Do You ‘Love’ Christmas?

I think my Mum loved Christmas. Or at least she loved dressing up and having the neighbours around for Sherry. I think she must have been about 50 when my Dad said that she had had her fill of doing Christmas dinner and “ you two girls can do it now”. So my sister and I took it in turns and enjoyed doing it .Until Mum and Dad died and we both had large families to cater for. Still I think we may have a monster bash next Christmas

Wouldn't say I love it, but I enjoy it these days, now that we've broken with the visiting family palaver. Our families live at opposite ends of the UK, so with all the trekking about we never got much of a holiday.

My OH also cooks Christmas dinner as a rule, and shares the cooking throughout the year. As someone with five brothers, a partner, a father and four uncles (none of whom are lazy or useless) I do get tired of reading how hard done by women are and how most men aren't fit to walk the same earth. I can think of a number of women I certainly wouldn't want to be married to.

No!

I love Christmas, I love how everything seems to hold it’s breath for a few hours. My Christmases have varied widely from total inactivity to working flat out, at home or abroad, makes no difference. I still get that sense of waiting for something.

I hate Christmas with a vengance . It bring bakc so many memories of peope lost , people we should have made more of an effort with to have them with us . I hate the present buying the supermarkets and the fuss. This year will be the first since our grand children were born that we have not had the whole family to stay . I must admit I am more relaxed about it not having to feed the hoards for days on end . We will miss the children but we could not risk having them stay .

Floradora9

A very honest post. I know what you mean about memories of people no longer here.

Can be a very sad time .