Christmas Annoyances

[GenerousGardener]

What makes your blood boil at Christmas? Mine has to be our grandchildren (all seven of them) thanking Grandad for thier Christmas presents, when Grandad has done ‘sweet FA’. I do all the planning,choosing, buying, wrapping. If I left it to him they’d get nothing or maybe a tenner shoved in their hands when he saw them next! Don’t get me wrong, cos he’s a brilliant grandad and husband, but ugh, the Christmas present thing drives me over the edge…..
Theres no solution, I just wanted to complain a little bit!

The amount DH spends on his relatives. It’s like he’s competing to spend more and do better than them.

My nephew and his children. I don't hear from them all year - to be fair I don't contact him either unless something comes up.

But come Christmas he'll make contact to "see how I am" and arrange the annual exchange of gifts. Which consists of a chunk of money from me for the children and some more for him and his wife.

In return I get a token box of biscuits and a bottle of wine. Last year I sent the money through and didn't arrange a meet up so didn't even get that.

And I never hear from the children to say thank you for the money. Ever.