The 2011 "I hate Christmas, Bah Humbug" thread
Discussion
snowy slopes said:
Cotty said:
Bah Humbug
I don't even put up decorations at home. How many of you "Bah Humbug's" on this thread put up decorations?
I don't, but sadly i live with people who love christmas and everything that goes with it. I live in purgatoryI don't even put up decorations at home. How many of you "Bah Humbug's" on this thread put up decorations?
I have had at least 50% of the last few years spent with those annoying
s about.They think that wearing a set of f
king felt antlers gives them some divine right to force me to be fking christmassy. WELL f
k YOU!f
k YOUR ANTLERS!AND f
k YOUR FAKE CHRISTMAS JOVIALITY!I spent a good few years working for a national retailer that sounds like it should sell shoes that come higher up your leg, but don't.
After seeing idiots buying the same horrible Lynx gift sets every year for people that they don't know what to buy, and being on the receiving end of enough of them, I just hate this time of year.
I tried last year, but although the Lego Advent Calendar was fun, it wasn't enough. It's nice to catch up with family, but I'm a sod to buy for, and feel awful when relatives ask me what I want for Christmas. I genuinely don't know.
I like cycling, but half the fun of getting something new for that is researching, finding the best thing for the job, and getting a good deal on the price somewhere.
I like cars, but I don't want an autobiography from someone to do with cars, or another Top Gear spin off, merchandising, money grabbing piece of st.
It's not that I'm ungrateful, I just wish people would spend their hard earned money on stuff they want for themselves, so I can too.
After seeing idiots buying the same horrible Lynx gift sets every year for people that they don't know what to buy, and being on the receiving end of enough of them, I just hate this time of year.
I tried last year, but although the Lego Advent Calendar was fun, it wasn't enough. It's nice to catch up with family, but I'm a sod to buy for, and feel awful when relatives ask me what I want for Christmas. I genuinely don't know.
I like cycling, but half the fun of getting something new for that is researching, finding the best thing for the job, and getting a good deal on the price somewhere.
I like cars, but I don't want an autobiography from someone to do with cars, or another Top Gear spin off, merchandising, money grabbing piece of s
t.It's not that I'm ungrateful, I just wish people would spend their hard earned money on stuff they want for themselves, so I can too.
shirt said:
one good thing about being in an arab country - no christmas adverts! for that i am truly thankful.
seems to be more of an event in terms of families go away for 2weeks and singles go back to the UK to visit theirs. i'll be humbugging this in a way as i'll be staying, popping the champers and having a bbq on the terrace
our 'xmas do' is the rugby sevens tournamant
See you at the 7's shirt. The UAE is ACE regards this time of year. We had a bbq when I got home from work on Christmas eve last year then me and the missus spent the next two days in an alcoholic daze. NO Carols, NO sseems to be more of an event in terms of families go away for 2weeks and singles go back to the UK to visit theirs. i'll be humbugging this in a way as i'll be staying, popping the champers and having a bbq on the terrace
our 'xmas do' is the rugby sevens tournamant
t TV ads, relatives don't come 'cos the flights are too expensive.... Happy days.Oh... and HUMBUG
It is tempting, but it is still to christmassy for me to want to put any effort into.snowy slopes said:
Cotty said:
Bah Humbug
I don't even put up decorations at home. How many of you "Bah Humbug's" on this thread put up decorations?
I don't, but sadly i live with people who love christmas and everything that goes with it. I live in purgatoryI don't even put up decorations at home. How many of you "Bah Humbug's" on this thread put up decorations?
I will let them have a tree, a small one, not too loud, and it has to be out of the way, and I will have nowt to do with it.
What about the utter ste people insist on buying as presents - as mentioned previously.....
My folks seem to have tapped into an endless stream of Top Gear branded stuff. What usually happens is I put it in a little pile in the back room and around a year later it goes in the bin to make space for the next pile. The missus won't let me fire it straight in the bin on boxing day :-)
te people insist on buying as presents - as mentioned previously..... My folks seem to have tapped into an endless stream of Top Gear branded stuff. What usually happens is I put it in a little pile in the back room and around a year later it goes in the bin to make space for the next pile. The missus won't let me fire it straight in the bin on boxing day :-)
I'm in. I don't actually dislike Xmas, just view it as a commercial chore and wish I could hibernate till it's over.
Wouldn't want to ban/stop it for those who are bothered about it, but prefer to keep out of the way and let them get on with it...there is something very wrong with enforced jollity.
And my idea of 'tree & decorations' consists of hanging one of these up:
Wouldn't want to ban/stop it for those who are bothered about it, but prefer to keep out of the way and let them get on with it...there is something very wrong with enforced jollity.
And my idea of 'tree & decorations' consists of hanging one of these up:
I'm in for this one as well.
Since I hit my teens I've never been too bothered about it. But it was working in retail over a couple of xmas' that completely killed it for me. There are only 10 bloody xmas songs, all fit on one CD and it's on repeat, all fking day, every fking day, in every fking shop, shopping centre and on every fking radio station. Changing the station just skips to another one of the selection or an advert for some crap we don't need. And the SAME songs get repeated every year.
When it comes to presents, since I've been working, I've bought myself anything I've wanted that I think is worth it. (*Gerneral present budget <£40ish. I'm not loaded.) If I don't think it's worth paying for I don't see why I should expect someone else to get it for me. Year after year, relatives hand over novelty items and plastiky tat after being told for years that I don't do christmas. I then need to smile convincingly and say 'Thank you, I didn't get you anything' while thinking if I could throw it out with the wrapping paper. The same goes for the 20+ cards I'll be given at work this year churned out en mass by everyone else in the office.
Add in the mass of people shopping for junk blocking the shops, streets and roads makes it harder for anyone to go shopping for the normal stuff
I have no problem with religious people celebrating their festivals but I do object to being vilified by people, who do not accept Jesus the Christ as their lord and saviour, for not celebrating christmas and covering myself in tinsel. The only arguments they can give are 'It wasn't originally a christian festival' and 'family time'. I know that already; my point still stands. And I see my family throughout the year, whats so special about now?
Good food, Drinking and parties are great fun, but I don't need the excuse of a religious festival, raped by consumerism, to have a good time.
Just look on the bright side, it'll be easter soon...
Since I hit my teens I've never been too bothered about it. But it was working in retail over a couple of xmas' that completely killed it for me. There are only 10 bloody xmas songs, all fit on one CD and it's on repeat, all f
king day, every fking day, in every fking shop, shopping centre and on every fking radio station. Changing the station just skips to another one of the selection or an advert for some crap we don't need. And the SAME songs get repeated every year.When it comes to presents, since I've been working, I've bought myself anything I've wanted that I think is worth it. (*Gerneral present budget <£40ish. I'm not loaded.) If I don't think it's worth paying for I don't see why I should expect someone else to get it for me. Year after year, relatives hand over novelty items and plastiky tat after being told for years that I don't do christmas. I then need to smile convincingly and say 'Thank you, I didn't get you anything' while thinking if I could throw it out with the wrapping paper. The same goes for the 20+ cards I'll be given at work this year churned out en mass by everyone else in the office.
Add in the mass of people shopping for junk blocking the shops, streets and roads makes it harder for anyone to go shopping for the normal stuff
I have no problem with religious people celebrating their festivals but I do object to being vilified by people, who do not accept Jesus the Christ as their lord and saviour, for not celebrating christmas and covering myself in tinsel. The only arguments they can give are 'It wasn't originally a christian festival' and 'family time'. I know that already; my point still stands. And I see my family throughout the year, whats so special about now?
Good food, Drinking and parties are great fun, but I don't need the excuse of a religious festival, raped by consumerism, to have a good time.
Just look on the bright side, it'll be easter soon...
What gets me is the money people spend when they don't have it. The OH's brother and his wife are fked financially - started an IVA earlier in the year and recently received a court summons for non-payment of council tax. They treat her (well, their) Dad as a fking bank. He got to £3k of 'loans' this year (so far) and stopped adding up so as not to depress himself - fortunately he's not short of a few quid. The OH's Brother's M-I-L BORROWS - yes, BORROWS money EVERY year to pay for Christmas and then spends the following year paying off the loan before taking out another for the next Christmas.
Despite this. On 3 kids. They've (excluding their M-I-L) so far spent £500 on presents - and haven't finished yet apparently. It fking pisses me right off. I'm very firm with the OH that we never loan them a penny as she has before and has never seen it again. I work hard for me, not to bail out others time and time again.
Soon after my wife left me I fell on hard times. I remember one Christmas where I admitted to people I'm not flush so not spending much - I think my Mum asked me to buy her nothing in fact. It didn't do me any harm.
ked financially - started an IVA earlier in the year and recently received a court summons for non-payment of council tax. They treat her (well, their) Dad as a fking bank. He got to £3k of 'loans' this year (so far) and stopped adding up so as not to depress himself - fortunately he's not short of a few quid. The OH's Brother's M-I-L BORROWS - yes, BORROWS money EVERY year to pay for Christmas and then spends the following year paying off the loan before taking out another for the next Christmas. Despite this. On 3 kids. They've (excluding their M-I-L) so far spent £500 on presents - and haven't finished yet apparently. It f
king pisses me right off. I'm very firm with the OH that we never loan them a penny as she has before and has never seen it again. I work hard for me, not to bail out others time and time again.Soon after my wife left me I fell on hard times. I remember one Christmas where I admitted to people I'm not flush so not spending much - I think my Mum asked me to buy her nothing in fact. It didn't do me any harm.
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