hate the days inbetween xmas and new year.

[Emmav2020]

is it just me or does anyone else hate the days inbetween xmas and new year and going into the new year. I feel like i end up a little depressed, like i have nothing to look forward to. Kids driving me mad, been round my OH to much so were bickering and i just feel out of routine.

Do anyone else feel like this?

My daughter is a teenager now so she's good company and often out with her friends anyway. I remember finding it really stressful when she was little, like a void of time to fill when it feels like the world has stopped. It does get better as they get older, I'm really enjoying the quiet time this year

I enjoy it. Very busy in work leading up to Christmas and need this down time to reset in preparation for busy year ahead. Weather been good this year so been out for coastal and mountain walks and pub lunches. Lucky both easily accessible from me. Love my sleep so lying in a luxury 6am starts normally. Kids are teens so probably easier to please myself but when they were younger I tended to get them out of the house for fresh air every day. Life is so busy I really need this downtime every year.

This is the best bit. All the stress is over, I can relax. We have no plans. Currently have all candles lit, sitting by the tree watching a Christmas film. Snow due later this week, hope we are snowed in again (rural Scotland) and then this lovely down time can continue.

I love it. We either go away (drive into Europe on Eurotunnel) and the roads are lovely and quiet or have friends to stay. Kids are occupied with their new toys or sent on walks for fresh air, meals are completely random but that's fine. As long as there's a carrot or cucumber in the vicinity you're good, health wise.

No, I love it!

All the Christmas socialising has been done now and my partner and I are finishing off Christmas snacks, drinking Baileys and watching films.

No bickering here. There hasn't been a single cross word or irritation. It's been lovely.

They're my favourite days of the year.

Time with my little children, time with family, lots of food left over, time to rest, time to exercise. I just love them.

I love it. Really lazy and relaxing. It’s the only time of year that I can be off work and know that I won’t go back to a gazillion emails, as everyone else is off too.

We've just realised we have no bread here so dc and I have eaten mince pies and fruit for lunch 😂

I've given up fighting the lack of routine tbh, I'm just embracing it until New Year.

The next few days will consist of cleaning, laundry, dog walks and encouraging the dc to eat all the crap in the house to get rid asap 😁

I have been very ill since Christmas day with the flu and a chest infection. I've barely eaten! If I was well I would be eating a lot and doing little jobs around the house. Mainly clearing out kids' clutter, cleaning the kitchen properly, and maybe sanding a wooden chest in my bathroom for a more cheerful view when weeing. I would also have had some playdates with the kids and done some exercise. Arghh. Robbed of this time!

I love it now but found it more difficult when the kids were little. I'm guessing from your post that you are a lone parent so can totally see how it must be particularly tricky for you

I love it. Eating all the leftovers and Christmas chocolates. Best bit is the empty gym and swimming pool. It’ll be a different story next week!

I love the twixmas days, no stress, no expectations just get up when i want, eat what I want and watch things I wouldn't normally watch 😌

I love it - it feels like magic, suspended time when I don’t have to do anything.

My kids have gone to their Dad’s today and I’m working tomorrow. I just need to intensively rest today I think.

Love them but no kids. Sleeping in, lots of movies and books and foods. Proper relaxation

Best days of the year!

Relaxed, less structure, time together with kids to play with toys and board games, go for walks, easy food and plenty of treats.

Log burner on, Christmas smells, candles and twinkly lights.

No I'm sorry i love them.

It's still Christmas in my opinion. We use the time to rest and relax after Christmas. Finish off any leftover Christmas food.

We usually have a bit of a declutter ready for new year. Watch loads of TV. Enjoy our gifts. We usually buy a couple of new bits for the house in the Dunelm sale. Wrap
Up and go for Winter walks. Visit family.

Can you try to embrace it and create some little traditions.

I'm not fussed about new year so after Christmas/Boxing day we just go back to normal in our family.

Emmav2020 · Today 12:56

i feel like one year i would love to go away maybe abroad or just somewhere here for a few days maybe around the 27th dec but its so expensive

It is so could you do a couple of special days out instead? Most towns have coach companies that do all inclusive days out for very reasonable prices. So where we are, for example, a day trip to York.

From a shift worker perspective, they’re a bloody nightmare. There’s no holiday club for the kids to go to, and because it’s Christmas all their friends are away / busy with their own families. So I end up having really unpleasant runs of working nights (when my husband is home) then staying up after a night shift looking after the kids on no sleep because my husband is working in the day. I don’t even have the kind of kids that want to chill and watch movies, they want to go out for bike rides and play and bake and all I really want to do is sleep because I’ve been awake 30 hours and counting now…

Dh is at work so i have just been home with our two children. I am enjoying it, I work in a school so our term times are full on. I made a list of jobs I wanted to get done and have been working my way through the list. I have also made sure I take time to read and do the things I enjoy. The children have been enjoying staying in pjs and playing with their toys/consoles.

I am OK with it, though not in the same position as the OP. I'd be unhappy in her shoes as I don't want Christmas to seem endless. Especially when it comes to large amounts of food.

I go back into work between Christmas and New Year, gives me days I can take as a holiday in February. I also like the quietness of the area around where I live, can enjoy walks in a way not always there the rest of the year.

It’s one of the best weeks of the year. It’s like one long weekend and I love it. Great reset before getting back into the usual routine

I’m enjoying the R&R tbh. Caught up on a few jobs this morning and found homes for some Christmas presents. Planning an afternoon with a new book and/or a jigsaw. Yes there’s too much food and not enough exercise, but I work hard in a demanding job all year, spending time doing not very much at all is restorative. But I don’t have young kids needing to be occupied, they’re older and squirrelled away revising for upcoming exams.

I LOVE it. Best bit for me. I hate, really detest, the build up to Christmas and the day itself. The sense of pressure & foreboding I feel is awful. This period of aftermath is heaven. Like an almighty exhale. I adore it.