Reply to: Why is Christmas so disappointing

[Sysman]

It's over-hyped for months and becomes a bit of an anti-climax.

More people behave like nobs than usual.

The worst run up to Christmas I had was staying in a hotel for a contract where I was on 24 hour callout. I had to suffer the drunken office parties* that took over the hotel restaurant, when I was stone cold sober. It was hell on earth and I ended up dining in my room.

* Office Christmas parties bring out those who don't know how to hold their drink or behave with any decorum whatsoever under the influence.

[RichardCranium]

Isn't there an official 'most depressing day of the year' in this period?

The media calls it 'official' but it's actually just some geezer (Cliff Arnall?) with a formula. And he tailors it to suit when the papers want to run the story based on the weather and what else is going on in the world.

It can be either mid-month or end of the month to match pay-day. It can be either Jan or Feb to match when the credit card bills come in.

But it is all bollocks.

[Doggy Styles]

It's over-hyped for months and becomes a bit of an anti-climax.

More people behave like nobs than usual.

Post-Xmas is a bit depressing. Come 2nd January, all most people have to look forward to is months of cold weather and work. Isn't there an official 'most depressing day of the year' in this period?

[scooterscot]

We actually enjoyed a very good Christmas.

We avoided anything to do with TV (cause it was utterly awful) and instead spent time being defeated by the brother in-law on the Wii... and stuffing our faces with lots of glorious food we had procured earlier from the farmers market.

[EternalOptimist]

Christmas is disappointing as you are no longer 8 years old. Despite what Mrs EO says.....

B@stard

[BrilloPad]

Look, I might have had ten pints, but I have this theory.

Christmas is at the end of the year, its caps the year, it is the annual year-orgasm. We have spring, it warms up, we have summer, its warm and nice, then it gets cooler and the leaves fall down. Finally we get a cold spell, then right at the end, we have Christmas to make us all feel better again.

Except Christmas is not at the end of Winter, its near the beginning, which screws all the planning up. I reckon we should either move winter forward two months, or move Christmas back to Easter.

hic

Christmas is disappointing as you are no longer 8 years old. Despite what Mrs EO says.....

[Diver]

I got another bloody decanter while I asked Santa for an Evel Knievel set.

Christmas is indeed tulipe. When will people learn? I don´t want crap decanters and I´ll buy my own wine; life´s too short to drink cheap wine. I want Evel Knievel sets, train sets, Scalextric, radio controlled helicopters and so on.

Hear Hear!

I got a Draper pro workstation for my radial arm saw and a 500gb external hard drive

[Mich the Tester]

Look, I might have had ten pints, but I have this theory.

Christmas is at the end of the year, its caps the year, it is the annual year-orgasm. We have spring, it warms up, we have summer, its warm and nice, then it gets cooler and the leaves fall down. Finally we get a cold spell, then right at the end, we have Christmas to make us all feel better again.

Except Christmas is not at the end of Winter, its near the beginning, which screws all the planning up. I reckon we should either move winter forward two months, or move Christmas back to Easter.

hic

I got another bloody decanter while I asked Santa for an Evel Knievel set.

Christmas is indeed tulipe. When will people learn? I don´t want crap decanters and I´ll buy my own wine; life´s too short to drink cheap wine. I want Evel Knievel sets, train sets, Scalextric, radio controlled helicopters and so on.

[Pogle]

A great time of year to receive tat you don't want, only to pass it onto charity shops.

It's the hype about the food, from November onwards, you have instructions on how to cook the "perfect turkey", re-runs of Delia, Jamie, Nigella, Hugh F-W specials that hacks me off.

You'd think people had never cooked a turkey in their life...

Bah Humbug!

[HairyArsedBloke]

I wasn't disappointed. This year met my expectations of it being a boring, frustrating, repetitive waste of time full of idiotic tulipheads.

[hyperD]

It isn't?

It is in this household - even wear the lederhosen and try and carry 6 steins of Winter Ale at a time.

[threaded]

A great time of year to receive tat you don't want, only to pass it onto charity shops.

Someone I know got lots of lovely presents, carefully took them out of their wrapping and boxes. Re-wrapped the now empty boxes, put them outside their local charity shop, (just the other side of the road,) and set a video camera to film as they got stolen one by one...

They're behind some of the bizarrest TV adverts going at the moment. So it might yet just end up on TV...

[Cliphead]

A great time of year to receive tat you don't want, only to pass it onto charity shops.

It's the hype about the food, from November onwards, you have instructions on how to cook the "perfect turkey", re-runs of Delia, Jamie, Nigella, Hugh F-W specials that hacks me off.

You'd think people had never cooked a turkey in their life...

Bah Humbug!

Goose, booze, more booze, cool pressies, yet more booze then New Year.

Repeat minus the goose and pressies till next year.

[norrahe]

A great time of year to receive tat you don't want, only to pass it onto charity shops.

It's the hype about the food, from November onwards, you have instructions on how to cook the "perfect turkey", re-runs of Delia, Jamie, Nigella, Hugh F-W specials that hacks me off.

You'd think people had never cooked a turkey in their life...

Bah Humbug!

[Cliphead]

Christmas should be like Octoberfest - 16 days of continual drunken fun.

It isn't?