what ruins christmas for you

[marzjennings]

So...maybe there should be a carol singing competition....called The X-Factor?

Nice, the trifecta of a tacky christmas,

Bad singing, bad spelling, bad show.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Persons I see fairly regularly who are happy to be rude to/ignore me suddenly becoming best buddies at Christmas. I loathe it and will not be part of it. They can stuff their pseudo-bonhommie where the sun is absent.

 

[skudupnorth]

So...maybe there should be a carol singing competition....called The X-Factor?

DON'T mention that X factor word !!! Ahhhhhhh ! Piggin number 1 rubbish again !

 

[longers]

They can stuff their pseudo-bonhommie where the sun is absent.

Merry Christmas Gerry, you and Mrs Attrick must pop round sometime, it'd be great to catch up.

It gets on my wick too.

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Merry Christmas Gerry, you and Mrs Attrick must pop round sometime, it'd be great to catch up.

It gets on my wick too.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

also seeing everything i ve just brought for christmas half price in the sales

A couple I work with buy each other presenst in January. Great idea me thinks.

One year, I bought presents during the sales and kept them until next Christmas. A trully capital idea methinks!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Persons I see fairly regularly who are happy to be rude to/ignore me suddenly becoming best buddies at Christmas. I loathe it and will not be part of it. They can stuff their pseudo-bonhommie where the sun is absent.

I hate having to write Christmas cards every year. These days, I normally only write them to the most important people, so if you get a card from me, you are special!

 

[Night Train]

So...maybe there should be a carol singing competition....called The X-Factor?

We had to have the X-Mas Factor at work. Each department had to do something Christmassy and then hope to get voted out. Unfortunately my department managed to get second place despite not rehersing anything.

 

[PBancroft]

What ruins Christmas?

Presents.

 

[addictfreak]

Having the in laws round all day!

Queues

Christmas trees

Christians

Crap television (although that applies most of the time)

Socialising with people I dont like

Shopping

The credit card bill

 

[ChrisKH]

I loved Christmas until my Mum died on the 29th in 2004. So, I just about get over the fact on Xmas Day that my m-i-l is still alive (kidding!), when the 29th hits. Peeps always seem to want to make it to the 25th before popping their clogs, but I hate mid-winter and would much rather 'go' in the middle of the year.

The kids really make Christ Mass for me, but New Year's isn't the same any more for obvious reasons.

 

[J.Y.Kelly]

Christmas ruins christmas for me. If this Jesus bloke hadn't been born on christmas day, would anyone have heard of him?

 

[ComedyPilot]

The fact it starts in September?

 

[Eoin Rua]

The word 'Crimbo'...wtf?

 

[Piemaster]

Work.
Joined the ship a week ago and will be here till mid January. It will all be over and forgotten by the time I get home and despite the efforts of family, opening presents and trying not to appear an ungrateful git for them is challenging by that time. Opening them in the middle of December doesn't seem right either.
They could leave any gift buying for the sales and I wouldn't be any wiser.
'dry' ship as well so no booze

On the plus side, no queues in supermarkets and no carol singers banging on the door.