Festive icks

[crispsandnuts]

'With all the trimmings'

I couldn't even type that without my teeth itching.

I'm sure they'll be plenty more...

I agree......except for the Muppet Christmas Carol. That is exempt and must be watched every year.

Bayliss and Harding ... you might as well just tell me you hate me :)

I think most of you have completely misunderstood the meaning of the word "ick" This thread should be renamed "judgy unpleasant thoughts I have about Christmas"

Yep, Mookie81, you’re right. ‘Excessive, performative mawkishness’ is 🤮. Few people are unsympathetic to grief.
Some posters lack a sense of humour or cannot read between the lines then get all tiresomely preachy and make me do a big eye roll 🙄 and 💤

Ferrero roche sawdust balls wrapped in cheap chocolate are shorthand for I hate you. Vile, vile things

⬆️ PS. Now I might get replies saying that ‘lack of sense of humour’ means I’m suggesting we should laugh at grief.

'X more sleeps...'

People enjoy having a grumpy rant about things that irritate them. Christmas is stressful. It's not a bad thing, we're letting off steam.

I don't mind other people wearing Christmas jumpers but I LOATHE being required to wear (and therefore buy) them for reasons of festive jollity.

Managed to survive 50 years (including living through the 80s) without parting with cash for this landfill magnet and I'm fucked if I'm shelling out now to buy them for me and my kids.

Door Bows. They seemed to have made a resurgence in my area this year.

Tacky tat that will end up dirty and in the bin as soon as December is over.

It's not their job to look after your children. I hate this expectation.

It's not their job to look after your children. I hate this expectation.

Of course not. It'd be bizarre to think it was their job.

She's not asking someone to do their job though, but to offer a favour.

Blue outdoor lights ... not remotely festive, more like an emergency situation on the M1

fairgame84 - ask your mum when she's coming round to cook? You shouldn't be a martyr to Christmas.

Oh god this did actually make me sick in my mouth a little!!!

"From our family to yours" accompanied by a smug photo.

Most of these mentioned don't bother me but I do agree with taking the tree down on Boxing Day.

Only because that whole period up to NYE is still Christmassy for me.

People who buy a new Christmas jumper every year because it's "traditional".

It's a "tradition" that's less than 10 years old (the mass-produced kind, not the home-knitted kind), and it almost makes me feel physically sick thinking of all the waste of a jumper that will be worn precisely once, whose whole purpose is to look tacky and be exactly the sort of thing people don't want to wear... and then buying another one year after year after year.

Everytime a radio person mentions Buble my husband shouts "It's feckin bubble ' from wherever he is in the house.

Funnily enough, my shopping list often includes bublé bath.

I agree with the people who've said "making memories". I loathe that phrase.

I think it's because it's what used to be called "living our lives", except it somehow repackages it and makes it feel like memories are some kind of consumerist product that we have to actively go out and seek for their own sake, rather than the natural result of living a fulfilling life. It implies an inability to live in the present; that you're not doing an activity for the enjoyment of the activity itself, but in order to "collect" memories, as if they were objects, for later perusal.

And yes, I have put way too much thought into this.

@Kanaloa , we travel during the holidays to be with our children and grandchildren all in one place. ❤️ So yes, planning started in summer, reservations were made september-october. The years we 're hosting here at home.....asking who'll attend etc. also starts in late summer! It's important I think, so people can make their own arrangements too (like the days they will be with their respective in-laws). I understand it's different and probably easier if your whole family lives in the same community/country, but for us it takes a lot of planning! 😊

I agree, job probably wasn't the best word to use. However, some of us simply have no interest in looking after children, therefore no, we don't offer to do this particular favour. But there is often an expectation that we offer. It is also often assumed that childfree people have more spare time. Not always true.

"smellies"

Cliched lyrics in Christmas songs, eg mistletoe, stocking, snow. You just know when they're coming up because of the rhyming. Ugh so cheesy.

Stop being so offensive. Do you insult all religions or just reserve your abuse for Christianity?