Why I hate this time of year - by me.

[interyernan]

Okay Christmas is not the best of time of year for me at the best of times. I've never really gotten into all the commercial BS that floats around although because my son is coming up to 2 i thought i'd make a bit more of an effort.
WHY I BOTHER!
My weekend was completely blown and i missed doing the one thing i actually do enjoy (apart from the obvious before you mention it Clint!) and thats talking to you guys and meeting up for matches.
Reason: Relations that wouldn't give you the time of day for the other 11 and a half months of the year decide to "pop" round. I thought "popping" round was a half hour thing, hour tops. Not most of Saturday afternoon! Then hey why not invite yourself for something to eat and ruin my evening. AND THEN why not just sit there, and sit there and sit there not taking the hint that i haven't offered you another cup of tea for 3 bloody hours so F^*K OFF! By the time they do leave the kid is grouchy cos we had to keep him up, the wife is p!ssed at me and i have to clean the sodding house up knowing Sunday will be a bust because the wife and the kid are going to be in bad moods.
Yep they were! And to top it all off another set of realtives turned up at my parents on the Sunday and we were forced into fake merriment once again.
God i wish i could emancipate myself from my family and legally class you lot as my family. At least we know who the estranged Uncle would be out of you all (Clint) and i actually think he's a top bloke so if you want to pop round - i'd make you tea with a toddy all night mate cos i know we'd at least get some golf in!

[Roughdawg4]

Yeah Clint would be the estranged uncle, but I would invite him over to my house everytime because he always makes me laugh, you are a funny guy man :)



And I understand what you mean about Christmas, I don't understand the point of being friendly and nice if you are not friendly and nice. I mean you should do nice things, but not just because it is Christmas.


My fiance actually sort of believes the way you do. She actually doesn't like getting anything for her birthday and christmas. She wants you to get a gift just because and not a holiday that you feel you should get it for. Its a little wierd when she first said it, and honestly I feel like I was getting setup, but I totally understand how she feels.

[interyernan]

Your fiance sounds like a very smart woman. I tend to work on the "if i need, i get" basis for myself so that spoils anysort of surprise realting to presents. As for the wife i try to buy her something at least once a month just to let her know my feelings and we very rarely buy proper presents for each other for christmas - we normally say, something fun for £20.
As for my boy, he can have what he needs, when he needs it as well as a shed load of stuff that he doesn't need because he's the best thing that's ever happened to me.

[clint_westwood]

awww guys............pass me the tissues









not for crying.........

i found a dodgy website haa!!


no right seriously you guys are great i actually love christmas for what it is supposed to be about, i dont do much of the commercial stuff, i go to church christmas eve at 11.35 pm for the service

me and the wife then come home , glass o wine , 1 present each then bed

i cant be bothered with the going to inlaws etc then having to drive home, so its like 10.00 pm on xmas day before i can get a wee dram o whiskey......( jesus would not want it like this)

im playing golf on boxing day morning mind you

anyway i guess i should put my tree up tonight

still ill, still sounding like darth vader with a billy connolly accent :-[

[yasdad]

I seem to be agreeing with your sentiment guys - I'm not a Christmas-type person. I'd be happy to forego all the presents and just get what I want whenever I want it. Besides, do I really need more socks???? Yes, it really does happen :D And I'm not a religious person (I got married on a beach in Antigua :D) and only time I ever step inside a church when:

a) a relative/friend is getting married/passed away/getting christened (it's not like you have any choice)
b) when my daughter is doing is school nativity thingy

But of course, the little one is still only 6, so we have to try and put the magic of Christmas through it's pases for a few more years yet :) And I work in the Christmas Light industry, so it's like a 12-month Christmas in the office :D

Thankfully, relatives are spread far and wide, so we see very little of them whether it's Christmas or not :o

[Roughdawg4]

I don't have kids. If I had kids, I would go all out for Christmas because I feel for the most part it is for the kids.