Festive icks

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'With all the trimmings'

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

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

@Narwhaleahoy
Interesting I've not heard of a GP not wanting the pics of grandchildren

Oh yes! Thank you for putting it better than I could. Christmas is a fucking nightmare with an autistic child. A tiny bit of hope for other parents, my DC is now 16 and starting to learn that Christmas is the same every year, and they have to do the Christmas routine

I'm not against displaying photos of my family members, but I also hate receiving these, or other gifts, that I'm obviously expected to display in my home.

Christmas lights that are anything other than ‘warm and twinkling’ - so in the bin with your blue, white, multicoloured, etc.

Also lights that don’t match, so one theme in the house, and a different theme in the garden, then another across your garage, just no, it makes my eyes bleed.

WARM and TWINKLING and MATCHING or don’t bother.

My sister’s house is a bastion of tasteful style and decorum.

She became a grandma 2 years ago and last Christmas was given a massive framed collage of photos of the grandchild. She felt obliged to hang it, so has put it on the furthest outreach of the landing. She’s quite worried she’ll get another one. 😂

Hahaha @WetLettuce2 I agree. The house opposite has a mixture of warm white, cool white and multicoloured and they are randomly strewn across the house. They probably are writing posts about my carefully placed warm white lights in my bushes.😀

@JiminyGlick My Nan has a friend who has sent her loads of naff ornaments and framed pictures in the past. She puts them out every time the friend visits, then quickly boxes them back up as soon as she's safely out the door 😂

Ah no, you can keep your white lights, multicoloured all the way here.

Really enjoyed this thread 😂🎅

I agree with lots and disagree with others but it's been really funny 😂

I'm so pleased you exist. I thought I was the only one. People look at me strange when I voice this. Imagine multi colour on the tree, white in the window, blue around the fireplace. It's not hard to get the same bloody colour.

Also Greg's selling blankets on pigs sandwiches. It's a bacon and sausage sandwich. That's all it is.

What is wrong with 'Pigs in Blankets' unless you are vegetarian/vegan?

It annoys me when people don't hang lights correctly.

Like the people in my street who have lights hanging from the roof, the wire comes through their open upstairs window (they must be freezing) and hangs along only half of the roof.

What was the point?

Omg the “cool” white/bluish white fairy lights - can’t believe I forgot about them! I hate them so much. It’s not just an aesthetic ick, they actually give me a headache if I’m in a room with them, though I’m not sure how that works. I don’t know why anyone chooses them over cosy “warm” white ones.

I live in a block of flats with 16 balconies on the front, so no hope of a tasteful matching appearance. It’s a mad mix of subtle twinkly warm white, colourful lights, crazy flashing disco balcony, a gothy purple display and the hideous blue white ones.

Me too, but I can't put my finger on why..? Any ideas?

Mine varies on a yearly basis. Not strictly an ick but clearly an Xmas niggle.

This year I'm not keen on the Christmas tree seller that saw my husband coming and sold him a 9 foot (yes 9 ft) christmas tree that he couldn't get rid of. Husband then returns home very proud of himself having only paid £30 for it I had to point out to him that we don't have a set of light long enough so an extra £50 spent on emergency lights to get the damn thing decorated.
Now the tree is taking us the vast majority of the front room still looking a bit sad because of lack of decorations.

Probably going against the vibe but I love the elf on the shelf but in fairness didn't start until this weekend and really don't feel the need to put it on social media.

I absolutely love the combination of ice white and blue fairy lights, one of my friends has them on her tree and it is absolutely stunning, I can't take my eyes off it when I visit. But we also love our multi-coloured lights - they are the modern type with blue in, I don't like the old fashioned ones with muted colours.

Cliff Richard.

Haha! We have been guilty of this.
One year DC got a chalkboard easel and my husband spent ages writing his Christmas menu on it

‘I’ve bought 15 presents for each DC and spent £££ on each of them, but I’m worried that one pile might look a bit bigger than the others.’

And ditto to FAYRE! Also seen on restaurants attached to Premier Inns - Brewer’s Fayre. There should be a law against it!

I think I might just have invented my very own Christmas ick.
My TV has about 8 post it notes around the edge, with the dates and times of the programmes we want to watch over Christmas. 🙂
(I almost never watch the actual TV, it's mainly on iPad)

Boring af fb posts with 'it's beginning to look a lot.....'you get the idea

LOL! I'm also guilty of some things on this thread 😂

"Tasteful" Christmas trees with the decorations all one colour (white, beige).

I think pretty much anything and everything a person could do at Christmas has been mentioned already, so statistically speaking most of us are probably guilty of a few.

I'm currently hiding my Christmas nails under my gloves, and biting my tongue to prevent me from asking anyone if they're ready for Christmas 👀