christmas

[Connemmara]

Anybody out there NOT like Christmas - I cant be bothered searching and searching for presents that people dump or pass onto other people as presents. Everybody I know today has everything they want - I know no poor people except those poor people of the 3rd world.

[lubecki161]

Baa Humbug! Im a bit like it to i must admit!

[sleepyj]

i do like xmas but hate the run up to it ! starts far to early all the shops packed .whats the point .people act like the shops will never open again ..its all about money now .true meaning has gone !

[sleepyj]

bit like s*x really massive build up then a big let down lol

[sn�gged]

Sox? Always a bad gift idea sleepy...

[sleepyj]

lol se x

[cazzz1975]

I find the worst part of christmas for me is buying gifts for people I rarely see or talk to, the best part is christmas day at home, not having a trolley load of visitors just us relaxing and having fun

[pips1]

Until the real meaning comes back (which I doubt) I will always hate it. What happened to the nice Christmases when we all put the tree up just a few days before and a nice watch or similar was a main present?

[weeal]

me - I dont like christmas

[puddicat]

not really, its all about what they can get, spolit children ,and have to have designer teenagers!!

[ummmm]

Hate it. It should be banned.

[zxyvixy]

ooh what a load of bah humbugs... i love everything about crimbo except the cooking.lol

[weeal]

its never been the same without dad and I dont have a family of my own ...so...it sucks lol

[blackalbino]

i LOVE CHRISTMAS! love the food,love the vibe and love the SPEND,SPEND,SPEND that i get to do! yep im a shopaholic and proud!

[puddicat]

I would have loved it now if it had not become so greedy, and selfish, not the true meaning!!!!

[twaflooers]

One (of the many) things that annoy me about Christmas these days are the decidedly premature T.V. ads.

For weeks now they have been running ads with Christmassy tunes, fake snow and mulled ******* wine!

Christmas is still weeks away but with all these bl00dy ads I know I'm going to be pig sick hearing about it way before then.

[~Wingnut~]

Awwww I love Christmas!!!! I love the whole homely feel, the build up, cosy nights, the food and the laziness that I can get away with for a few days lol
We don't go overboard with presents and spend what we can afford. I look out for bargains during the year for christmas presents and have even made some (fabric advent calender, stockings, Christmas cakes...). My 2 know we don't have much money so understand that if they want an expensive present, that they won't be getting much else.

I believe that Christmas is what you make it :o)

[sleepyj]

even worse all the weight i will put on lol

[mrs.chappie]

I love Christmas and all the "eating, drinking and being merry" but I have to admit, I hate the adults exchanging presents thing.

The problem is that all the adults I know, have everything they want.

Many times I have suggested we adults stick to basic buying - smellies, chocs, bubble bath - that sort of thing, but the family won't hear of it. So it has become a bit of a sore point.

We once had a frank discussion. My mother in law (whom I had bought a luxury hamper for Xmas for several years, considering it to be a smashing pressie) asked me to stop buying a hamper, as she considered food an unsuitable present.

One of my sisters, who won't hear of knocking pressies on the head for adults, has a car boot sale every year, and sells off unwanted presents from the previous year.

I find it quite sad that folk will spend time searching for pressies, then find that when the truth is out, a lot of them are not wanted.

I will always buy for the youngsters, and I enjoy giving pressies to them, but for us "oldies" - not a pleasure for me, I am afraid.