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[crispsandnuts]

'With all the trimmings'

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

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

All of this.

I'll pm you my address and you can send all your unwanted snow fairy gifts to me!!

What's wrong with little family ffs !!
Do you assume everyone has loads of family to share Christmas with??

What's wrong with just saying "family"? Why does there have to be an adjective? Adding superfluous adjectives to every noun makes you sound like you work in marketing.

Premature Christmas excitement followed by a tree down on Boxing Day. And these are the people who advertise both things excessively through social media.

I really love a social media post where someone is still having Irish coffees for breakfast on the 5th January in the face of adversity, now that's knowing how to enjoy yourself!

I have been nodding vigorously along with practically everything on this thread.
I feel so vindicated!

One thing, though… for me a “centrepiece” will be the red candles with a bit of greenery round the base, and maybe some led lights, that I will stick in the middle of the table, not the goose, turkey or whatever the joint will be.

‘He’s been’

Makes it sound like he's left a monster log in the loo!

All the grinches are out today.

It is extra sad at Christmas now fuck off with your nasty digs at bereaved people.

Premature Christmas excitement followed by a tree down on Boxing Day

Haha that's me. Well would be if my husband would let me take the tree down.

People who refer to 23 December as Christmas Eve Eve. Stop it!

Excessive mention of family members who have died and how it's extra sad at Christmas

This is such an unecessary comment.

These are so true and so funny.

It's "Christmas Lunch" as well for me, eugh.

No one has mentioned "smellies" or "posh smellies" yet. Perhaps this idea has gone extinct.

That would be good.

A lot of people on this thread really need to exercise their freedom to use the unfollow/unfriend buttons on social media. I do (often) and it's brilliant.

I don't really mind if a someone wants to post a photo of their little family having hot choccies in their matching pyjamas on 1st November, but if it annoyed me that much I would remove it from my feed. Easy.

I agree that social media has a lot to answer for.

Can I add people who plan "outfits" to wear on Christmas Day in their own home. Fair enough to want to look smart if you're going out.

Sitting around in naff matching pyjamas all day. Just get dressed fgs.

Childfree close family members boasting that they’ve done all their shopping and it’s all wrapped by the end of November but never offering a single day to help me by looking after my 3 children aged 3-6 so I have a chance to go shopping and get things done. I’ve asked 4 or 5 times this year and every time they’ve been ‘busy’ but I know they’re not!! So disappointing.

Christmas jumpers - refuse to buy one. Could be because I was a teenager in the 70s and they were worn by people like Val Doonican and Andy Williams in their (equally awful) Xmas TV specials

God, those Williams family specials were so weirdly fake. You were sitting in front of the tv on a freezing/wet/grey December day in the UK watching all this OTT bonhomie probably filmed in LA in August. Everyone had those huge perfect smiles and you realised as an adult that they probably hated each other's guts off screen.

I have the naffest, sparkliest Christmas jumper and I love it.

holibobs

picky bits (only heard this phrase on MN)

Santa Baby - sung by anyone, but particularly by Kylie Minogue

Love the Eartha Kitt version, though. She doesn't sing it, she purrs it.

For a break?

Do you also remember New Year TV the White Heather Club?

That sporran...and the Scottish dancing....and Andy Stewart inevitably singing Donald Where's Your Troosers?

Hot Chocolate !!!!!

Everyone wants or has one, or tells everyone to have one as it's Christmas. The shops and cafes sell it all year round, you can have one anytime.

Boxing Day sales.