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Christmas words/phrases that make you cringe

186 replies

EducatingArti · 23/12/2024 14:33

Do you have any Christmas words or phrases that make you cringe.

Mine are:
Crimbo
The Big Day
Magical.

The latter two are partly because I think it puts too much pressure on people to do something that isn't attainable - too much emphasis on things being perfect during a particular 24 hour period.

Little children will be happy and excited (and probably get overwhelmed and overtired and have tantrums) if they have family who love them, some presents from family and Santa and some treats/special food and some decorations like a Christmas tree. Beyond this I'm not sure what "making it magical" really means. It will be what it will be and children will react however they react.

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TurkeyDinosaurs2 · 25/12/2024 13:44

'festivities'

Words · 25/12/2024 13:56

'Cooked to your liking' OMG yes this.

Repulsive.

nobodysdaughter · 25/12/2024 14:09

The week between Christmas and new year being referred to as the "Crimbo Limbo", it makes me cringe so much, that I actually love to say it and watch people's reactions.

daffodilandtulip · 27/12/2024 22:45

Come back to this thread now that every fucker is

"Blowing the Christmas cobwebs away with a nice walk."

HangingOver · 27/12/2024 22:50

chocolateybuttons · 24/12/2024 23:35

I hate shortened words for veg/salad:

Cherry toms
Cauli
Spuds
Yorkies

Etc..

I also hate "veg" 🤣

Dandeliontea123 · 28/12/2024 11:28

Well thanks to this thread it's now 'Fambo Crimbo Limbo' Grin

Festivespirit85 · 28/12/2024 11:52

PatChaunceysFruitCake · 23/12/2024 22:43

Not exclusively a Christmas phrase but it does my tree is regardless... 'picky bits'

I say picky bits 🤣🤣

Festivespirit85 · 28/12/2024 11:57

BlueyInsideVoice · 24/12/2024 19:59

Nothing annoys me more than when people say 'that's it done for another year' - it puts such a dampener on the day!

This! There are 12 days of Christmas, it doesn't just end because Christmas day has finished.

Festivespirit85 · 28/12/2024 11:59

TempestStormAndWine · 24/12/2024 20:13

And people who make a smug social media post at the end of the day with the caption "and that's a wrap!".

Oh and people who post a picture of their tree in November with the caption "it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"

Edited

You'd hate me...I'm the latter 🤣🤣 F's given... absolutely none 🤣🤣

StormingNorman · 28/12/2024 12:03

Crikeyalmighty · 23/12/2024 22:57

@Neveranynamesleft This was my Facebook post on 21st dec last year- spied on Twitter

Spied below on ‘Very British problems’ on Twitter-
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For the next week, everyone has “a few bits left to get”. Just a few bits. Few bits left to get. Bits and bobs. Nearly there. Just a few bits and bobs to go. Getting there. Few bits left to get. Just a few bits. And bobs. Few bits and bobs. Few bits left to get. Just a few bits. Slowly but surely. Few bits and you’ll be done. Just a few bits left to get…

I’m still wondering if I need to pop out for a few last bits 😂

StormingNorman · 28/12/2024 12:08

Christmas pud makes my ears bleed. As does…

Yorkies

Roasties

Veg

That’s it for another year (as soon as the last present is unwrapped)

What a waste (directed to the pile of wrapping paper)

It’s all so commercial

Christmas is just for the children

Crikeyalmighty · 28/12/2024 12:17

@StormingNorman yep it did make me titter-it's so true

LaMarschallin · 28/12/2024 15:33

Post-Christmas question: Did you have a nice Christmas?
Nearly always answered by, "Yes. Quiet, just the family" or various riffs on that.

I suppose it comes as a surprise when magazines and SM are full of "Your Perfect Partywear", "Great Cocktails for your Christmas Bash", "Stocking Fillers for Under £25" and recipes for elaborate, honemade canapés for the evening do.
Then funnily enough, most of us don't wake up in a mansion surrounded by 30-40 witty, good-looking people and thick snow outside.
I like a quiet Christmas with the family - it's what I expect.

Words · 28/12/2024 15:46

I will say that I hate Christmas and always have, but I got through it OK thanks, and spent as much time in bed with my cats as possible.

One meal worked ok, the other was a disaster- probably the worst I have ever cooked.

Glad it's all over for another year.

No pretending about 'magic' from me to appease others. I know I will not be alone!

casualjesamine · 28/12/2024 18:28

I'm with others on 'Crimbo' - equally 'holibobs' that some people use throughout the year. Similarly, I can't stand 'gifted', which also isn't just used at Christmas.

Gettingbysomehow · 28/12/2024 18:35

The Big Day what's big about it. It's just Christmas.
Sweet treats.....just fuck off it's sweets, cake or pudding NOT sweet treats.
Posh chocs..give me strength.
I need a lie down now.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 28/12/2024 18:41

Gettingbysomehow · 28/12/2024 18:35

The Big Day what's big about it. It's just Christmas.
Sweet treats.....just fuck off it's sweets, cake or pudding NOT sweet treats.
Posh chocs..give me strength.
I need a lie down now.

Weird. It's a big day because it happens one day a year and is the most important celebration in the calendar for most people in the UK.

People often buy 'posher', fancier, more indulgent or more expensive foods than they do at other times in the year - jence them being a 'treat'.

It's not hard to understand. Sounds like you need more than a lie down!

Crikeyalmighty · 28/12/2024 18:47

@LaMarschallin so very true- it's almost as if you've had a lesser experience if you dare say just the immediate family/quiet. Etc

Gettingbysomehow · 28/12/2024 18:48

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 28/12/2024 18:41

Weird. It's a big day because it happens one day a year and is the most important celebration in the calendar for most people in the UK.

People often buy 'posher', fancier, more indulgent or more expensive foods than they do at other times in the year - jence them being a 'treat'.

It's not hard to understand. Sounds like you need more than a lie down!

I just can't stand trite phrases. Call things by their correct names for God's sake. Anybody saying these things sounds like a walking tv advert.

CulturalNomad · 28/12/2024 19:03

And what do we have to look forward to next?......

NEW YEAR, NEW YOU!😬

daffodilandtulip · 28/12/2024 19:24

No no no ....

2025 is my year

GlomOfNit · 28/12/2024 19:48

"It's the BEST Christmas EVER!!" - aka, the myth of the ever-out-of-reach Platonic Ideal of Insta-Christmas rather than the Good Enough one most of us have (if we're lucky). I cannot express how much I LOATHE this phrase because it's not just words - it gets inside people's heads and screws them over.

"He's been!!" - spare me. (Always uttered by over-excited adults rather than the kids who are the ones who ought to be excited, always on social media, usually captioning photos of bulging stockings/present sacks after the kids are in bed. Anything that involves photos of piles of presents is a no-no anyway.)

"The Big Day"/"The Big Man" FFS (Honourable mention for 'The Man in Red' - what is that anyway, some festive version of Johnny Cash?)

"Crimbo" fuck off. No really - FUCK OFF.

"Crissie Pressies" that goes down the same Fuck Off chute as saying 'choccy biccies', 'drinkies' and 'sarnies'.

"Baby's First Christmas" can get to feck. Either use the definite article or fuck off.

"I got some more bits" - whether this means unnecessary extra presents or 'picky bits' it can get in the sea.

"It's the MOST Wonderful TIME of the YEAR" - whether sung by Andy Williams or on that sodding summer holidays ad, I just have a massive aversion to both the phrase, and the song. Makes my fingers clench into claws.

"Magic ...." Magic-anything. it is not fecking magic, it's mostly ME.

"Hot choc with the Works" - we all know it's brown sugar with the faintest hint of cocoa and some cheap marshmallows and synthetic cream out of an aerosol. And you can put them the same place you may stick all those gingerbread lattes. I succumb just once every season to a gingerbread latte before remembering that they are sweet enough to turn your teeth inside out and nowhere near as nice as they ought to be.

'Gin-gle bells'/Ho-ho-ho-secco' anything like that, writ in glitter on a sweatshirt/t-shirt/wine glass etc. I loathe sexist drinks coding anyway. Men don't have to put up with 'Weeeee!sky' or 'Bwahahabeer' or whatever.

"Making Christmas Memoreeeees" hon. Oh god.

Christmas Eve Boxes which HAVE to contain a DVD (despite nobody (apart from us luddites in this household) using DVDs to watch ANYTHING these days ), cheap hot chocolate (sorry, hot choc) sachets, and new Crimbo PJs from the Elf. What did we do before Christmas Eve Boxes?

Fuck me that was cathartic! Grin Thank you.

GlomOfNit · 28/12/2024 19:57

oh shit wait, I just remembered another.

"See you on the other side" uttered when you bump into a neighbour in Waitrose on the 23rd. It is a couple of bank holidays we are not going over the top, or expiring.

GlomOfNit · 28/12/2024 20:32

nobodysdaughter · 25/12/2024 14:09

The week between Christmas and new year being referred to as the "Crimbo Limbo", it makes me cringe so much, that I actually love to say it and watch people's reactions.

That is a particular sort of perversity - I applaud you, madam!

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 28/12/2024 22:33

Chellybelle · 24/12/2024 20:30

Christmas lunch. It's Christmas dinner.

Yes!

When I hear Christmas ‘lunch’ it makes me think of those people who say ‘between you and I’, under the mistaken impression that it’s correct.

Dinner is strictly speaking the main meal of the day, no matter when you have it. And if the usual Christmas roast isn’t a main meal, I don’t know what is.

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