I don't give a FUCK about Christmas

[AnyFucker]

I know I am not alone in this. It's just another shitty day in this bloody nightmare.

@AnyFucker

I would like to swop this Christmas, and every Christmas, for Covid to never have happened. Wouldn't that be swell ?

I happen to like Christmas but yes I would too to get rid of this nightmare virus.

Don't kid yourself this lockdown is about Xmas. That's what they tell the masses so that they conform. It's about NHS bed capacity. Boris doesn't give a fuck about Xmas either right now!

@SeverusSnape1 - why are so many people on a few threads so vile about those that can wfh. Just because someone is fortunate enough to wfh doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re a high-flying capitalist dickhead! It just means that they are fortunate enough to be able to do their current job from home.

Many of them will will have had the same worries in first lockdown (childcare, elderly parents, vulnerable family members etc),

Sweeping comments along your lines really don’t do anything to help the situation j!

I hate Christmas. I hate how it robs me of my money, my body, my environment and my sanity. I hate having to perform the same day every year to keep older family members happy. One step out of the usual routine and I get roasted. I don't even believe in God and I give not one hoot about Jesus being born. I hate putting on my fake face and pretending I'm enjoying myself. I hate having to buy, wrap and give a present only for the recipient to say, Oh That's Nice Dear also faking their enjoyment of the day. I'd rather be in a bothy in the Highlands with a book and a fire going than having to endure this. I get one fucking day off, and I waste it on this bullshit.

The carrot isn't working on me. Fuck this government.

My husband is working from home and it’s bloody hard. He works far longer than he used to- emails sent at night and weekends etc and we are now Heating our home all day while he works and uses the electricity more etc so it’s not all that good. He also is very lucky that we have a spare room he can utilise as an office space.
We know we are very fortunate his job is safe. Our sons job isn’t. My job is safe as in I won’t lose it, but it does mean working in hospitals or the community where I am encountering covid more and more. My work has been shut to all visitors due to new cases of Covid last week.
I love Christmas though and agree that it is a bright spot for the children and something we are all going to make the most of. It’s maybe a way to try to get the people who are being complacent to take stock and stay put for the lockdown month?
We haven’t had nearly the same freedom since lockdown anyway here in Scotland- no swimming or soft play etc for the kids. So although we aren’t going into a full lockdown our restrictions are pretty hefty.

@imtired1234

This lockdown is absolutely pointless and especially since there not closing schools... My baby is due before it will end I better not have to give birth alone I am fuming also my partner lives far away so won't be able to see him until the baby is like a few weeks old

Can your partner move in with you now? I think travel is still allowed to provide essential care to vulnerable people, and a woman in late pregnancy and then a new mum would fall into that category.

I think kids deserve Christmas more than ever this year

Christmas is totally and utterly overrated, a pain in the arse and I couldn't give a shit about it. Totally agree OP.

This year Xmas should be banned.

Why anyone in a pandemic thinks it's a great idea to gather in someone's front room with the central heating on and windows probably shut for hours on end. It's bad enough with general coughs and colds in any year. How bigs your lounge?? I'm guessing the average living room isn't big enough for everyone to social distance. And which poor relation is getting the extra short straw in your family to be sleeping on the sofa after a day of 4, 6, 8, 10 plus relations have all squeezed into that room all day, coughing, laughing, chatting and farting??

It is a national disaster waiting to happen.

Of course no politician, especially Boris will have the balls to say Xmas 2020 is cancelled.

I do want Xmas with my kids home from uni and my elderly parents but I just can't fathom a safe way to do it. Xmas being cancelled would be a simple resolution albeit rather miserable.

I cringe every time I hear the media or PM reference Christmas, like it's the single most important thing.
I agree with you OP.

Ah, this is my first Christmas not working in 3yrs and I'll be spending the day with elderly mum, Dd her partner and DGC ☺️. Mum is 87 and after the initial lockdown, resumed smoking (and quaffing gin) after stopping for 24yrs, she's of the opinion she'd rather spend whatever time she has left on this mortal coil, she's making the best of it vs sitting on her own.

I disagree.

We are expats living far away from friends and family back home and haven't seen anyone since the end of last year.

We usually travel home for Christmas and it's something we look forward to all year, especially the kids, who are 2 and 4 and have a big gang of cousins in the UK that they adore.

We have booked flights to London for Christmas but already know there is a very good chance we won't be travelling, which frankly, is fucking gutting.

@HotToCold - not if your elderly parents live 220 miles in one direction in a country locked down & your DC lives 240 miles in a different direction. It's hell.

We should perhaps call it 'kill a family member day' because in the middle of a dangerous pandemic- that's basically what is going to happen as a result of needing to gather for this festivity ( that no one can really recall what it celebrates)

Depends how you look at Christmas. I have young children, lockdown or not, Christmas will not be cancelled. I will pull out all the stops to make it magical for them. We will bake. We will listen to Christmas music & watch Christmas films. We’ll do Christmas crafts. We’ll go say Merry Christmas to my mum & dad even if we have to sit on their garden wall for a natter as we did back in April. On the day, Santa will come, new toys will be opened & played with. Yummy food will be eaten. Wine drunk & board games played.

Would I prefer to see family? Yes of course. But I can magic with my own little gang. I acknowledge I’m extremely fortunate to not be financially impacted so far & live near my parents.

We’ve just had halloween in tier2. We’ve been pumpkin picking locally & yesterday we baked Halloween cookies, carved pumpkins, did Halloween painting, made Halloween pizzas, did a sweet hunt around the house, went for a walk to look at peoples pumpkins and trick or treated to my parents (we stayed outdoors & distanced as adults. My children are in a childcare bubble with them).. my 3 year old declared it was the best day ever. I intend to do the same at Christmas for her.

I am fuming also my partner lives far away so won't be able to see him until the baby is like a few weeks old

Why?

I have young children, lockdown or not, Christmas will not be cancelled.

Same here, if it was just me and DH we wouldn't bother with much, I'd probably cook a roast and buy some chocolates, but wouldn't be a big deal. Because of DC we want to make it business as usual for them, minus visiting family, but we will video call them.

I agree. But I’ve never been able to stand christmas. I’m not religious so I see it as a bit pointless. It’s supposed to be a day to celebrate the birth of Christ - but it’s become a day to get pissed, eat too much food and buy plastic tat.

There are a lot of people who aren’t religious crying over xmas. If you want to see your family and have a party and buy them presents then why does it have to be the 25th specifically? Surely it can wait?

I’ve never understood it.

I only do it for Dh now who’s into the whole Christmas Day thing and the kids who like Santa and presents. To me it’s just another day.

The message was clear from CMO even Johnson it’s hospital capacity

Then media piped up with their idiotic Christmas fixation, their questions are irritating as usual

The dc will see the usual Christmas stuff but all the gatherings are out

The carrot and line save Christmas is bogus and yes can bugger off

Financially I'm worried about Christmas this year, I know its not life or death but it doesn't mean I can't feel shit about a stripped back Christmas.

I think lockdown should include Christmas, as the way this is timed....All hell will break loose once it's over and Christmas is upon us.

@SeverusSnape1

Me neither, but watch out op, the stasi mumsnetters who can WFH in their cushy jobs will run in here to tell you how important Christmas is for them...

Yep I opted for a Wfh job long before covid as this was best for my family. And yes Christmas is important for my child.

Why should this not be important? Why should we not hope for some glimmer of Christmas joy and normality after having been shielding for 6 months, not holidaying or going out like so many have? No cheap meals! Knowing we'll be ladled with paying higher taxes etc for the foreseeable yet won't have benefitted in any shape or form from any of it as have continued to work all through!

So yes we want an enjoyable Christmas albeit it's crap without our extended family and the run up activities that we'd usually enjoy.

Those of you that don't want to look towards Christmas, that's fine too, but don't knock those who do!

Still doing Christmas OP, I have two kids under 5 and wouldn't be that much of a cunt to cancel it on them when we have been talking about it for the last couple of months. The rest of my family aren't that bothered either, my mum hates it, but enjoys seeing the kids. It's just about kids for us and they have been through a lot this year, so parents want to provide a bit if escape for them.

I do see what you mean about a carrot being waved about though. It is a carrot we probably aren't going to get, so that is shit. Just deal with the here and now.

As for families who are struggling, all he schemes that normally help people around Christmas (toy donation, Christmas food item donation etc) have all stopped. I have kids clothes I could give families.who need them, but it feels like you can't give them away - charity shops have stopped taking donations, as as they are closing won't resume for a while.

but it’s become a day to get pissed, eat too much food and buy plastic tat.

With your loved ones! I love it.
Not sure why plastic tat has to be involved. A lot of toys are plastic, are they all tat?

hate Christmas every year but having it dangled tantalisingly like some wonderful gift if we all behave is really pissing me off

This completely. Who gives a shit!! I won't have it dangled like a carrot in front of me, you can fucking keep it.