[Closed] What do you truly hate about christmas?

People whining about it?

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Cougar, well said, sir! Well said!

loosing the scissors and cellotape....why do they always play hde n seek with you everytime...
hate peeling the sprouts,,,,, sooo time consuming lol

Only thing I really hate is family politics/pressure to do certain things.

I've had an awesome Christmas already though - lots of nice food and drink and catching up with friends.

The wife saying how stressed she is as there's so much to do then disappearing for a couple hours.

nothing at all.

even you are grumpy about the commercial b0ll0cks or the religious stuff so what. Its a mid-winter holiday. chill out and have some fun with family and friends

People whining about it?

Exactly.

Same thing I disliked most about The Olympics

STRESS caused by family. Mrs Gti absolutely hates my Mum so my son never ever gets to see his Grandma, in fact she has poisoned him against his Grandma anyway.

I stood up in front of my family and friends and swore loyalty to my spouse but nobody told me how much this would conflict with my natural loyalty to my remaining parent.

Meanwhile her mother has taken up position on the sofa and is burning her way rapidly through our log store while snoring with the TV on the rubbish channel at full volume.

Neal & Cougar + 1

I like Christmas more and more the older I get. 🙂

no horse racing

Sprouts

Nothing.
Merry Christmas all 🙂

Crap TV listings playing all the same movies as previous years.

The queues in the supermarkets

The amount of food I eat and booze I drink

the fact that my partner works shifts and rarely gets chirstmas off

Nothing. Take the bits you don't like, and don't do them. simple.

we're having our first selfish family christmas. Me, my wife and my son. no messing about or family stress. Just us, eating, drinking and enjoying each others company.

Whats not to like?

hate it, the vile wretched thing

merry christmas by the way

The whole religious load of rubbish that goes with it.

I'd had enough weeks ago and by the time it's finally here, I can't wait till it's all over and things can get back to normal. I've done no xmas shopping as I won't see anyone till next weekend anyway, so shopping will be easier and cheaper post xmas. I'm in favour of it's complete abolition - outmoded clap trap.

That sinking feeling when it's all over and the return to work looms large.

Merry Christmas fellow forumengers. Good health and happiness to you all, and your friends and families.

the fact that during this season of goodwill, there are people in this country living on the streets and family's gong without, while the rest of us binge ourselves silly. Oh Joyous Yule.

the fact that during this season of goodwill, there are people in this country living on the streets and family's gong without, while the rest of us binge ourselves silly. Oh Joyous Yule.

You could volunteer at a homeless shelter ?
They are always looking for people to help out for Christmas Day (and all the other days too)

(If its a genuine concern rather than a general whinge that is 😉 )

things that you truly hate.

Mine is wrapping paper. What a waste of resources that is.

As a waste of resources it's trivial next to getting in a car and making the journey to see your "loved ones".

christmas cards

You could volunteer

Christmas music. Surprised noone's already said it.

TBH,

"religion" and "Christmas cards" probably rate highly for me. But I just ignore those.

Nowt, lifes too short !

christmas cards

nothing says -" i cant be arsed to go see you or write a letter/email/phonecall "like a card at christmas with "merry christmas" written in it.

have not written a single one this year. what i did do was go and catch up with all my old school mates ive lost touch with when i moved away.

In laws. Last year we suffered them and this year they have followed us to my mums ffs.

Is it me or are the people who are moaning about the religion side just trolling????

The fact that it's my OH's birthday on Christmas day - so he never gets a proper birthday.

Don't hate any of it.
Regarding wrapping presents I pay for someone else to do it
Basically rubbish at wrapping
Merry Christmas 😉

Amateur, once a year drinkers:
Crowding the pubs, talking in the tap room, singing, laughing, enjoying themselves, throwing up everywhere, packing out the kebab house, putting music made after 1979 on the juke box, asking if the landlord can put Eastenders on the telly, talking on mobiles, wobbling accross the road, falling asleep in bus shelters, drinking Newcastle Brown in pint glasses and generally displaying their ignorance of the correct way to consume alcohol in public*.

*Quietly. With a complete lack of projectile vomiting.

Shitty sugar and vegetable fat confections. It's cheap horrible stuff, why do you either give this stuff to people or only eat it at Christmas? It's cheap enough to eat every day and nothing to do with traditional Christmas food.

Glitter. What is the point of that? It gets everywhere, if you own expensive camera/electrical equipment the last thing you want is a proxy Christmas card that dumps a load of glitter in your lap.

Those sanctimonious gits looking down there noses at folk not liking it

Is it me or are the people who are moaning about the religion side just trolling????

Of course they are, but "don't feed" they will only come out from under the bridge again and talk about Pagan Festivals 😉

Don't knock Pagan Festivals, at least there's a chance of a sacrifice

Those sanctimonious gits looking down there noses at folk liking it.

Don't knock Pagan Festivals, at least there's a chance of a sacrifice

If that's a virgin sacrifice there's no chance of that happening round here.

My wife really hates the word "festive"

you can see her face screw up in anger at every use of it, not that I would use it 😉

My wife really hates the word "festive"
you can see her face screw up in anger at every use of it..

That's not very..... Er .... Festive 😉

The TV is shit and I have a hangover from drinking at Lunchtime, but I'm nitpicking, its awesome, the kids are peeing themselves with excitement and we are winding them up by jingling bells at the bottom of the stairs
🙂

only half the story gets told..

don't forget that if you're a really naughty kid this badass will come round your house and take you away..

[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus ]The KRAMPUS[/url]

he's as festive as **** kids.. 😀

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Those sanctimonious gits looking down there noses at folk liking it.

😀

Um..... it is a pagan festival innit?

The fact that at the one time of the year when I could be out cycling, the weather is carp and the days short.

Queen's speech and the attention it gets considering its irrelevance.

People's justification for celebrating the little baby jesus.

You can put up decorations and spoil yourself and the family any day of the year.
Hypocritical sheep.

The amount of folk posting on social networks pictures of the pile of presents under the tree (some of them look like landfill sites) that they are giving their kids, in some sort of unwritten competition of who is the best parent. Same with folk 'moaning' that they've spent £xxxx (yep four figures, not small ones either) on Christmas in a bid to let folk know just how generous/awesome/elligible of sainthood they are.

The consistent and distinct lack of snow.

No hate here, but tomhoward's post puts me in mind of an ex colleague who had to move his six month old daughter into the next room because her whole bedroom was filled to the rafters with plastic crap after Christmas - they spent £3000!

I must admit I was all set to be a sulky bugger, but I had a photoshoot in one of the nicer parts of Newcastle a few days ago. Turned out to be a mansion full of yummy mummies and very sweet babies all dressed up in Christmas gear (mums and kids). Made me feel all festive when the print orders started rolling in.

Came home and finally got round to putting up the tinsel for the sake of our five week old babbie. He stares at it and the smiles melt my heart. Happy Christmas!

Nothing.

Except extra traffic maybe.

Christmas hangovers. I am usually so careful about my drinking on Christmas Eve, but got a bit carried away. Now got to get through a day I usually love, while feeling rough as a badgers arse.

....my nephews being brought toys that make all the noises under the sun is not helping.

I hate the run up to Christmas, all the tat in the shops, the mad panic buying because the shops are shut for a day, the insane traffic, blahblahblah... BUT..
I love Christmas Day, lie in, food, drink, prezzis, crap corny telly, what's not to like 😀
Merry Christmas! 😀

Traffic, shopping and everyone asking "what's wrong with your face"

So like evry other day but with tinsel

only half the story gets told..

don't forget that if you're a really naughty kid this badass will come round your house and take you away..

The KRAMPUS

It's the ghost of Jimmy Saville.

Nothing. It's all fab! Have as much fun as you can. (Daughter attempted suicide three weeks ago I will celebrate life with every fibre of my being).

Having to spend time with my sister.

[b]@ sandwich,[/b] and keep her facing in the right direction too matey! Glad she's still with you, my bro' attempted suicide at Xmas time 20 yrs ago too and sadly succeeded at the age of 17 🙁

Keep talking to her man...

the correct way to consume alcohol in public*. *Quietly. With a complete lack of projectile vomiting.

You must be fun at parties :\

The more appropriate question is what's to like bout Xmas...

crack whores charging double rate

Fenred we're in constant contact. She's a BPD sufferer so has attachment issues.It's currently going well. Touches wood and hopes.

People becoming religious for a day.
The desire to overfeed
Constant one upmanship and the obsession of putting on the best day despite that becoming unpleasant.
In the end of the day I feel more at home with the pagan mid winter than the Christmas clap trap.

Mostly it has been the time of year most of my friends and family are off work and as an enforced holiday I can do things like visiting people and not riding my bike without as much guilt.

Working, day 6 of a 7-day 12 hour shift run and reading all your groans. Cheer up you miserable ****ers!

Sandwich, best of luck and I hope things get get better for you and yours.

I hate the fact that we've all had christmas rammed down our throat by the goverment,tv and radio since october! when they started playing christmas songs etc.. All in a vein hope that we would go ouy early and feed the hiuge debt machine that is the uk economy (spend more early...). all that just for one day..

Christmas gets better as you get older, i get to be santa for my 2 year old now!

Pretty much all of it but if I had to pick out one specific thing, it'd be the presents.

Well I've had an ace christmas - some great parties, seen loads of mates, eaten and drunk lots of nice stuff, not spent ridiculous amounts of money, got some nice presents, felt pretty festive. Best christmas in ages.

Really sorry to hear about yours Sandwich (hadn't read that when I posted) - this can be a tough time of year for many people.

Christmas cards and the queens speech.

Excess packaging

Feeling blue on Christmas night