To dread Christmas?

[Runki]

Does anyone else dread Christmas? The expense, the being completely skint for the whole of January and sometimes beyond, the stress, the pressure, the awkwardness of possibly having to spend time with relatives you might not particularly like and don't see all year, but you HAVE to because it's Christmas. That Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time song on repeat in shops. All the adverts you see denoting the perfect family Christmas and it's not like that for everyone. And then you sit there at the end of Christmas Day and realise you've spent most of it cooking and washing up. Is it just me or am I just Ebenezer Scrooge?! 😂

Grace Dent wrote a very touching article on making new traditions. She's a food writer so her focus is food traditions but she really captures how bitter sweet the season becomes after bereavement.
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/29/grace-dent-french-christmas-memories

Make Christmas what you want it to be for your family. If that means ignoring the stressful bits, then ignore them and find something better to do.

Not a fan. DS and I are both autistic. DS hates all the noise, change to routine etc and there are a lot of people that just don't get that he doesn't like it, he has a lot of issues with food (sensory) so there are lots of comments about that too. It is hard trying to keep him calm when I'm trying to manage my own sensory overload too.

@Lovelyview

Grace Dent : Marry me!

You don't HAVE to do anything.