Do You Hate Christmas And All The Fuss That Goes With It?

Wheeliebin30

Where a strange country.

We spend the most on Christmas in Europe yet all we hear is a rise in child poverty, wealth gap, people living on scraps blah blah.

Mister Vain

The only thing I hate about Christmas is the constant talk about the office party. I see enough of the bastids in work, but that's a matter for another thread.

WhiteRoses wrote: »

This is my first year living with my boyfriend, but we'll both be going to spend Christmas Eve/Day with our respective families. However, he hates Christmas and doesn't even want to buy a tree for our place. It makes me so sad

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

On Christmas Eve, at the stroke of midnight, he shall be visited by three ghosts....

If she was any sort of a decent girlfriend she would be doing the stroking for him.

splinter65

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Where a strange country.

We spend the most on Christmas in Europe get all we hear is a rise in child poverty, wealth gap, people living on scraps blah blah.

3rd world country, barely making ends meet, fuel poverty, children going to school hungry, children going to bed cold, sleeping in the car, on and on and on.

imme

It is a whole load of business,

October to the start of January.

But at the start of it it is an incredible story, a seemingly simple yet magnificent one

irish bloke

Christmas is great. Best time of the year. More cheese please....

backspin.

Put up your trees and eat your turkey and stop being contrary

weldoninhio

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Yes, I totally agree with you but you shouldn't want to make everybody else miserable in my opinion!

It’s quite the opposite as far as I can see. If someone doesn’t want to go on a Christmas night out, or doesn’t want to wear a stupid “funny” jumper, or doesn’t want to do Christmassy things they get ganged up on and called Grinch etc.

freshpopcorn

weldoninhio wrote: »

It’s quite the opposite as far as I can see. If someone doesn’t want to go on a Christmas night out, or doesn’t want to wear a stupid “funny” jumper, or doesn’t want to do Christmassy things they get ganged up on and called Grinch etc.

If I am in a bad mood at no matter what time of the year and I'm invited somewhere I don't want to go I simply say I'd love to go but I have other plans.
I don't go to an event and then have a puss on my face for the evening. It's just what I do.

weldoninhio

freshpopcorn wrote: »

If I am in a bad mood at no matter what time of the year and I'm invited somewhere I don't want to go I simply say I'd love to go but I have other plans.
I don't go to an event and then have a puss on my face for the evening. It's just what I do.

You seem the perfect specimen. Do you give lessons/have a newsletter/podcast??

DEFTLEFTHAND

A man wearing imitation Reindeer antlers was assaulted in my local over the wkend.

They don't really tolerate Christmas antics in this establishment. Any '12 pub' revelers for instance are banned. There was also another incident on xmas eve a couple of years back where a man was floored. He had been wearing a santa hat wrapped in tinsel.

whisky_galore

backspin. wrote: »

Put up your trees and eat your turkey and stop being contrary

Christmas "National Socialism"....

Dr Crayfish

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

The utter destructiveness of it is what's getting to me lately. Just mass consumerism, buying absolute rubbish made from plastic from places like Tiger, that'll end up in a landfill, or the sea, in a few months!

Its on my bucket list,to someday post on boards.ie,and get that many likes:D

A Little Pony

A Little Pony wrote: »

Think the world needs Christmas more now than ever before because of the political matters going on in the world, Americans probably more so..

It will take more than Santa to ease the fear of the gobsheen Trump...

Mister Vain

weldoninhio wrote: »

It’s quite the opposite as far as I can see. If someone doesn’t want to go on a Christmas night out, or doesn’t want to wear a stupid “funny” jumper, or doesn’t want to do Christmassy things they get ganged up on and called Grinch etc.

Also, if you don't get up and dance then you're as dry as an African foot path. I usually reach a stage in the night where I've done all the drinking and dancing I can manage. Anymore and I'd just be forcing it. Then I look at my watch and realise there's another 3 hours before this shyte ends.

Say Your Number

I like that there's one day a year where everything shuts down, and the lights brighten the place up, I even like that weird bank holiday week where I haven't a clue what day it is.

I hate the frenzy it sends people into though, up to a week before it going into any town is usually a nightmare, having to do a few laps of a car park and everywhere being very crowded, you'd swear all the shops were closing forever with all the people around.

Generally I'm glad when it's over, but still it's probably better than ending the year with another average week.

Berserker

Deleted User wrote: »

It will take more than Santa to ease the fear of the gobsheen Trump...

A thread about Christmas and the Trump bias still gets an airing.

Creol1

I'm personally outraged by the constant uses of the terms "Scrooge" and "Grinch" to describe seasonal refuseniks. Both Scrooge and the Grinch caved in. I won't.

Spanish Eyes

Ah it's each to their own.

Some love it, some don't like it much. There is a reason for both I think.

Anyway, whatever you do remember it is just ONE DAY and after the 25th it is back to bitch1ing again about the dog days in between Christmas and New Year.

Now don't get me started on NY stuff. At least Christmas has something going for it be it religious or shopping or frenzy or meeting up with people, being with family... whatever.

But The NY gives me the heebie jeebies. Anyone else feel the same!