Weirdest, least christmassy Christmas ever

[Eyeswithoutafacey]

Did anyone else feel like this?

Someone posted this on threads & I totally agree

That’s exactly what I was trying to say but you put it much more succinctly than I did!

I’ve felt like that for past christmases but not this one. Had a really nice time, good food, good pressies, good weather - cold, crisp, dry ❤️

I am 60 and this year is the first year in my entire life that I haven't felt festive at any point at all.

I am trying to get over an orthopaedic issue that I had surgery for in the summer that may or may not have worked and I have started taking antibiotics for a chest infection that I think I have had since the Spring.

I just want to take the decorations down and be done with it all which just adds to the sadness I am feeling.

I would agree has not been helped by the fact we’ve all been poorly.
Last year I was more excited for Christmas than I have been this year. I think it’s been a rather shit year for this country and it just feels bleak.

i agree, though I’ve never loved it. I can’t seem to conjure the magic, even with children. I just feel the excess, mess and effort and not much of the good stuff. Also feeling completely drained today. I think if you have wonderful, close,
fun and loving family, it makes all the difference in the world (I don’t).

Yep- it’s just a big anti climax.

Every needs to petition the businesses to not start it until at least mid November!!

It's only Boxing Day! It's not over for at least another week.

I've been really ill for 8 days now. Some sort of virus. Haven't eaten this week or been able to get out of bed. It's horrible. I'm here with my mum on end of life care and one of my adult sons, who's been a hero. Mum has carers 4 times a day and a charity is giving night cover. It's been grim

Tonight I found myself asking DP when I could take the decorations down. They only went up on Saturday, but I've had enough...

I said exactly the same it has not felt like Christmas at all. I feel like I see less of Father Christmas on adverts and more of the grinch. Even in the shops, they are hardly decorated inside. I feel like this country is slowly starting to cancel christmas

Yep - prob most meh Xmas ever. State of the Country? Maybe the world?

It did not feel like Christmas at all for us but my mum is in advanced dementia, dad as miserable as sin because of poo mum, my DC are 20 and 17 and no longer fussed about it and this will be dd's last Christmas as a 'child' so everything felt flat and frankly quite miserable.

But there were probably many people feeling like me 10+ years ago when my DC were little and super excited about Christmas and my in-laws and my parents were all in good health and enjoying the festive days with their young GC and Christmas felt magical. I suppose that's life and how things go around.

I am on holiday in a hot, Muslim country. I went quadbiking on xmas day. It has been the best xmas for years (and that includes ski holidays). I could quite happily never celebrate xmas again. Still got some family meets planned, but everyone happy to go for a walk, picnic or sone other activity so noone has to host. Joy!!!

Modern day life is too busy, too commercial and too fake and it’s affected Christmas too.

How do you know I’m getting old 😅

That’s part of what I mean…feels like it’s over or maybe I want it to be, it’s strange

This is a bit how I feel, no idea why, trying hard to fight the feeling

I think this is a big part of it, it seems to get worse every year! I am sure when i was younger shops would have christmas stuff from 1st Dec rather than before the summer holidays have even ended; sick of the sight of it by christmas.

Wasn't bad at all but didnt feel festive at all. Felt like we were acting 🤣

Yes! this too…just acting

Do you think it’s because there’s so much sickness around? Everyone is tired

The screenshot you shared nails it for me OP, and the people who say it felt like they were acting. I have two young kids so should have felt festive but it all just felt ‘not Christmassy’. I think partly because I took on too much in December and was working right up until 4pm on Christmas Eve so by the time yesterday rolled around I was just exhausted. We’ve had a nice time but I definitely didn’t feel festive. We have more family over tomorrow and I feel tired just thinking about doing it all again! But then we are going away for a few days over new year which we don’t usually do so I’m hoping that will make this Christmas a nice more stand out one for me than the day items.

I also agree with PP about getting old, I said to my DP last night that the problem is the more christmasses you have, the less of a novelty they are!

It goes on too long imo. That condensed two-week period of festivities that felt special and something to truly look forward to is trying to be stretched out over 2-3 months and it's inevitably diluting it. Starting it in October and basically ending it on Boxing Day with the world-weary removal of decorations as if they're such a pain to the person that put them up on 1st November.

I too think it's this.
We need to reduce the amount of infections that are circulating. DS has had four viruses since September. It's shit. He hadn't fully recovered from the last one and started with a cold Christmas day. He was in bed literally snoring at 6pm tonight. Not like him at all. He's 19, not a little kid. He's barely been out,I don't even know where he caught it 🤷
And huge sympathy to everyone who is dealing with more serious stuff than this.

Sorry to hear this, it sounds a tough time for you all; your son sounds lovely x