Who does a Christmas/North pole breakfast on the 1st?

[UndertheCedartree]

For a few years now I have done my children a 'Christmas breakfast' on the 1st December! We don't have an elf so I don't call it a 'Northpole breakfast' but it is pretty much the same.

I decorate the table and I have silver chargers that I put the food on - Christmas tree crumpets, mini mice pies and gingerbread men. This year I'm doing them a 'candy cane' of sliced strawberries and banana. I always put a little chocolate figure next to their place. They have Christmas plates and bottles I will get out. On the table will also be their Christmas card from me and their advent calendar (traditional picture one). They love it and it gets us all in the festive mood. Anyone else?

@ptumbi - we don't celebrate st.nicklass or all 4 advent sundays. We just have a special breakfast on 1st Dec. As I explained we'll be eating from a foodbank on Christmas day and there won't be many presents. But after all those things you had I see why you didn't need Christmas breakfast - but it is different for us. Each to their own.

@leflic - my children have the picture advent calendars (as I said in my OP) - they have always loved them. Just because other people do things it doesn't mean we have to. I was sharing a tradition of ours - it doesn't mean you have to do it if you don't want to.

Wow! Christmas breakfast-gate! I never thought me have a little fun with my children would be so conterversial! As I have sat in my hospital bed - I've enjoyed planning my Christmas breakfast - you want to take that away from me @Courtney and @leflic because it will cause the downfull of society? Having little things to look forward to improve my mental health as have all the kind responses. But unfortunately the meanness has made me a bit sad.

OP your breakfast sounds lovely and I’m going to do a little one too on Dec 1st, just because why not? It’s an extra special breakfast for he family to enjoy together - hardly a big issue but a little something to look forward to this week and perhaps something the kiddies will remember doing each heard when they’re older.

I think there’s an element of ‘fuck it’ everything’s so grey and miserable I’m going to put the twinkly lights up early this year.

What a drama llama. No one's trying to take anything away, literally no one could care less what you, or anyone else is having for breakfast. It's called discussion.

What we are doing (many many of us, although you seem to focus on just 3 of us, whatever ) is expressing a joint opinion that it's plastic tat mentality.

This thread cracks me up. Especially reading responses in a Cletus from the Simpsons voice where it's along the genius lines of: "There ain't no plaaaastic in a straw-berry, so this can't be no plaaaastic taaaat"

(probably 10th facepalm, I've lost count)

Don’t be sad OP. The negativity from some posters on here says a lot more about them than it does about you.

Like I said it doesn’t matter what you do if it’s at a personal tradition.
You posted it asking “ who else does it”, Did you expect yes or no answers?

There’s no point in feeling sad about it if you feel it’s the right thing to be doing. You think it’s a great idea others don’t . No ones stopping you.

@boobs to be fair I'm not suggesting anything extravagant or celebrating anything early - the start of advent is always 1st Dec. Having little things to focus on and look forward to help my mental health. Noone has to do the same as me if it doesn't suit them, though.

The point is though Courtney555 that you’re calling everything you don’t do, ‘plastic tat mentality’. I imagine there are things you do that I, and others, may consider ‘plastic tat mentality’. Like chocolate advent calendars. Just because you decree something to be something, does not make it so. You are not the oracle.

I think it was pretty clear from my OP that I when asking who else does a breakfast on 1st Dec I wasn't looking for deep sociological discussion s about if it was right or wrong. I was just looking for a nice light hearted chat about our traditions. This is the Christmas thread after all not AIBU. Anyone is free to obviously post what they like but after I have explained the reason it is so important to me this year it might have been kinder for those with such negative views and who have tried to insult me to just leave it. As in goodwill to all men (but I guess you only do that on 25th)

The point is though Courtney555 that you’re calling everything you don’t do, ‘plastic tat mentality’

Everything? Am I? That's news to me.

I'm calling this plastic tat mentality, absolutely. Because that's what I (and many others) see it as. Not because I don't do it.

I don't go to midnight mass...

(facepalm 11)

You can facepalm as much as you want, still doesn’t make you right.

Just waiting for your explanation of how I see midnight mass as plastic tat. As you've just confidently informed me that I believe everything I don't do falls into that category...

Or nice. There’s disagreeing about something and then there’s tearing it apart. What is plastic tat mentality exactly? Do elaborate. Is your wrapping paper 100% recyclable (most aren’t because they contain plastic)? Are your baubles glass? Are your Christmas jumpers 100% wool? No. Then wind your spiteful little plastic neck in.

Is the annual visit from three ghosts part of your Christmas traditions?

But why is your list of activities ok but mine isn't? How is having a breakfast with my children 'plastic tat' but presents and pantos and christmas jumpers aren't? Can you explain further what you mean - because I think a lot of us are very confused. Those things are all pretty expensive and middle class - why is my cheap breakfast so terrible?

Do you understand mentality means not the actual physical presence of plaaaastic taaat?

(facepalm 45)

@underthecedartree i think it sounds magical for your children, and had mine been young enough when i spent time in a mental health unit, i would have loved to have done this to make some genuinely happy memories, hopefully to make up in some small way for the utter stress that being apart from your children brings. Enjoy your family traditions, and don't let anyone dull your sparkle

@courtney (facepalm) yes, obviously. But what we are asking is what does it mean and how does it relate to my tradition?

Ps @underthecedartree...... Don't feed the trolls

Christ no. Too busy making memories dragging squawking child round the woods each morning for the dog walk.

This year it's a Sunday so will also be dragging child to church.

I like my bed too much for all that prep.

Thanks @mama - it has been really difficult.

I can well imagine xxxx

@mama - haha yes - I need to remember that!

I mean, it's been answered by numerous people already, but it's obviously not being understood. This is probably the best version.

No, a banana and strawberry “candy cane” is not particularly commercialised. However it feeds the idea that Christmas has “started” and this then is another factor in the over production of what is in reality 3 days.
It’s all very well saying it’s a magical time that derservres to be celebrated all month. But it’s not at all. There’s now loads to do, there’s an expectation of more decorations, nicer cards, better food etc that has lent itself into a frenzy that now goes on from Ni ember onwards