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What is the worst Christmas you have ever had?

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Comedyshortsgamer · 11/12/2017 22:44

I would say one of my first ones I remember being stuck in a hotel as our home was flooded at the time

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KC225 · 12/12/2017 22:59

Stuck my own in Cairo when my travelling friends moved on tried to change my flight. I was being hassled by a guy (owners son) in the hotel and decided to be out till his shift finished. I found an Internet cafe click onto my Hotmail and not one happy Christmas message. I felt very forgotten and very alone. And then on the way home, the Kusheri shop I been eating at week tried to rip me off now I was on my own.

Esker · 12/12/2017 23:08

I'm so sorry for those posters who are facing Christmas without their loved ones

I'm grateful that mine aren't much by comparison.

Last Christmas was not awful, but weird and unusual as I was 26 weeks pregnant and having contractions. Went to maternity triage on Boxing Day morning and DS was born on the 27th. So I remember that Christmas as joyful in the sense that he arrived, but also traumatic due to his shock arrival and the long term complications of his prematurity.

Mamabooksbabynumber2 · 13/12/2017 12:59

The year we had a power cut. It was pitch black. No Xmas tv and Xmas dinner was half cooked

SatsukiKusakabe · 13/12/2017 13:42

Some of these stories are so heartbreaking. Much love and peace to everyone, especially those who have lost loved ones

AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 13/12/2017 14:34

My "egg doner" letting me and my sisters come down on Christmas Day to no gifts. She'd actually gotten rid of things other people had bought us too! This is apparantly what we got for being "disgusting little cunts".

I was 13. The youngest was 4. I'm now one of those people who go (sensibly) batshit at Christmas. (I don't share our huge pile on fbk though, so there's hope for me yet😃)

Glumglowworm · 13/12/2017 14:45

Some of the stories on here here are heartbreaking

Mine is very trivial in comparison. I was renting a room and the (very nice) landlady wasn’t there much but at Christmas she was and went all out and had all her family over, some of them staying. I hid in my room, ate chocolate and napped. She did do me a plate of dinner which I ate in my room.

I genuinely enjoy Christmas on my own, but Christmas on my own with a big family party just downstairs was too much.

EvilDoctorBallerinaRoastDuck · 13/12/2017 14:47

Radley

VioletCharlotte · 13/12/2017 15:40

My worse Christmas was when my ex beat me up 3 days before. My kids were 4 and 2. I stayed with him over the Christmas period as he was 'so sorry' and 'would make it up to me'. He spent spent the holiday getting drink and stoned. I left him a few weeks later with my two little boys.

This was 14 years ago but I still get a bit low this time of year. Domestic abuse soars over Christmas, thanks to a cocktail of money worries, alcohol and too much time at home.

TroubleinDaFamily · 13/12/2017 16:09

That would be 2015, off my head on morphine and painkillers and having to wait until January to see if I would live or die and if I did so I would be leaving a 14 year old behind.

Yip, that was probably the worst one ever.

Hellothereitsme · 13/12/2017 16:13

2011 25th Dec found out that my ex H was having an affair. Found him laying on the floor down the side of the bed on his phone tried to tell me he was hot so was trying to cool down???? In laws and babies were downstairs. Continued the day as if I didn’t know. Few weeks later in laws said to my ExH “hello” made us feel unwelcome on Christmas Day!!! I never did tell them why I was in a foul mood!!

Gammeldragz · 13/12/2017 16:25

Either the one when I was 15 and my mum got a chest infection (not helped by alcoholism) and had to have an ambulance and go off to hospital with my stepdad (both too drunk to drive). I was left to look after younger siblings and Cook the rest of the dinner. I drank quite a lot of whiskey while I was doing it...

Or the one three days after I found out I was miscarrying at 22 weeks, baby had stopped moving a few days before but labour hadn't started (they wanted it happen naturally) so I cooked for 12 while losing my daughter and pretending to be fine for my other kids.
I could have cancelled, but having family there helped with the kids and doing the cooking kept me from crying and drinking all day...

Nothing compared to some of these though :(

Haudyerwheesht · 13/12/2017 16:30

Dd's first Christmas. She was 3 months and we all had swine flu and ds (3) had pneumonia and was rushed to hospital.

Still not as bad as a lot of people's though.

punkpuffin · 13/12/2017 16:31

The one where I found a msg on my dh phone on Christmas eve to another woman saying he didn't love me and wished he'd never married me. I was in a foul mood all Christmas and ruined it for my parents. We are still together and he doesn't get why every Christmas I get really insecure.

CPtart · 13/12/2017 16:38

My DM was only 69 when killed in a car accident last year, and on xmas eve only several weeks later I had to stand in the family home of almost 50 years we were selling and barter with the new buyers who thought things weren't moving fast enough (they were). Just felt like crying.

ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ · 13/12/2017 16:38

The year I was diagnosed with cancer on 23rd December.

SatsukiKusakabe · 13/12/2017 17:31

violetcharlotte I had a violent partner when younger and had some awful Christmases - fortunately I did not have children - I am so thankful that I got out of that situation and I always give to my local refuge at Christmas because it makes me think of the women and children that are still living it

YessicaHaircut · 13/12/2017 17:43

1996, when I was 13. My dad chose to announce on Xmas eve that he’d been having an affair with a woman half his age for the past 6 months and would be leaving us after Xmas. It was the most miserable, forced and tearful few days I’ve had to endure and he waltzed off to his new life on New Year’s Eve.
I still love him because he’s my dad but I can’t believe he thought that was an ok way to behave. My poor Mum was so strong and has been an amazing role model.
Dad ended up marrying the OW and she treats him with utter contempt. It’s karma I suppose but it’s a shame he’s so unhappy with what was meant to be a better choice.

AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 13/12/2017 20:06

To those of us who've mentioned abuse/DV...

Let's all make a pact that we make at least one new memory this year.

💙💙💙💙💙

Lovemusic33 · 13/12/2017 20:43

I agree AllRoads ,all year I have been dreading Christmas, last year I was scared, scared my ex would come back, a few days after Christmas I had to do my video interview with the rape team . I was worried that I would hit a low this Christmas (have had flash backs all year and terrible anxiety). Now Christmas is closer I am really excited, my first Christmas on my own with the dd’s, a relaxing Christmas with no stress. Today I have been putting more decorations up, making the house even more christmasy and I can’t wait to close the door Christmas Eve and spend quality time with my dd’s who also went through so much last Christmas.

It’s sad that so many woman have expereance abusive partners and it’s sad how it has effected what’s meant to be a happy time.

SatsukiKusakabe · 13/12/2017 20:48

lovemusic this Christmas is yours, I hope you have a lovely happy one with your dds

Lovemusic33 · 13/12/2017 20:53

Thank you Sat, a few weeks ago I just wanted to run away for Christmas, I’m not sure what changed, maybe me realising I could not run away from what was going on in my head. I know Christmas will be special this year and we will make good memories.

QuimReaper · 13/12/2017 21:00

I've just been very nearly set off by the Age UK advert about the lonely old man at Christmas, and now this thread has tipped me right over the edge. I'm so sorry to everyone who's had such awful experiences

VioletCharlotte · 13/12/2017 21:02

This thread is so sad, so many of us have had awful Christmases and so many more people will be having sad ones this year.

Love and light to you all

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