Bah Humbug! (anyone else dislike christmas?)

Ghandee

So, tomorrow is the start of Dec, and the inevitable pile of dung that is Christmas!

I'm a happy go lucky guy, LOVE a drink/party and a laugh, but muck fe I hate christmas
with a passion.

I hate having to spend Christmas day in someone else's gaff, (wherever the dinner is that day) as peer pressure ensures you wont spend it i your own place, watching some classic tv, gettin pooh faced, without having to worry whose liming at you!

I hate the buying and receiving of presents, especially for some, bashterd you haven't seen (thank God) in ages, and know dam well they didn't want to see you either!

I hate christmas dinner! Turkey my ass! Given the choice I'd much prefer a good chicken saag, garlic onion and corriander naan with veg samosas and pilau rice, thats MY favourite dinner, fcuk what the rest of you are eating! I want curry!

I hate the christmas work do's. Oddball if you don't go, salivating drunken predator if you do go? Listen up folks, your my colleagues, NOT my friends!

I hate the fact the pubs are closed, I (as a free man) should be able to go and enjoy a pint in my local on one of the rare, and treasured days off I get a year! Why should some pr1ck in a suit make laws against that?

Easter, Paddys day, halloween etc I have no issue with, I'm certainly no grouch, I just despise being expected to conform to what is ' the norm ' of us at christmas!

What, (if any) things do you hate about christmas day?

Ho ho ho btw

KeithM89_old

I LOVE christmas - loads of food, drink, days off and sleep
Favourite time of year by far!

figarofigaro

I love Christmas. I'd hate it if it was less commercial and more religious though.

Ghandee

KeithM89 wrote: »

I LOVE christmas - loads of food, drink, days off and sleep
Favourite time of year by far!

I'm with you on all that, I think its christmas day itself that I dont get on with!
Stephens day, ten times better imho !

Dozen Wicked Words

Love Christmas when Im not working it, it is total crap when you have to work.

Off Christmas day this year, RESULT.

starbelgrade

Holy fuck.

What a miserable, depressing opening post.

It's nearly as bad as a recession thread.

starviewadams

Yep,dont even celebrate it anymore,even less of a point to these days aswell.

Saila

why dont you just tell the people who invite you around to fúck off - sounds like they wont miss you

My name is URL

Celebrating Festivus is much more fun

Scuid Mhór

I don't like the constant consumerism of it but it's a merry time so it's alright.

nxbyveromdwjpg

I agree completely, hate it, every closes, nothing on and nothing to do, its brutal, I always try and work as much of it as I can.

chin_grin

Your hate of Christmas is veiled by the need for alcohol which, of course as anyone could attest, leads on to the need of a curry.

You have a problem and I think you need an intervention. No. Seriously.



Or maybe not.

alwaysadub

I hate Christmas with a passion-hate everything about it!!!
And New Years.

jiffybag

Gucky wrote: »

So, tomorrow is the start of Dec, and the inevitable pile of dung that is Christmas!

I'm a happy go lucky guy, LOVE a drink/party and a laugh, but muck fe I hate christmas
with a passion.

I hate having to spend Christmas day in someone else's gaff, (wherever the dinner is that day) as peer pressure ensures you wont spend it i your own place, watching some classic tv, gettin pooh faced, without having to worry whose liming at you!

I hate the buying and receiving of presents, especially for some, bashterd you haven't seen (thank God) in ages, and know dam well they didn't want to see you either!

I hate christmas dinner! Turkey my ass! Given the choice I'd much prefer a good chicken saag, garlic onion and corriander naan with veg samosas and pilau rice, thats MY favourite dinner, fcuk what the rest of you are eating! I want curry!

I hate the christmas work do's. Oddball if you don't go, salivating drunken predator if you do go? Listen up folks, your my colleagues, NOT my friends!

I hate the fact the pubs are closed, I (as a free man) should be able to go and enjoy a pint in my local on one of the rare, and treasured days off I get a year! Why should some pr1ck in a suit make laws against that?

Easter, Paddys day, halloween etc I have no issue with, I'm certainly no grouch, I just despise being expected to conform to what is ' the norm ' of us at christmas!

What, (if any) things do you hate about christmas day?

Ho ho ho btw

You pretty much hit the nail on the head their my friend.
To me Christmas is a load of false B-S!! I hate having to buy presents for nephews and nieces , the ungrateful little rugrats. Get Feck all back in return.
Dont even get me started on the dire xmas music being played nonstop in every shop in town!
It get worse every year.
Definately not going to the 'staff' xmas dinner either , bad enough having to spend 41hrs with those people never mind a full friday night. I reckon Jack Daniels would get the better of me and a few home truths would come flying out!!!

Oh , and other peole thinking that they know what clothing styles would suit you best .......and buying shirts/jumpers 'that you would look well in ' .
I can buy my own clothes FFS!!
Bring on the 26th Dec........

Pauleta

Im indifferent to it now a days. I get hammered on xmas eve until the early hours so i usually wake up at about 3 or 4 and dont get out of bed until 7. I put a bit of turkey and ham on a sandwich then go back to bed to watch some tv. I dont buy anyone presents and encourage people not to buy me anything so its pretty much like every day except i get a great sandwich :pac:

barney4001

hate the hustle and bustle of christmas,a capitalists time of year and the adults have stolen it from the children:pac::D:D:p

Patri

The fu*k? Christmas is great! OP if you want to be in a pub on Christmas day that's fine but you shouldn't expect the owner to open it when they want some time off too! Jesus there's no winning with you people!

bonerm

Yeah, I hate Christmas! :mad: I'd much prefer to spend the day in work staring into the dead eyes of soulless coworkers whom I can barely tolerate.

Gunsfortoys

My name is URL wrote: »

Celebrating Festivus is much more fun

Time for the feats of strength...

bonerm

Gunsfortoys wrote: »

Time for the feats of strength...

Woah! Woah! Woah! Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. We haven't even had the airing of grievances yet.

Gunsfortoys

bonerm wrote: »

Woah! Woah! Woah! Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. We haven't even had the airing of grievances yet.

That reminds me I have to get my pole.

ChopShop

Now that i (finally) have my family trained to...

a) Not bother expecting me to visit extended family.
b) Buy me what i want rather than what they think i should want

..xmas is far less irritating than it used to be.

TouchingVirus

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1193

TBH

dirtyghettokid

i like christmas, but i find the days when nothing is open to be real boring. you get cabin fever on those days! i'm not saying i want to go around the shops.. but it's just boring.. and i find the tv is full of tripe on christmas day.
i think i dislike stephens day moreso than christmas day though.

phasers

You sound fun OP.

TheZohanS

Lots of boozing and have dinner handed to me....not bad, not bad at all.

Mike 1972

figarofigaro wrote: »

I love Christmas. I'd hate it if it was less commercial and more religious though.

The religious aspect is generally easier to ignore though.

Patri wrote: »

if you want to be in a pub on Christmas day that's fine but you shouldn't expect the owner to open it when they want some time off too!

Thats a bit of an assumption ?

df1985

I dont hate christmas, but its more Im not looking forward to it this year. Christmas can be a very hard time for people if they lost someone during the year and a lot of people forget that with their "wohoo its nearly christmas!" talk.

At the same time I understand why people love christmas (I usually do) so I dont expect them to tone it down on my account.I'll be forcing out a smile with the rest of them on 12 pubs day and all the other nights out.

Patri

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Thats a bit of an assumption ?

Ya my bad it is a bit, but still some are thankful for the time off, and wouldnt like to have to compete for business at christmas.

bnt

I just think it's a incredible waste of resources, encouraging people to spend money they can't afford on stuff they don't need. I've visited friends with kids, and watched them struggling through all the stuff they don't really want to do, but feel obliged to because "it's what you do".

I have a personal tradition of going for a long walk on the day, but it's not been very enjoyable in recent years, thanks to the sheer volume of traffic on the roads. Where are you all going?

stovelid

jiffybag wrote: »

To me Christmas is a load of false B-S!! I hate having to buy presents for nephews and nieces , the ungrateful little rugrats. ..

They may vaguely remember you in the near-certain event of you dying alone in a home later in life and drop by to say hello.

Think of it as an investment.

Ghandee

TouchingVirus wrote: »

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1193

TBH

Cant access this link!

BAH

prinz

Gucky wrote: »

I hate the fact the pubs are closed, I (as a free man) should be able to go and enjoy a pint in my local on one of the rare, and treasured days off I get a year! Why should some pr1ck in a suit make laws against that?

Perhaps the bar staff would rather be somewhere else on one of the rare and treasured days they get off a year?