Controversial Christmas Opinions

[cliffdiver]

Here's mine:

1. Elf isn't that good. Engaging at the beginning, but once he's in the US it gets pretty boring

2. Turkey has an awful after taste

I agree. Very much.

Christmas is a season. It isnt essential to visit/host everyone on the same day.

Boxing day is the worst

There is nothing christmassy about a lorry transporting coca cola.

@angelofdeath21

Completely agree, 3 pints or so in the pub then a sing song, sorry service in church . We actually attend church most weeks but there's been half drunk people who sit down for midnight mass then loudly proclaim they didn't know god was in it... twice, not same per day same point in the service

The annual debate over whether Die Hard is a christmas film or not is so painfully tedious. It really doesn't matter, just watch it if you want to and leave the rest of us alone.

Turkey, sprouts and bread sauce should all be orbited into space.

Elf is not a good film and neither is Miracle on 34th Street,.Santa in court?...Mmm how Christmassy!..NOT 😳.

Bows on front doors are stupid.

Everyone banging on about the right and wrong's of where Christmas originated from... oh who cares it's here and always will be so shut up, put Home Alone on, have a snowball and cheer up ⛄🎁🎄😁

It is better to say that all presents that parents buy are from Father Christmas, children don't compare who things are from anyway, they just say, "I got x or y" etc. Saying he just delivers them or does tiny stocking things seems sad and more for the parent's benefit than the child's. I believe that the Father Christmas aspect is the most magical part for young children.

Socks are essential and awesome gifts.

Starters ruin a good Christmas Dinner.

Adults giving each other presents seems very childish.

I've already eaten a box of mince pies 😅

But never drink alcohol with family at Christmas thats for when you get home or new years

New Year’s Eve is awesome, I’d take it over over-hyped Christmas Day anytime.

If I do have to do Christmas Day then left to me it would be venison followed by chocolate cake, with a lot of red wine.

If I want to give my dc a big pile of gifts then it really isn't anyone else's business.

I don't want to feed my 3 grown up DC and their partners on Christmas Day. They earn more than me and I've cooked Christmas Dinner for 28 years.

Christmas Day is boring. Once the presents are done it's a day spent indoors with a roast 🤷🏻‍♀️

Christmas can be just as enjoyable without meat or alcohol

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Tell them please, then sit back & enjoy . Merry Christmas 🎄

You have to eat quickly if you want to get the best of both crisp and sog.
This is a doddle if you went to boarding school.

@chineapplepunks "The Polar Express is not a good film."

If you're not familiar with it, the book upon which it is based is absolutely lovely and very heartwarming. Stunning illustrations. I used to read it to children at Christmas and even early teens loved it. In fact, it's not really aimed at very young children.

Mince pies/Christmas cake/anything with dried fruit in it is awful, especially if there are bits of peel.

I don't like turkey. Give me a roast beef dinner with all the trimmings instead.

Candy canes are just bent sticks of rock that taste like toothpaste. They're not a nice thing to flavour stuff with.

Christmas dinner is better in the evening rather than afternoon as I can enjoy a lot more of it then.

Bacon rolls and a glass (or two) of champagne is the perfect Christmas breakfast.

Mariah Carey hurts my ears.

Flashing lights outside people's houses are the worst (they set off migraines for me and seizures for a friend).

Socks are a good gift.

Christmas trees shouldn't come down until twelfth night. Stop putting them up so early and then taking them down first thing on Boxing Day.

It's 90% about the anticipation and excitement and 10% about the actual days/s

Children don’t really believe in Santa the way their parents think they do (they just don’t like to say, because mum and dad are making such a fuss about which presents come from whom…)

Oh, and sprouts are the best thing about Christmas dinner.

Agree with that. Christmas Eve is better than the day it’s self. And I hate turkey, doesn’t taste of anything, which is why I always have game of some sort.

We've ditched them this year. What a relief. Cost of living crisis is good for something 😂