Anyone's kids really dislike Christmas?

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They just don't enjoy the fuss and are really annoyed by the songs and the adverts and the enforced jollity. Are they the only ones?

How old are they? Have they heard adults talk about Christmas in this way?

I loved Christmas as a younger but wasn’t a huge fan in my teens then loved it again as an adult.

My 20 yo is not crazy on Xmas. She's found it a bit overwhelming since she hit her teens. Ours is very low key anyway but she doesn't share my enthusiasm.

How old are they?

I loved Christmas as a child/early teen.

It was OK, but less fun as a late teen - I can remember feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all.

I love it again now I have my own son. He loves it too but is only just about to turn 11 so still quite young.

Hmmm if they are under 7 I’d say someone is definitely projecting on them in a big way for them to not see any joy in Christmas.

I guess they find it overwhelming and I don’t blame them.

My disabled 6 year old finds it all too much. Too many people, presents and too much noise! But she has a learning disability and likes routine and quiet. My other two kids love it!

Ds never liked christmas from as early as he could form an opinion. Ds has always loved structure and routine which went out the window at school.
He also hated the christmas tree. I always really enjoyed decorating the tree as a child (still do). As he grew older we learned to put the tree up while he is out and not do anything too exciting.

I don't like it now
I'm ok with it from about 20th December and then for the 12 days of Christmas
I was the same as a child.
My mum would drag us out to look at lights etc and I would be very meh about it.
I hate the way people go so over the top.
I hate the wastefulness and the way people overstretch themselves.
I hate the forced nature of having to have fun because it's Christmas.
I hate being called miserable because of it.
I'm a teacher so it's doubly awkward!

My two (now 20 & 17) are both Autistic so not NT but although they quite like the 'idea' of Christmas they can find the reality difficult to cope with.
At Primary school all routine was lost. At Secondary, there was too much peer pressure. Different foods, expectations. The pressure of presents. Family visits.
Perhaps it can be similar (to a lesser degree) for sensitive NT kids.
Christmas is so much longer, louder, brighter etc than when I was young (50's).
I try to view it as time to spend together, doing things we each enjoy.
Walks, films, baking, jigsaws, games. Not Enid Blyton-esque but low key.

Our son doesn’t like it, we’ve always had very low key christmases, he doesn’t like not knowing what to expect from others. We have never done santa etc, but he gets stressed that the message about christmas is being good enough in school, among friends etc to be worthy of presents.