See the family, tell crap dad jokes and have a good meal. The commercial stuff can be ignored in the main, I have one person to get a present for.

It’s only crass if you buy into the hullabaloo.

Christmas to me means getting woken up at 10am to hit the whisky with the old man, then eating too much and falling asleep whilst the dog licks my Twiglet stained fingers. 😀

This year being different it meant a lot of long road ride solo in the heat, chucking some lamb in the oven now

then eating too much and falling asleep whilst the dog licks my Twiglet

😯

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Xmas to me is family :
21 of us for xmas lunch and a 3 day stay at my sisters , utter chaos, it was excellent, really look forward to it every year

Christmas as a concept* means bugger-all to me, but I at least got six days of not working, only having had a week off in the last six months, so perfectly happy with that.
*No religious inclinations whatsoever, never have had. No problem with exchanging gifts with a small number of people though.

Christmas is my wider family round a table with good food and booze having fun with each other , and now my enjoying my son’s reaction to presents that make his world better and new experiences.

We all know it’s a pagan festival at heart but when times are tough and nights dark it is good to celebrate the renewal of the sun and the coming of the light . The promise of future hope the company and pleasure of those who mean most to you…

A Carol Service where I can say I can I can’t believe it’s not Rutter.

Applauds mefty. Can’t believe ive never heard that before

We’ve got two daughters (aged 6 and 9) who start getting excited in October (as soon as the shops start filling up with Christmas crap)

We try not to get dragged into the commercialism of it all, my kids are lucky and lead very privileged lives, so we try to play down Christmas and not go crazy with the presents.

Christmas for my wider family is a difficult time as my younger brother (who loved Christmas) died 3 years ago aged 36.
So most of my time is spent making the best Christmas possible for my kids, and my Mum and Dad.

I can’t bear all the craziness in the weeks running up to Christmas – people behaving appallingly in supermarkets, crazy driving, etc.

As I get older I’m becoming more aware that Christmas is a tough time for so many reasons for so many people.