Happy fucking xmas NOT !

[pauly1963]

Here in the UK the supermarket chains etc are under the illusion that Christmas begins around October. You can't go into a shop without being faced with the horrifying reminder that the dreaded occasion will soon be upon us. How can anyone with a degree of sanity enjoy spending money they can't afford, to buy crap for people they don't really like, and the gift is usually not something they want anyway. Then to sit at a table with relative's who don't really like you and watch them shovel food into their mouths and talk a load of shit about meaningless things, while completely ignoring you in the process because you are " not normal like them " Then they all belch, fart, get drunk and argue afterwards. Even more horrifying is when they all begin to sing Christmas cunting carols and call you a miserable bastard because you don't feel in the festive spirit. All because some bearded asshole named Jesus was born on the 25th of December. Except that He wasn't really because Jesus is about as real as Father fucking Christmas. I'm going into suspended animation for the silly season. If only.

 

[SamTam33]

There are some things I absolutely loved about Christmas that I won't be enjoying this year. I think about how happy they used to make me and my chest hurts:

The sound of sleigh bells.
Southern Comfort brand eggnog.
A Christmas Story (movie).
How empty the streets are in your city when you drive around on Christmas night.
High quality peppermint bark.
Tiny white Christmas lights wrapped around the trees in people's front yard.
Foil wrapping paper. It cuts like silk.
Macaroni and cheese. Mac-n-cheese on Christmas tastes better than it does any other time of the year.
Advent calendars. I've never had one, but I like the idea that they exist.
The Island of Misfit Toys from Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. Especially the doll with no nose.

But the sound of sleigh bells most of all.

There are 3 times as many things I loathe about the holiday. But today I'm feeling nostalgic.

 

[FuneralCry]

I don't care about Christmas. It's very commercialised and is centred around forced optimism and false ideas about the reality of this existence. But it's just another day for me, there is nothing worth celebrating in this life, just the fact that people celebrate this reminds me of why I don't want to associate with this world in any way. Christmas could only ever appeal to me if the present is N. All that I wish for is to peacefully pass away.

 

[outrider567]

This year the holidays will be just one long nightmare, exacerbating my already lethal depression

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I hate Thanksgiving more. This is cynical but I think people tend to relegate gratitude to one day and then return to taking everything for granted the rest of the year.

 

[makethepainstop]

Even as a kid I positively hated bring required to show up for Christmas. So I got to spend time with family members, who didn't give a crap about me,(most of em). Even as a young man they would send a cousin to track my ass down. Now that all the older ones are gone, my belief that none of them have a damn about me has been confirmed. Sigh, next life lord can I have a family that actually loves me, please. Bah humbug!

 

[jodes2]

Thankfully I'll only be seeing my dad. And my (ex?) Gf if she changes her mind about having dumped me. Thankfully I've bought presents so that's the worst of it out the way

 

[CatLover]

I think it's a sign of the wider economic troubles the UK is in - the retailers are crossing their fingers and hoping they can make up for the rest of the year's poor spending by persuading people to drop a ton of money on Christmas. Not sure it's going to work, I'm not planning on 'going large' this year and it'll be a very muted affair, most people I know are feeling the same. What's the point in getting in debt over it? Our fuel bills are doing that quite well all on their own.
I remember the first year I realised I didn't have to go home to the family for Christmas and I just cooked something for myself and enjoyed watching trash TV. It was literally life changing. I DON'T HAVE TO GO. I mean, I know it sounds obvious, but it really didn't ever seem like an option - until I did it. Bonus, I met someone who I ended up living with for a couple of years. It didn't work out but it was good while it lasted.

 

[WhiskeyHands]

The thought of the holidays is filling me with nothing but dread this year.

 

[pauly1963]

I think it's a sign of the wider economic troubles the UK is in - the retailers are crossing their fingers and hoping they can make up for the rest of the year's poor spending by persuading people to drop a ton of money on Christmas. Not sure it's going to work, I'm not planning on 'going large' this year and it'll be a very muted affair, most people I know are feeling the same. What's the point in getting in debt over it? Our fuel bills are doing that quite well all on their own.
I remember the first year I realised I didn't have to go home to the family for Christmas and I just cooked something for myself and enjoyed watching trash TV. It was literally life changing. I DON'T HAVE TO GO. I mean, I know it sounds obvious, but it really didn't ever seem like an option - until I did it. Bonus, I met someone who I ended up living with for a couple of years. It didn't work out but it was good while it lasted.

100% agreed. Things in the UK are getting bleaker by the minute. People are losing their homes and struggling with the soaring prices of fuel, food etc. I will be completely alone over Xmas and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. Xmas is very stressful for a lot of people, and a lot more people hate the occasion now more than ever.

 

[Barteljaap]

Eh, I can just ignore it and I've never faced any consequences for it. Maybe people just accept that since I'm seen as a loner.

My least favourite special occasion is my birthday. Getting older is scary and I don't see it as a reason for celebration. With each year I have less hope of life improving. Ageism is a thing, you get less empathy from people the older you are, and that's in addition to developing health problems, brain being more sluggish, etc.

 

[pauly1963]

I hear you. I'm 59 years old in a few weeks time. It will be just like any other day with absolutely no cause for celebration. The same goes for Xmas. I too am a loner and with good reason, after 58 years of life in this shitshow you know for sure that a solitary existence is a wise choice. But even so, I have always been a loner from a very young age. I feel like the vast majority of people are like some kind of alien species,

 

[looseye]

I like the general vibe of X-Mas: catchy songs you don't hear every day, the smell of cinnamon, cute decorations. But only as long as nobody is forcing this shit on me.

Ever since I've gotten noise cancelling headphones I've been spending practically all of December with them around my head. Getting something nice to eat, listening to a couple jingles and watching an X-Mas-themed movie on my own is enough for me. I don't need more than 3 days of special vibes nor do I want more than 3 days of special vibes.

Fuck gifts. As you said, most of them are totally useless and an absolute waste of money. Fuck forced get-togethers. Nobody likes each other anyway. Fuck all the effort people put into celebrating christmas. All these preparations do is cause a lot of stress for everyone involved and less than 1% of people can handle stress without mutating into insufferable cunts.

The only good aspect of the christmas hype is that it's like a steroid injection for the economy. Covid, inflation, war... can't fix that without a healthy money circulation. Like, not that we could fix it anyway, but... you know...