" story where people turn up to a muddy field with a tent in it and a few donkeys dressed as reindeers and end up paying £50 for the privilige.

It's like there is no shortage of fools out there willing to stump up cash for nonsense like this.

Yet still get idiots who still think this is a good idea to spend a day.

Don't do family pyjamas as DH won't wear them and my son is too big for them.
I've only ever done one Christmas eve box and that was for my grandson who was living at his great grandmother's house ( she had dementia and he was so good with her that I wanted to spoil him) it was a total bargain and had lots of baking stuff plus a mug and mug cakes and colouring stuff.

I'm fairly into Christmas and don't go out of my way for Christmas markets, hot chocolate everywhere.

I'm giving up sheet wrap and going to put things in bags that can be reused ,apart from the children.