Christmas is a coming

[Duffers]

I’m genuinely looking forward to Christmas this year. My daughter is old enough now to get the whole Father Christmas thing so it’ll be nice to do it all from her perspective.

[MassDebater]

It's for the kids, and I've not been into Christmas for many a year.

Even less so now.

To those who enjoy it, fair play, to those that don't and would rather be left alone fair play.

[Duffers]

One benefit of COVID is no parties to bother with this year.

[MassDebater]

One benefit of COVID is no parties to bother with this year.

Can almost guarantee that there will still be plenty....

[Solihull Throstle]

I’m genuinely looking forward to Christmas this year. My daughter is old enough now to get the whole Father Christmas thing so it’ll be nice to do it all from her perspective.

And those are the golden few Christmases. Enjoy them as there won't be many that will have that magic.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy seeing family and friends around Christmas but just don't understand the madness.
Seems rather ironic that a day celebrating the birth of one of history's greatest socialists has become such a festival of materialism.

[Fulham Fallout]

I’m genuinely looking forward to Christmas this year. My daughter is old enough now to get the whole Father Christmas thing so it’ll be nice to do it all from her perspective.

Along with the carrot for rudolf and the glass of beer for Santa, get a tray and pour in some flour. Get a pair of boots and put the boots into the flour and make flour footprints from your chimney / front door to the Christmas tree and back.  It adds to the magic.

I still enjoy Christmas and seeing my family and cooking for them. It was tough the first couple of years after my dad died (unexpectantly on Christmas Day) but I had to make that one and subsequent ones as happy as I could for my kids. The following year my mom boycotted Christmas and so myself and my brothers and mom had our “Christmas dinner” at Adils in Sparkbrook, having a balti.

Last year I was ill from Christmas morning until the new year and cooking the dinner was difficult as I wanted to go back to bed.

So will I enjoy this Christmas? Too bloody right I will.

[Fido]

I’m genuinely looking forward to Christmas this year. My daughter is old enough now to get the whole Father Christmas thing so it’ll be nice to do it all from her perspective.

If you ever feel like remortgaging I'd definitely try one of the Lapland trips when they are young but old enough to appreciate it. I think ours were 9 and 6 when we went. But as FF says it's often the simple things that get the most traction. They sent two Christmas lists for the kids each - they filled out one and then the "empty" one was the one we put in the fire to "send" to Father Christmas. We then handed the ones they filled out to a helpful elf and lo and behold Father Christmas had it in his hands when they can to see him. Priceless the looks on their faces! 

It is very expensive for what it is but you also have the snow at Christmas too which is fantastic and they spent all day with sledges going up and downs the slopes.

[Fulham Fallout]

I’m genuinely looking forward to Christmas this year. My daughter is old enough now to get the whole Father Christmas thing so it’ll be nice to do it all from her perspective.

If you ever feel like remortgaging I'd definitely try one of the Lapland trips when they are young but old enough to appreciate it. I think ours were 9 and 6 when we went. But as FF says it's often the simple things that get the most traction. They sent two Christmas lists for the kids each - they filled out one and then the "empty" one was the one we put in the fire to "send" to Father Christmas. We then handed the ones they filled out to a helpful elf and lo and behold Father Christmas had it in his hands when they can to see him. Priceless the looks on their faces! 

It is very expensive for what it is but you also have the snow at Christmas too which is fantastic and they spent all day with sledges going up and downs the slopes.

I like that idea Fido re the lists.

The following year after I put down the footprint when we took our daughter to see a Father Christmas at a garden centre grotto, the first thing our daughter said to Father Christmas, whilst tucking her finger) “you made a mess on our carpet last year”. The tears were rolling down the face of the Father Christmas as his shoulders were going up and down.  Brilliant and amazed she remembered as she was probably aged about 3 the year before and we hadn’t spoken about the footsteps since.

[Duffers]

Lady D has been planning the footprints thing since before the kids were born.

[HawkingsHalfpint]

Think I’m done with Christmas, in it’s current form.

This isn’t meant to be a big “look at me” post but it occurred to me this morning that I just don’t give a fuck anymore. I barely buy for me these days, yet alone for anyone else. This morning I was discussing what to do with Gary Lineker and Maniche today and she said “isn’t there any shopping on LoveHoney you want to do?” and I just said “nah, not fussed anymore”. I don’t even bother wanking to it anymore.

Part of this is down to personal circumstances - two young co-presenters mean finding the time to buy anything is limited but mainly it’s down to:

Shops being moved to soulless, empty Intu’s;
The soul crushing grind of life up the Mezza when you’re not elite;
“Pope John Gregory” and the small band of cardinal cunts trying to take the calendar for themselves;
Friday kick offs;
It’ll be Saturday next year to get us all inside again but you watch back to fucking Sunday in 2022;
Video Assisted Reindeer;
The “Tier 1” and the media’s constant fawning over them;
The obsession with spending money over actually coaching and developing elves;
The depressing likelihood that none of the above is ever going to change;

Does anyone else feel completely disillusioned with the state of the festive period now? Or is it just me?