I like the winter.
I hate christmas.
( girlinthehole, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:43, 5 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

But, but, but
Winter is awful, but without Christmas it'd be even worse, wouldn't it?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:43, Reply)

No.
It's ok when there are kids in the family and you see their little faces light up on Christmas morning, other than that it's annoying and tiring.
( girlinthehole, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:47, Reply)

I don't see how
People around you is happy, doesn't that make you happy?

And it'd be all dark without the Christmas lights too.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:51, Reply)

Nobody I know gets happier at christmas.

( girlinthehole, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:52, Reply)

I do - so you're wrong

(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:53, Reply)

only because Christmas makes it acceptable to drink in the mornings.

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:55, Reply)

Christmas and festivals
I do like an excuse to start drinking at 9am.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

At glastonbury this year on two consecutive days my mate said
"why the fuck are all the bars closed" before 10am.
(PsychoChomp, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Travelling is also an excuse to drink at any time

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:19, Reply)

this!
I was in the airport at 7am last year and we were like "is it too early for a JD?"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:34, Reply)

Ok
Nobody I know apart from Abs and Al get happier at Christmas.
( girlinthehole, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Well...
Mark gets happy at Christmas too (if only recently, since I started spreading the virus)
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:00, Reply)

^ This ^
My usual excuse at Christmas not to see the family is "I'm working"; they know it's a lie, but it's more polite than "I hate the sodding day."
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

And me

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:19, Reply)

I had a dream last night that you and DJTP
had opened up a vintage shop in London. Maybe it was a premonition.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:23, Reply)

That would be ace.
You could have a corset corner.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 11:12, Reply)

I like new year best

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:21, Reply)

I do get happy
I'm sure more people does, too. At work, or your neighbours... sure you must know someone who loves it.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:00, Reply)

This
I hate Christmas.

I'm also a terrible shopper. Last time I was on Oxford Street on a Saturday I lasted 20 minutes before hightailing it out of there and seeking solstace in a bar.

*shudder*
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:44, Reply)

Never go shopping on Oxford Street at christmas
unless you know what you need, and then you never walk on Oxford Street, you use the back entrances of the shops and walk on the adjacent roads.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:46, Reply)

the shops and walk on the adjacent roads men
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:49, Reply)

I knew someone would do that

(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:53, Reply)

that a man up the arse
(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:53, Reply)

I'm not planning to.
Everyone in my family is getting a tub of Crisco.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:50, Reply)

Summer solstace or winter solstace?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:20, Reply)

You need a nice man like me to wake you up on christmas day with smoke salmon and scrambled eggs on toast
a nice cup of tea, some bucks fizz, and huge box containing your ideal present.

My wife is very lucky.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:45, Reply)

NO
Christmas breakfast is ham and mustard on toast, with orange juice, followed by irish coffee.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:46, Reply)

NO
Christmas Breakfast is an Extra Dry Martini.

Heathens.
(Himjim died a little more inside on, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:48, Reply)

Dry Martini is only for use with the phrase
let's get you out of those wet clothes and into a dry Martini
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:49, Reply)

yeah hopefully so much sex ensues that you don't actually get round to drinking the Martini
because Martini is blarg.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Or all of the above
It is Christmas after all
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:49, Reply)

WHAT!
That's fucking wrong at the best of times, let alone for breakfast, and let alone at christmas.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:50, Reply)

That's You're
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:57, Reply)

why do so many people have a problem with ham on toast?
you are all fucking freaks. it's amazing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:58, Reply)

Christmas breakfast is toast and chocolates with fizz or even buckssss fizzzz

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:21, Reply)

ssss fizzzz fast
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:28, Reply)

Christmas breakfast I'm planning a Full English
but growing up it was bucks fizz and some toast.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:42, Reply)

That's so sweet!

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:52, Reply)

What can I say, I'm a wonderful guy.

(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:53, Reply)

Find me someone as wonderful as you are pleasethankyou.

( girlinthehole, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:56, Reply)

Should be easy enough, there's a skag-addled tramp outside the office I could ask if you like?

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:07, Reply)

Woohoo!

( girlinthehole, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:08, Reply)

The last thing I want to listen to whilst eating my Christmas breakfast
is 'Making Your Mind Up'. Man, you are SO bent.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:58, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:59, Reply)

No, Christmas would be "Land of Make Believe"
Argh, now that's stuck in my head.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:43, Reply)

I'm gonna marry a gal just like you one day.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:27, Reply)

This.
I hate Christmas, but I love all the winter stuff that goes with it, like the food markets in Manchester and the ice rink and all the pretty lights and stuff.

I hate Christmas because it's supposed to be a religious festival and I don't follow that religion. It also bugs me that it's rammed down everyone's throats regardless of whether you're interested or not. And if you dare to express that you dislike Christmas everyone thinks you're a misery guts without a soul.

I also don't like the idea of 'santa'. I hate that we all have to engage in this huge lie. If I have children I don't ever want to lie to them about anything.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 9:55, Reply)

I fucking love the market in Albert Square in manchester
you get the hot wine stall and all sorts, I really miss that place.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:02, Reply)

yeah that's easily the best thing about Christmas
drinking hot blueberry wine and getting noms from the carvery place.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:09, Reply)

Go on, try it.
The "not lying to kids" I mean.

It's impossible. Well, it's possible, but they will grow up mentally scarred
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:03, Reply)

I understand that when they ask certain questions you should sugar coat the truth
but when I found out Santa didn't exist I was really pissed off with the adults, who I'd trusted, for making up such a load of bullshit and I don't want my kids to feel like that.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:11, Reply)

Really?
how old were you when you found out, then?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:13, Reply)

21
I can't remember when I found out, 8 or 9 maybe, but my sister and I had suspected for a while because the letters from 'Santa' were written in my Dad's handwriting.

We still got a pillowcase full of presents each though, so we weren't bothered. I'm 28 now, and I still get my sack of extra gifts, though mostly they tend to be socks, boxers, a work shirt, aftershave and Haribo.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:18, Reply)

my mum never bothered with all that crap about letters to Santa, etc,
or the "if you're not good Santa won't bring you presents". When I was older she admitted that she was annoyed that she had to pretend this magical being delivered the presents when she was the one queuing up in Toys R Us for 3 hours in the snow haha
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:26, Reply)

my parents told me they bought stuff
but santa was the one to deliver it because it was more magic that way. If I ever breed, this is the story I will use
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:29, Reply)

yeah I suppose that's acceptable.
I don't want to be an uber bitch and ruin the 'magic' that Christmas holds for children, but I also want to educate them about what Christmas is really supposed to be about. I'll probably be a terrible mother.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:35, Reply)

the alternative is the implication that poor kids
must be naughty (because santa didn't get them anything). I was the kind of kid that would have asked about this so this is probably why that version of the story occurred
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

about 5 or 6 I think
my sister woke up when my mum was in the room and my mum hates it too so she just went "oh well, guess you know now then!" and so the next morning my sister told me immediately. This is one of my earliest memories as well!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:25, Reply)

The Christmas German Market in Birmingham is awesome
But it's always packed. Nice to get hot wine and a massive, strikethrough-baiting sausage.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:10, Reply)

strikethroughmaster

will that do?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:17, Reply)

That'll do

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:19, Reply)

pig

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:35, Reply)

lying to kids is awesome

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:16, Reply)

I remember reading a QOTW answer where someone said they babysat for kids
and just lied about everything and I have to admit I proper officelolled at it.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:27, Reply)

There's an IceRink???
oh I might have to go there!
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)

yeah!
There's a temporary outdoor ice rink every Christmas, it should be up when you're here.

www.spinningfieldsicerink.com/siteNorm/tickets.php
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:36, Reply)

i like christmas when I have time off
when you work in a shop you spend 3 months working your ass off and people being rude to you, then christmas eve you put up the january sale signs and get one day off
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:20, Reply)

yeah I always feel sorry for retail people when they have to work almost the whole way through the Christmas holidays
and having to then deal with the January sales, urgh.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

I hope I never have to again
boxing day is miserable. It's just people bringing back numerous copies of the latest celebrity autobiography (well, in the bookshop it was)

also, hangovers and the reek of disappointment
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 28 Oct 2010, 10:38, Reply)