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Ok I'm done already with Christmas 2019.
Big electric sick up in asda saying "40 sleeps till Christmas".
Asda. Go * yourself. Christmas go * yourself.
I'm done. Move along now.
Good news for insomniacs. Only three sleeps till xmas
I dislike Xmas as much as anyone else but you’ve just got to roll with it.
Good news for insomniacs.
Bad news for narcoleptics....
Gah, beaten by 12 seconds...
What about necrophiliacs?
It's the people who work in these retail environments I feel sorry for. Imagine being surrounded by Christmas blah blah blah for every work shift, for 2 months solid. Eurgggh.
^^ this
Only 40 - yay!
I love Christmas. Time off, nice food, relaxing. 3 Christmas trees ready to go up in the house and planning the outside lights too.
Merry Christmas!
Only 12 billion* moaning British people to go until Christmas.
* figure derived from https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2013/11/30/one-six-would-cancel-christmas
It’s the people who work in these retail environments I feel sorry for. Imagine being surrounded by Christmas blah blah blah for every work shift, for 2 months solid. Eurgggh.
It’s actually quite nice for a while but what tends to happen is that you get all Christmassy in November and beginning of December and in the week up to Christmas all the displays are looking a bit shabby and you’re starting to clear it all out so you can put sale stuff in. So the week before Xmas day is a bit of a downer and you have to sort of crank yourself back up a bit for the big day.
Out of retail now thankfully so I get to enjoy it a bit more.
And BTW, it doesn’t get earlier every year in the shops, there is very good reasons why Xmas stuff starts appearing end of Oct (especially decorations/trees etc) and yes, it is very very hard work in a shop at this time so please give those assistants as much slack as you can.
Trying to avoid hearing any Christmas songs. Stay away from shops helps in this endeavour.
Once you've heard that ****ing Band Aid song it's over.
I used to work retail and hated this time of year...... But it wasn't as bad as boxing day when the returns started bang on 9am. Droves of folk with nothing better to do than get up early with their crap gift they didn't want demanding refunds without a receipt
Only 41 days until people stop complaining about it.
In any sane world shops should be banned from opening on boxing day.
It's part of the reason I'm going to Morocco for a week at the start of December, to escape the Christmas bullshit.
Only 41 days until people stop complaining about it.
Which will dovetail nicely into people complaining about Easter.
Which will dovetail nicely into people complaining about Easter.
Cadburys should include creme eggs in their selection boxes just for the lols.
Not many things make you learn to hate Xmas more than being a postie in the internet shopping era...
And then have the head clown finally get his wish for a general election, which means delivering party propaganda as well as all the Xmas stuff.
I still can't decide if it's a blessing or a curse that Royal Mail succeeded in stopping the CWU from calling a national strike in the courts yesterday, dealing with no paid overtime to catch up after strike days in modern day Xmas pressure plus GE material would have been interesting!
In any sane world shops should be banned from opening on boxing day.
They use to be but now still don’t open until 10am though.
Not many things make you learn to hate Xmas more than being a postie in the internet shopping
Working Christmas.
Working Christmas.
Bin there dun that. Had fights with pissed up cons on Xmas morning, it’s shite.
Still can’t be arsed with it even though i don’t work it anymore. 🙄
What about necrophiliacs?
Bugger 'em.
Bugger ’em
Millennium hand and shrimp
Love Christmas! Karaoke Christmas songs, carols round the piano, boozing at 11am. I wouldn’t allow many shops to open though...
Bugger em,
millennium hand and shrimp
Give the doggy a sausage ...
Don't mind xmas too much, but anyone who uses the word 'sleeps' should be cast out into the void where there is wailing and gnashing of teeth.
My favourite christmas card.
Xmas can ....itself???....A??
It's mostly divorced,lonely angry at the world 'Boomers'that genuinely have an opinion like that,No kids??or grown up and don't contact other than this time of year??
c'mon op,you really dont have to try and bring the humbug so early do you??it's more than easy enough to escape the marketing machine that is the probably the best time of year for most that are willing too not get wrapped up in the whole debacle if you just relax and roll with it, where headphones shopping,don't shop during peak times,turn the radio/tv off,visit mosques,Ride year BIKE,go on holiday,plenty of things to do,Grow up maybe,enjoy the fact that it only happens once a year.
Move along..
It’s part of the reason I’m going to Morocco for a week at the start of December, to escape the Christmas bullshit.
Freeride Morocco? I'm teetering on the edge of booking that even though I really can't afford it.
Retail deliveries of Easter eggs on Christmas Eve is the best one 🙂 seasonal produce teams start planning in march and do the press event in July , right now they are testing BBQ sauces
3rd Christmas in a row, I'm dayshift mrs B nightshift. Just another day for us
It’s part of the reason I’m going to Morocco for a week at the start of December, to escape the Christmas bullshit.
How’s that working out for you?
I ****in love Christmas!
Best day of the year, with the people I love.
Bring it.
I like the time between Christmas and New Year the best - Christmas Day is done (whether you love it or loathe it) and there's plenty to chill with friends and family. Kids are happy busying themselves with new toys etc, lots of good films on the telly, lots of sport to watch, lots of opportunities to get pissed. The prospect of going through the entire winter without a break would be a bit bleak.
Bah humbug,Its complete bollocks.
I'm oscillating between CANNOT wait and **** the **** off.
My 13yo daughter announced two months back that she doesn't believe in God.....
Last month, during dinner, cue sudden panicked look on her face, "do I still get a Christmas present" ? 🙂
Sings at Poopscoop....
"Sourpuss and grumpyface..."
It's cliched to be cynical at Christmas, you unimaginative bunch of humbugs........
I like Christmas and I liked it when I worked on retail. Mostly because they replaced the royalty free music with stuff you could hear outside that one shop chain.
What all you heartless Christmas haters need is a nice, uplifting Christmas movie to transplant a bit of cheeriness into your lives:
What about necrophiliacs?
Dead happy.
Vote Labour or the Dems, getting rid of Christmas is on the agenda i hear through the grapevine, in favour of a more inclusive celebration.
But seriously, is the idea that far fetched?
But seriously, is the idea that far fetched?
Not really, how many people actually give a flying **** about the fairytale aspect of the season anyway?.
Not really, how many people actually give a flying **** about the fairytale
2.2 billion
But seriously, is the idea that far fetched?
**** me I thought I was an opinionated argumentative tit till I saw this!!
A week of being at home with the family, no work or limited work, lie ins, a decent Port or a few beers and festive snacks at home in the warm during Die Hard.
Sorry what’s the problem?
You didn’t need to get caught up in the hype but also Kids invigorate Christmas IMO. It their excitement around the whole thing that makes it for me.
@kayak23 nope, going surfing. Although the thought of a riding holiday there is very tempting. I have been looking at Freeride Morocco but also MTB Beds in Finale.
@drac it works out lovely thanks. A week away then back to work for a couple of weeks then Christmas. It feels like a fortnight of festive build up, rather than two months. Which is about right IMHO. It's not that I dislike Christmas, but it seems to go on forever which actually spoils it.
Freeride Morocco
Is that the guided week across the Atlas mountains camping in village huts each night? If so I’m very jealous as it’s been on my bucket list for years. One day when I have more flexibility I’ll be doing that.
Yetcan****rightorf with it and all the trimming, joviality and bollocks.
Same with new year.
Commercialism personified for maximum profit.
If I want to buy someone a present - I will. When I want to.
NOT When a bunch of marketing tossers say it’s the correct time to do so.
Bah **** hum***bug
I like Christmas....
But....
If I hear a sniff of it before the clocks have changed/Halloween - then yeah.....Bah fing humbug!
I **** love Christmas!
Best day of the year, with the people I love.
Bring it.
Exactly this. The commercial aspect is easily avoided.
I love the run up to christmas but never let it start till a week or so before, it's surely easy to just ignore, starts with black eye friday, then decorating a tree out in the wilds that weve been doing for 8 years now I think. I just love the whole time at home with my tribe. This year I've however said we are not being dragged all over the country for the whole 10 days off. We're going selfish and doing we want to do, christmas dinner at mums then boxing day at the outlaws which is exactly how we wanted it.
I love Christmas. Time off
Night shift again this year, f### Xmas!
What about necrophiliacs?
THey tend to celebrate Boxing Day most as they prefer their meat cold.
You didn’t need to get caught up in the hype but also Kids invigorate Christmas IMO. It their excitement around the whole thing that makes it for me.
Very true. Kids do a wonderful job of distracting us from the fact that it's essentially a massive advertising assault on us.... 😉
Vote Labour or the Dems, getting rid of Christmas is on the agenda i hear through the grapevine, in favour of a more inclusive celebration.
"The grapevine" being the Daily Express, one would imagine. Interesting but unsurprising to see they've replaced "Muslims" with "Labour" this year, I suppose passive racism is an improvement on overt racism so that's something at least.
There's enough to make "fury erupt" these days without making up utter bollocks.
Vote Labour or the Dems, getting rid of Christmas is on the agenda i hear through the grapevine, in favour of a more inclusive celebration.
But seriously, is the idea that far fetched?
WTAF are you talking about???
Shane you feel like that, I absolutely love Christmas. Get the aversion to the rampant consumerism, but I'd just ignore it if it bothers you . Always a great period for me spending time with all of my family. Feel for those guys working - hope you still get time to enjoy it.
Just watched Elf with my youngest, got a pressie's whats app group running with my 3 girls, already got my tree ordered.
I get the commercial objections and I've probably spent 18 out of the last 25 xmas days working at least part of the day or night in one of several a&e's. But why fight inevitability, it happens every years and I decided I might as well love it, and now I do every year.
Vote Labour or the Dems, getting rid of Christmas is on the agenda
Has someone confused this with labour saying
They didn’t want a pre Christmas election?
I think someone has confused humour with reality.
Wow, OP - what an incredibly sad thread to post.
Wow, OP – what an incredibly sad thread to post.
Is this your first pre-xmas build up on STW?
Picked the wife up from work today, I glided through the entire christmas section (now 30 % of the entire garden centre building) without once singing a christmas Carol or feeling I needed to waste a load if money. Think some folk just need to readjust their priorities.
Is this your first pre-xmas build up on STW?
No. But I guess the OP actually enjoys Christmas hence the post.
i needed a rake yesterday, needed it fast, so popped into the local garden centre to grab one.
nah mate. anything remotely gardeny has been packed away for 3 months while they deal with the hordes of people already dithering about gawping at twinkly lights and 5 quid baubles!
not a hater tho, the opposite in fact - just not ready for it YET.
You lot can't separate the real meaning of Christmas from all the commercial bullshit.
The real meaning (for me) is 'hey, it's cold and dark lets have a pissup and eat loads with family and friends'. You can't complain about that. Just ignore everything else. Don't be a slave to society, be your own person.