For those that can’t stand this time of the year, my misery seeks company. What does it for you?
For me: aside from the usual family stuff:
I worked front-end in a post office back when that meant a line-up before I opened the doors to the end of the day when I had to inform the line-up that was still out the door that, yes, I was going to close on time. (Some didn’t take that well. For me it was just another Tuesday…)
It meant a lot of work with little thanks and I had to listen to the same shitty Xmas playlist over and over all day.
Edit/PS: The quick downvote sells it. Perfection. chefs kiss
I decided long ago that Christmas and birthdays just wasn’t for me. Easy enough when I live alone.
I don’t decorate, don’t eat anything out of the ordinary, don’t dress up. It’s just a normal day, that passes without much ado. Hate is too strong a word, I just ignore it.
Same here. Xmas, birthday, new year : all just ordinary days for me. Back when my mom was still alive I visited her for Xmas (and many other times) to make her feel better, but other than that I’ve not celebrated it for decades, and my mom died half a decade ago.
This pretty much sums it up for me, I don’t specifically hate Christmas but I don’t celebrate it.
I do loathe winter as a whole though. Weather is shit, the lack of day light hours, and just general miserable nature of this time of year can fuck off.
Winter is hellish. I’m not sure what I hate more, the cold or the lack of light. You should try taking vitamin D, our bodies make it from sunlight but we’re not getting that this time of year. It helps me.