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..

The KRAMPUS

he’s as festive as **** kids.. 😀

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.

@ sandwich, 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 feckers!

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