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Confession time: I really don't like Christmas (1 Viewer)

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The 1st Rule​

The objective is to go as long as possible without hearing WHAM's Christmas classic; "Last Christmas".

The 2nd Rule​

The game starts on December 1st, and finishes at the end of December 24th.
Use your local timezone, if you'd like.
(Yes, we're European heathens)

The 3rd Rule​

Only the original version applies. Enjoy the ?#!$&%! out of remixes and covers.

The 4th Rule​

You're out as soon as you recognise the song.

Bonus Rule​

Post on social media with the #whamageddon hashtag when you get hit.

PvP?​

While we can't stop you from deliberately sending your friends to Whamhalla, the intention is that this is a survival game. Not a Battle Royale. So ... don't be a ****, mkay?
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Love Christmas. Don't look forward to decorating but enjoy it when we I get going. Our tree ornaments are mostly things the kids made, Things we bought on trips, or specifics interests ( like the Leg Lamp or Michael Scott bobble head ornaments). Put some lights up outside also.
 
I love Christmas..but one thing has bothered me the last couple of years. One thing I really dislike is everything crammed into the 2-3 weeks before leaving me feeling exhausted and screwing up my workouts and eating habits. Starting last Friday, we have been to 2 parties, and 3 dinners out in last 6 days.

We have a dinner out tomorrow night and parties Friday and Saturday. Then my wife just said a friend of hers is having a Sunday Brunch party..I said "No way as I want to relax and watch the Lions game. Starts over again next week. 2 works parties and 2 dinner parties. I like to party but I like it once a week at most.

Then January will hit and nothing is going on.
 
I can’t stand the shelf elf any longer. It was actually fun the first couple years we did it with kiddo, but I’m the only one who moves it and tries to be creative while simultaneously getting comments/texts by wife with photos from people with way too much creativity and a “why don’t we do this?”. I am basic creative, nothing I come up with and execute will ever be Instagram worthy and being asked to do such can be defeating.

That said, kiddo just turned 8 and it feels like we’re in the wheelhouse of “Christmas spirit” for how she reacts and responds to traditions and celebrations. If I could bottle the feeling I get when we’re driving somewhere and she’s just in the back singing along to Christmas songs to herself…that’s addicting magic
 
I get the exhaustion associated with the ceremony of it all, but everyone should appreciate their family time if they have a loving family.

My family is very messed up and a 4 hour drive away, we cut them out of Christmas about 10 years ago and visit in January instead, really just for my kids to have some connection, I could do without.

My wife’s family had a blowup just after and the holidays turned into us with our two teen girls and her parents.

Her mom passed four years ago and her dad this summer. So it is just our immediate family of four on Christmas Day 😢

Thank god for good friends over the rest of the season.
 
That one guy said:
I can’t stand the shelf elf any longer. It was actually fun the first couple years we did it with kiddo, but I’m the only one who moves it and tries to be creative while simultaneously getting comments/texts by wife with photos from people with way too much creativity and a “why don’t we do this?”. I am basic creative, nothing I come up with and execute will ever be Instagram worthy and being asked to do such can be defeating.

That said, kiddo just turned 8 and it feels like we’re in the wheelhouse of “Christmas spirit” for how she reacts and responds to traditions and celebrations. If I could bottle the feeling I get when we’re driving somewhere and she’s just in the back singing along to Christmas songs to herself…that’s addicting magic
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We do the elf. I use it to strategically eliminate their annoying toys by putting the elf on the toy (so they obviously can’t touch either).

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Kids 0
 
humpback said:
hagmania said:
I think the perspective around Christmas that affected my attitude the most is that I shouldn't be a grump about receiving gifts I would never think of buying/owning even if they are cheap.

Folks want you to like the gift they picked out. It's over half the fun of giving. I certainly love seeing others' faces when they open gifts to notice if they sparked a little joy. And people want to see the same for you.

It's ok to let people love on you, even if it isn't actually how you'd choose to go about it personally. In fact, an aura of graciousness really lightens all holiday spirits imo.
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I think this is a big part of the issue for some people actually. We are supposed to fake that we really love our gifts, when the reality is that most of it is a complete waste and is more of a burden that is either going to be stuffed on a shelf, returned, or donated later. And because we pretended to love it, guess what we're going to get next year? The cherry on top is when it comes from someone you know really can't afford to be wasting money, or better yet, who is going to ask you to borrow some to get through the holidays. I appreciate the gesture, but I'd appreciate it a whole lot more if you donated to charity instead (if you have the means), or wrote out a nice card if you do not.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the holidays very much overall, I just could do without all the pretending. I'm just a very practical person, and it actually makes me feel worse when someone I know shouldn't be buying all this crap is doing so just to keep up appearances. All part of the fakebook life I suppose, but I firmly believe the vast majority would be much better off just being honest and doing things that bring us joy instead of stress. I'm not saying we should chastise our loved ones and I do recognize that there are circumstances where little white lies are the better choice, particularly when they'd bring joy to others.
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I've made it abundantly clear to my wife and others around me that I hate "stuff" and would much rather gift or receive "Experiences"

theatre tickets, game tickets, plan a vacation or long weekend. Those are the thing that I value and gain memories from. Not some crap to stick in my bookshelf or my closet. But every year she insists on buying a cruise vacation's worth of crap so everyone has "something to open"

TBH, some of my fav holiday memories were on NYE when we would stay home (the kids were young) and start booking our summer Disney trip. Flights were posted, our resort booking window opened and we would sit around eating Christmas leftovers and discussing what resort and other experiences we wanted to try this year and plan out the basics.
 
I'm on the fence. Personally, I get frustrated and overwhelmed with all the decorating, shopping, planning, cleaning, etc. Trying to cram every experience into 2-3 days is exhausting. I try to focus on the "reward" which is the joy it brings my wife and, to a lesser extent, me and my adult kids.

I don't like that everyone's focus is on everything except what the season is really about... but I'll leave that for the religion forum.

One thing that I really hate about the "season" are the family visits/events surrounding it with my and my wife's families (both of our parents are divorced, so many "obligations")... early in our marriage, this caused a lot of stress and uncertainty. So much so that it has kind of estranged us from my mom (her fault, not ours), which is still uncomfortable especially this time of year.
 
Keerock said:
I'm on the fence. Personally, I get frustrated and overwhelmed with all the decorating, shopping, planning, cleaning, etc. Trying to cram every experience into 2-3 days is exhausting. I try to focus on the "reward" which is the joy it brings my wife and, to a lesser extent, me and my adult kids.

I don't like that everyone's focus is on everything except what the season is really about... but I'll leave that for the religion forum.

One thing that I really hate about the "season" are the family visits/events surrounding it with my and my wife's families (both of our parents are divorced, so many "obligations")... early in our marriage, this caused a lot of stress and uncertainty. So much so that it has kind of estranged us from my mom (her fault, not ours), which is still uncomfortable especially this time of year.
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We moved into a new home back in early 2020 - one that has a lot more space to entertain and host holiday get togethers. So now we host pretty much every major holiday with both sides of our families - usually anywhere from 20-30 people. I told the few folks that may have issues with others that I'm going to make this simple. Everyone is invited - if you have an issue with someone else feel free to not come but if you do come great - but don't be an a-hole at my house or you won't be invited going forward. So far, limited drama but I'm happy to take care of it - I'm not going to go to all the trouble of hosting and paying for most of the food and have people ruin the day for me.
 
Keerock said:
One thing that I really hate about the "season" are the family visits/events surrounding it with my and my wife's families (both of our parents are divorced, so many "obligations")... early in our marriage, this caused a lot of stress and uncertainty. So much so that it has kind of estranged us from my mom (her fault, not ours), which is still uncomfortable especially this time of year.
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this is part of it for me. My wife and her mother are in an eternal pissing match every day, sometimes 2x a day. So much so that it sometimes causes problems between my wife and I, but for the sake of my wife I let a lot of it go. However, on Christmas Eve, we all go to MIL house and the 2 of them play all lovey-dovey for the sake of everyone else there and its so hypocritical it's sickening.

Each year it's like a new world record for how far down the street we are before my wife starts with the "I can not F'ing believe she did (Insert whatever here)"

But it doesn't matter, every year we've got to go and pretend like we are all some Hallmark Channel family, and every year it wrecks my wife for days leading up to it.
 
glvsav37 said:
Keerock said:
One thing that I really hate about the "season" are the family visits/events surrounding it with my and my wife's families (both of our parents are divorced, so many "obligations")... early in our marriage, this caused a lot of stress and uncertainty. So much so that it has kind of estranged us from my mom (her fault, not ours), which is still uncomfortable especially this time of year.
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this is part of it for me. My wife and her mother are in an eternal pissing match every day, sometimes 2x a day. So much so that it sometimes causes problems between my wife and I, but for the sake of my wife I let a lot of it go. However, on Christmas Eve, we all go to MIL house and the 2 of them play all lovey-dovey for the sake of everyone else there and its so hypocritical it's sickening.

Each year it's like a new world record for how far down the street we are before my wife starts with the "I can not F'ing believe she did (Insert whatever here)"

But it doesn't matter, every year we've got to go and pretend like we are all some Hallmark Channel family, and every year it wrecks my wife for days leading up to it.
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Yeah... my mom is obvious about her dislike of my wife. She tries to be nice, but she's very socially awkward so she will inevitably let some hurtful comment slip and it's not worth it to me to let my wife get hurt.

Here's the last one... I can only :rolleyes: and :ROFLMAO:

Talking with my mom about my son getting engaged:

Me: We love her (son's fiancé), she's great. It gives [wife] someone to shop and do girly things with... like a daughter she never had.
[side note, my wife and I had all boys, so did my mom]
Mom: Yes, I know the feeling! [SIL - my brother's wife] is like the daughter I never had.

So kind... so loving...
 
Christmas is what you make it. I enjoy the decorations, being with family and friends, showing my daughter how to make the Christmas mini-cupcakes and pepperoni bread that I learned to make from my Mom (who passed in 2020) and have her get excited looking forward to baking them each year now, thinking of and shopping for gifts for those who mean the most to me. Kids are older so some of that fun is gone, but now I enjoy helping them pick out stuff for their mom.

The only thing that I can't stand is that somehow the ugly Christmas sweater thing is still a thing. It ceased being funny and ironic at least a decade ago or more, and needs to stop.
 
Skipdog77 said:
Christmas is what you make it. I enjoy the decorations, being with family and friends, showing my daughter how to make the Christmas mini-cupcakes and pepperoni bread that I learned to make from my Mom (who passed in 2020) and have her get excited looking forward to baking them each year now, thinking of and shopping for gifts for those who mean the most to me. Kids are older so some of that fun is gone, but now I enjoy helping them pick out stuff for their mom.

The only thing that I can't stand is that somehow the ugly Christmas sweater thing is still a thing. It ceased being funny and ironic at least a decade ago or more, and needs to stop.
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YES.
 
Skipdog77 said:
The only thing that I can't stand is that somehow the ugly Christmas sweater thing is still a thing. It ceased being funny and ironic at least a decade ago or more, and needs to stop.
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ironically, today is national ugly christmas sweater day.

nationaldaycalendar.com

NATIONAL UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER DAY - Third Friday in December

Third Friday in December - National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day encourages everyone to wear the ugliest sweater they have - bells, lights, whistles & all.
nationaldaycalendar.com nationaldaycalendar.com
 
Santa is some major bull crap for parents and kids.. that's my biggest beef with Christmas... and it's really tough to get away from.. movies, songs, etc... Really dislike
 
I REALLY enjoyed this Christmas even with my dad recovering at an after-care facility from an infection and almost completely ruined by possible COVID infections.
 
I'll admit there is a time close to Christmas that I enjoy. But now the decrepit decorations are just sad and irritating. Like a houseguest that refuses to leave.
 
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