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Yeah i know. It's a good 12 weeks away, but the odd thing is creeping into the shops. Christmas cards discreetly placed where the barbecue fuel used to be. The giant tins of Celebrations and Quality Street stacking up in the sweet aisle, and the sherry on permanent offer !
But anyway, Christmas. You looking forward to it ?
I can't wait. Got a new bf, got him a fab pressie ( LCD tv/DVD combi shhhhh don't tell him ). Be able to have a real fire in our great new home, having a party the Saturday before, having a New Year's Eve' party for a few friends with fireworks Looks like it's gonna be great for a change
But anyway, Christmas. You looking forward to it ?
I can't wait. Got a new bf, got him a fab pressie ( LCD tv/DVD combi shhhhh don't tell him ). Be able to have a real fire in our great new home, having a party the Saturday before, having a New Year's Eve' party for a few friends with fireworks Looks like it's gonna be great for a change
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i'm looking forward to it as i'm spending it in london with my sister, brother-in-law and 1 and a half year old nephew.
Oh yes, my Godson is just realising about Santa. He is gonna be so spoilt this year
And of course, Christmastime means my birthday :hyper:
My parents are getting divorced, won't know where to go. It will probably be the one day of the year that my mum and dad are in the same room and it will be tense.
I'm the youngest (24) so am expected to be excited/revert back to being a kid.
I only get Christmas day and boxing day off work so can't really go and see my family (who live all over the country).
I don't have much money to buy presents. I don't have a boyfriend. Don't have kids. I think Christmas is good when you are a kid yourself, when you're in a loving relationship, or when you have your own family. The in between bits aren't all that great.
Oh well at least it's an excuse to get pissed and eat loads. And I'm going to Tunisia in December
:yes:
I don't have a problem with people enjoying Christmas its just that its not a particularly happy day for me and I'd rather not be constantly reminded of it. Or made to feel guilty that I'm some kind of twisted Scrooge-esque character because I don't like it...its not like I'm going to go around beating children to death with their brand new X-Men toys in a fit of holiday rage!
I just want to ignore it until the day itself and then get steadily drunk until its over. Is that so bad?
Too early to worry about that though, loads of stuff to happen before then.
We don't put up decorations. My parents did. They put up the tree and and my dad is so anal with the lights. Makes sure every single one is pointing the same way in a straight line... they did that about 2 weeks before christmas. Any earlier, imo is too earlier. Early December at the latest.
I thought Americans were well known for going ott with decorations, putting them up months in advance?
I'm sure there are, but I'm sure theres just as many that don't. Theres a couple ott houses around my neighborhood. Putting up flying lighted bats and 17 foot tall blow up black cat on top of a pumpkin. God I hate those blow up things. They got the grinch for christmas time too, a turkey for thanksgiving. They are just tacky and make the neighborhood look trashy.
Though I'll never forget, around christmas time maybe 2-3 years ago we were driving around a town in Wisconsin. A house caught our attention so much that we stopped and reversed back. A small house on a small lot, so not that much room, had 17 blow up things. Not small ones, those big huge fuck all ones. Front yard, side, back yard... on the roof... I believe they had 3 on the roof. Micky mouse included. So scary.
It wouldn't be quite so bad if the billions of people who came down to gawp at them could actually control their kids, rather than letting them run wild on the street and scaring the living shite out of my dog.
This Christmas, I think I'll invest in a big fuck off metal pole, and if any of the little shits come anywhere near my house, they can get an extra special visit from Santa in Accident and Emergency.
Ho ho ho.
That's mental.
They shouldn't go up before the start of December.
We put ours up 12 days before Christmas, at the earliest. They come down 12 days after.
Im going to have my first ever real tree this year :hyper:
Just hope Archie doesnt pee on it
they come down on the 12 day of Christmas and not a moment sooner
i've started looking (and bidding!) on things on ebay for christmas prezzies for my family :eek2:
This year will be mental Christmas sales at work (prep going on right now for next week) The only bit I actually enjoy is the few hours before end of trade on Christmas Eve when everyone gets excited and the managers literally tellteh straggling customers to bugger off because the staff all have homes to get to.
At home it will probably be my mum and I and she'll cook masses of food for the both of us. We'll visit a few relatives (maybe) and then return home. Christmas has never really been all that as Jon_UK said "happy-family-everything-is-wonderful bullshit" I have never had a giant family gathering. Might even go out to a club or something.
Me neither. I can count my 'good' Christmases on one hand. But this year, in parts, has gone so well for me i wanna round it off nicely. I don't think peeps who hate Christmas are selfish or anything else. I know from my own experience it can be a fucking hard time