What do you most dislike about Christmas?

Helped Mrs mememe to wrap some presents up earlier this week and fooking sellotape had a mind of its own.

Tore a bit off and before I could place it neatly on to wrapped pressie, the fookin stuff just attached itself to the nearest thing, usually the pressie I was attempting to wrap, but in the wrong place.  Grandchildren will be getting pressies with more sellotape on them than wrapping paper.  Will take them ages to unwrap their ppressie ... won't I be popular?

Why, oh why, do I buy presents that are too big, and misshapen to be acceptably wrapped?

I bought my son a "Hang Glider" and don't know where to start!

Top of a cliff?

The comics aren't what they used to be.

1970:

screamin ...

you're so passe ... it's now magazines NOT comics.

HTH

1. When I go to the shop over the next few days there will be people there tripping over themselves. You'd think they weren't going to open ever again.

2. All the programmes I like will not be on over Christmas. Also the times of the regular news etc will be on at completely different times.

3. No newspapers on Christmas Day.

The 3 month duration of it.

Everyone saying Merry Christmas to you when they couldn't give a toss.

And...'Are you ready for Christmas?'  Feck off.

There you go - Gnasher can speak.

January credit card bill

Over consumerism and fake plastic frivolities (I like non sheep fun though)

Having to have the chimney swept so the fat bastard doesn't walk soot into the sh@g pile.

The way it just keep coming

dusty this is a Christmas fred,

Agree with Jack a load of Old shyte

The lies mostly.

The big marketing sell of an idealised paradigm that everyone is supposed to buy into, which at it's heart, relies on consumption.

That's the spirit case,

And rtb,

Been accused of sexism by her indoors..

All I said was that women are very good at wrapping pressies compared with men.

Can't win..

Merry Christmas all

You too, Capt__F.

Bah humbug.

You know you don't mean that EO.

Checkout operators in supermarkets that wear santa hats/reindeer antlers or dress-up like elves.
It's really not necessary and it  makes me feel quite depressed.

MMH, I was talking to a checkout elf , poor sod. he was a 64 years old, and really miserable.

That's just it, they all look miserable.

Poor bastard, wanted to hold on to his job.

First Christmas without Mum being in charge of proceedings, it's going to be tough.

Slippy, this one is tough no mistake, but if you don't celebrate her life and Christmas, she will be disappointed.IMVHO.

SlipI actually fcked off for the New year ,year my mum went slip  ,went Fontwell and stayed in bognor new years Eve it was fcking freezing ..Part of why I dislike Xmass too many people missing some
left the party far too early

Slippy shouted every year by the traders in Moore Street market Dublin at Christmas, "Get your Mickey mouse your Donald duck and tinsel for your balls,

My Father in Law is on his last Legs Stomach Cancer ,Hes coming to us Xmass day which will be his last ,wont improve the future Xmasses IMO

Your Ma would know that and get a great laugh from it.

My Grandmother had a stall in Moore Street Box .sold Second hand Clothes

Enjoy everyone while they're here and celebrate them when they're not, every year until it's our turn. And hope we are remembered as fondly.

We will celebrate her life for always btf, we had a massive party at my house in Dulwich on Saturday and Ma was the centre of attention with all her family there to tell our stories and memories about Mum

Well we Bet 2 on He would make the King George Sadly the Odds on Chelts and the GN are drifting

Bl00dy hell casemoney,! here's and old one "that fish isn't very big,....." what do you expect for sixpence  MOBY DICK."

My Mum was a Dub as well slip ,certainy no shortage of Stories

That's awful to read casemoney, life stings you badly sometimes, we have all been through extreme grief and sadness at some point in our lives mate.

Pmsl Box ,would have been in the early 50s Box ,then she had a shop Selling Coal ,I think

She Lived till 94 smoked Woodbines from the age of 14 ,think she had one in her hand when she went Pmsl

Sounds like my Grandmother, Woodnbines and Sweet Afton, I left Dublin in 1960, went back for various periods, but I really am too old (67) to hear new chimes. I went over for the 2000 Derby and stayed at the Shelbourne, way out of reach when I was growing up, what a sh1tehole, was there 45 minutes checked in, checked out the dining room etc, etc, and the first Dub voice I heard was on leaving the hotel, and turning right towards Grafton St. FFS.

Been back many time since, It's not the same to me anymore, stuck in the past I suppose.

Your Grandmother would have been one hell of a character!, they really don't make them like that anymore.

Nice one Slippy, .

Merry Christmas from the miserable arsed Guardian

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Only thing i don't like about the  Xmas week is that my space is hijacked when i go outside .I like empty roads,empty shops and empty everything and the place to myself .

Can't wait for all the buggers to go back to work , 3pm today and the shops were packed 

It's the only time that  folk are almost all off work together .

could always ban it on elf and safety grounds Ho Ho Ho

Got roped into a Secret Santa at work ffs and it's stressing me up to the eyeballs......Just leave me alone i aint interested.

Actually, worse than wrapping, is the brown envelope from Inland Revenue.

They have a morbid, and vindictive, sense of humour!

Over 20 years since I had any communication from the Revenue, and had 2 brown envelopes from them this month.

They trying to bribe you?

It costs me money ....

The whole of yesterday, rest not too bad.