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...

So much nicer 👌

The solution is to not read them then. Leave all of us grinches to grumble away to each other.

Don’t come on them then.

You don't work in our head office then...
All off for the whole week, we have to go in and cover...

Looking oddly at shoppers who aren't going aisle crazy picking up anything from loo rolls to Brussel sprouts by the dozen. Festive shoppers on steroids!

There’s nothing wrong with believing in Father Christmas, however old you are!

There’s a song, “Christmas was better in the 80s” and I’m afraid it’s damn right. Nice and gaudy but with not too much consumerism. Splashing out was that new-fangled Baileys (dm and df embraced this wholeheartedly!). But there was also a bit of quiet and spirituality (not necessarily Christian) and it wasn’t all shouty and trying to buy a whole Chinese container ship worth of crap.

Add to this the “tasteful” crew who lose the point of Christmas in the pursuit of the perfect image.

Excessive, performative consumerism. Mountains of plastic tat, most of it goes to landfill within a few months. I really dislike the door bows which have become a thing over the last couple of years.
Forced jollity
Leaving arrangements until the last minute & then claiming to be upset when there isn't time to do something. If it's important, organise it in time.
Cutesy abbreviations or alternative spellings of words. Crimbo. Holibobs. Choccy.

It depends. I had a friend who hated cards that said Merry Christmas, because she equated merry with drunk. And I don’t have any issue with people wanting me to be happy, or with me wanting other people to be happy.

This was my first thought. Weird in the extreme. And taking photos of it to share?! When else would you share a pic of yourself ready for bed 😂

Also not a fan of lying when kids start to question, I went with some honest (ish) evasion "huh I dunno what do you think? Someone put presents there..."
"Was it you?"
"nope" ('cos it was their Dad)
"really?"
"Seriously dude I did not put that present there"

"Do you think Santa is real?"
"Well I've never seen him, but people told me he was real when I was a kid"

I like to think it improved their skills at asking questions and evaluating the answers...

Themed Christmas trees. Like ‘this year we are having a pink and gold tree.’ No. It should be completely random and added to each year by crap the children bring home from school. Getting the decoration box Out is a wonderful reminisce through all the artistic skills of the family.

Matching pyjamas & Christmas Eve boxes - WTF!

Nibbles and picky bits. Urgh.

People who 'prep' Christmas Dinner on Christmas eve. It's a roast dinner with a few extra small sausages fgs.

Are you all ready for Christmas? No, fuck off.

Adults who say "ick"

We do too!

Absurdly expensive luxury advent calendars… I was emailed some time ago about registering my interest for one from a fancy London department store, costing a mere £845 🤢

I do Elf on the Shelf but hate it and don't post photos because they (yes - they) are the bane of my December (should never have did it the first year!).

Matching jammies for the girls (boys refuse) but don't post, however us girls love it!

I don't really care about what other people do but definitely some words grate on me! As PP said, 'this one', 'boy done good', 'my world', 'all the trimmings' (you mean the bloody sides everyone does for a Sunday roast).

These things just remind me of every birthday or starting school when parents say 'how did this happen??' Eh, because you had a child 5 years ago and that child has grown over these past 5 years and therefore are older and taller.

Love the cheesy Christmas music though, I must admit.

I detest grown men on Christmas nights out wearing acrylic Christmas jumpers . They look like giant toddlers. Gives me the heave.

This is what I did. "I've never seen him but anyone has the right to believe whatever they want. Some people believe, some don't and that's their choice'. Doesn't take away the magic of Christmas.

My ‘festive idk’ about mumsnet and Christmas is the utter glee that some posters have about their children not believing in Father Christmas/Santa and bonus points if they’re proud of their kid for spoiling it for someone else. Like, I’m 34 and I still believe in Father Christmas, take your non-magic and fuck off and ruin your own christmas, thanks.

See, I love that they can have fun and not take themselves seriously! DP would never and I think he's a spoil sport!

A Christmas Do

I don't mind a Christmas party, a Christmas meal or a Christmas drink but I don't want to do a Christmas Do.

I have my Father in Law’s funeral on Friday and it was my Mother in Law’s in June, forgive us if we happen to mention it over the festive season.

And I still have 2 believers

Do you know what, I've got to your comment and I'm out. Who knew so many people were a bunch of miserable c words.

Wow.