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Best and worst things about Christmas

What are the best and worst things about Christmas?
Best: you might get a present you like;
and other stuff probably.

Wosrt: just as likely you won't like the presents but will still have to pretend to like them through gritted teeth.
You have to put up with family members you've managed to avoid all year.
You have to eat stuff you wouldn't normally, because it's traditional, apparently. It turns out there's good reasons to avoid it; it's horrible.
As if the weather isn't bad enough the rest of the year, you get all of that, plus the least sunlight ever. But will it snow? Will it flock.
Christmas parties. Enough said.
Carol singers. Jingle off!
Things like bin collections get disrupted; seems trivial but is unnecessarily annoying.
Will have to curtail the moaning list because I'm being press-ganged into wrapping presents...what fun to waste the world's resources on extra packaging.

It's a cliche - but kids.

That and Boxing Day lunch - always a groaning board of a cold collation with pickles coming out of your ears.
Well it is in our house.
Far superior to the previous days shindig, IMHO.

It's New Year I really hate.

When the Jocks go solo they can bloody well have it back - along with the remaining 3 pints of North Sea Oil.

Best: Food, presents, family, house covered in sparkly things and lights.
Worst: It'll all be over too quickly. Oh and like you say, it won't snow. :(

Oh, and nothing much is open when you run out of normal food.

For those who don't celebrate Christmas it is a little baffling.

I mean the food is a combination of unpleasant, expensive, unhealthy and just plain difficult to cook.

I mean sure you can get it right, but there are so many easier dishes.

And I was reading on money mensch some of the incredibly odd stories parents tell they're young kids. To explain why mum and dad pay for their presents but some sinister, elederly burglar dropped them off.

I think all the traditional Christmas food is delicious!

Good: boss let's you finish work early on the last day woohoo!!

Bad: boss let's you finish work a whole FIFTEEN (count em') minutes early woo-fuken-hoo Angry

I took the last week off and made it abundantly clear what I don't hear about doesn't bother me

I took the last week off and made it abundantly clear what I don't hear about doesn't bother me

Oh and this year there seems to be a price war on good whiskey actually less than duty free I like that

I like that a lot

Live doesn't

F**k you liver

Best - Presents, good food and no work!
Worst - That awful period from Christmas Day afternoon up to New Years Day.

Quote: Ben @ December 21 2012, 9:18 PM GMT

Best - Presents, good food and no work!
Worst - That awful period from Christmas Day afternoon up to New Years Day.

Ditto except for the 'no work'. 'A woman's work is never done.' Sigh.

Quote: Ben @ December 21 2012, 9:18 PM GMT

Worst - That awful period from Christmas Day afternoon up to New Years Day.

I've grown quite fond of that period. It's almost like hibernating.

Best thing this year- Have 5 days off when I count the weekend, two of which I get paid for

Worst thing- All the work that I'd usually do in a week will be waiting for me on return and will need to be done in less than half the usual time.

Best - Two weeks off work so no having to get up in the morning - kids enjoyment - Christmas trees and lights, I love'em - eating all sorts of stuff whenever just cos it's Christmas - carol service - the smell of cinnamon / mulled wine / general Christmassy smells!.

Worst - The bleedin' cost of it - commercialism that seems to get more pronounced every year - missing my family and my late parents - TV goes a bit rubbish with too many 'celeb's celebrating Christmas' programmes.

Quote: zooo @ December 21 2012, 7:20 PM GMT

I think all the traditional Christmas food is delicious!

This.

Quote: zooo @ December 21 2012, 7:20 PM GMT

I think all the traditional Christmas food is delicious!

Sprouts ???

Satans testicles

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