I do...i mean really do...really fkn hate it with a rage and fury that is incandescent. everything about it, everything it stands for..especially the bullshit fluffy, lets all love each other for 24hrs crap. I hate advertising and marketing and general lying..christmas is when all the companies spin this post modernist victorian idyllic relentless tosh over and over and over and over adnauseum...the fkn jingle bells over everything..that turd richard hammond pushing his trolley out of a studio set designed to look iike morrisons carparks, with paper snow, oh so cute and funny fluffy ear muffs on talking about the 'great deals' whilst brucie and tess pretend to argue over whose crackers gonna get pulled....the traffic, the queing, the sheer pointlessness. oh and all the god, baby born of a virgin fairy stories. Im not a big telly watcher. When i go on holiday i dont like to eat and drink and eat and drink..in fact, im virtually tee total..so christmas is sitting on your arse, watching crap telly, eating and drinking and eating and drinking and being fkn utterly bored shitless. I love my niece and nephew..but they have too much stuff..its fkn stupid. too much of everything all the time. the gifts are meaningless. All children should know what it is to want...iPods at 9 years of age FFS.. Last several years me and the now ex-bird used to clear off abroad...anywhere to get away from it. Before we met, she used to visit her brother in spain..sadly he was a complete tool and the 3rd most despicable person ive ever met, so seeing him was out..particularly if all her pissed Irish family were going over for the usual 5 day screaming row. Hate it, cant stand it, will never like it. If nothing else, i find it the most desolate, soul destroying time of year. Another year further away from the bliss of childhood ignorance. I hate new year but at least its only one single night..last year i stayed in on my Todd whilst my missus went out with another one of her tosser brothers'...£5 to get into a free pub, freezing yer knackers off, while the gorillas outside shake a bucket for your change?? get fekked.
I'm not a fan either Not the happiest time of year for me. I love christmas eve though. Getting pressie ready for the kids and stocking and we always have a nice Christmas day breakfast After that you can keep your Christmas
So a trip to Greenlands not on the cards this year then? I have worked every other Christmas for years - much better - I do quite like propper Turkey meal and that's about it
Hate it all too,people forced to spend money they don't have, on toys for kids, that will be abandoned by the end of January.The false bonhommie and sheer commercialisation ,yuk. Eating too much, nowhere to go and boredom. please cancel christmas.
I love it, not all the commercialism (I agree about the pressies) but the excuse to be nice to each other, people making an extra effort, enjoying one another's company. Anything which promotes that is alright in my book. Sounds like we've had very different christmases. What I do hate is the fact that it gets dragged up in bloody October!
Now you've got that of your chest funky, how's the recovery going ? I'm not so keen on Christmas but it is an excuse to have a few days of work. Steve
Christmas is mega, if it was all yr round, wouldnt the world be a better place. Now I dont worry bout the`gotta get this and gotta have that. in fact its the commercialization of xmas that ruins the spirit and I stay clear of it. xmas is for kids and at heart im still a child plus not having any means I get to concentrate on enjoying it for myself. I also get to be the cool uncle who gets my niece `s wicked pressies
I can't say I hate Christmas but have to agree its far too commercial. There should be a law banning ads till after December 1st to stop the kids from pestering their parents for stuff they don't need. I do remember it being great fun when I was a kid but that was because we didn't know what presents we were getting. My parents didn't spend huge amounts of money because they didn't have cash to splash, our gifts were pretty small and if possible practical with 1 "toy" from a list we'd given them. My ex missus used to spend hundreds of my hard earned, despite the fact I couldn't afford it, on stuff my kids didn't appreciate, and her extravagance was the final nail in the coffin as far as I was concerned. now I'd rather have a quite Christmas here with Nick, a good meal and a couple of beers and just relax away from work!
Her her I am not alone!!!! Yes. I only "celebrate" x-mas every 3y when I am forced under penalty of death to come home as the "good uncle" I am for the kids. Fuck me time wasted.
i actually spluttered with laughter when i read this. Me too pal, me pal..makes my fists clench and my scrotum tighten.
Well, it is, for me, a time to concentrate on having some timeout with the kids, family, etc. like you said in another post, Funky, you only get out of it what you put in to it (but without the curtains). pain in the arse juggling the kids between the ex and me, but, they are worth the effort, and just having time off from work and coaching their rugby means I enjoy being with them properly. i also enjoy catching proper old Christmas movies late a night, like laurel n hardy, James Cagney, etc - escapism at its finest, and knowing I don't have to get up a the crack of sparrows to get me and the kids ready to drop at friends, etc for school on my way to work. I like eating stuff I wouldn't normally eat any other time of year, and drinking port and things I wouldn't drink any other time of the year. i like being nice to people I would not normally have time to say hello to, and having that reciprocated. so, put a bit of effort in, and see what you can get out of it - g'wan, you know you want to! pete
Bunch of moaning arses! Fab time of the year; excuse to spend money, drink too much, eat too much, snog the fit bird at work do (well she was fit after 8 pints of wife-beater) plus a few work free days and a reminder why you dont spend time with your family...whats not to like?!
reading the 'pros', it seems like the christmas lovers, love it because its slightly less shit than the rest of the year? Nah, im not buying it. I lost interest when i was about 14. At 19 it was boring but i was always out on the lash. By the time i was 25ish it annoyed me...having to decide whom to visit and what order, the birds parents kicking off, my mums family being a bunch of A holes...you know the usual...In my 30's i found it a very lonely time, partly because of all the false joy. Now im 40, i just fucking hate everything about it..everything. I decided 11 years ago when my first nephew was born, to 'do my bit' in the Uncle stakes, which ive always maintained (even though the kids are older now and dont really give a shit about me). I also took it upon myself to spend the other 364 days treating people with the good grace and courtesy one would expect (but sadly rarely sees) at Christmas. The joys of crimbo....the arguing in the supermarket, street, traffic, home..... My sister in law has a love/hate for it. Loves spoiling the largely ungrateful kids, hates the fact that she's a trauma nurse but usually gets dragged to A&E to deal with 4 weeks of christmas piss heads.
Christmas is as magical as the people in it. Those of us who don't like Christmas probably havnt had anyone to make it that way in the first place :-( Christmas was the biggest argument maker I can remember from childhood through growing up and marriage. My kids love Christmas eve/morning with me and the rest of the day boxing day with their dad I'm happy with that
