Will I get lynched

No you wont get lynched. Many people don't celebrate Christmas. Do what is right for you and enjoy your sausage and mash!

I think doing what makes you happy is the important thing! If that’s your ideal day, go for it.

I hate New Year, I just don’t get it, and don’t join in the what looks to me like faux bonhomie. Once it’s midnight, I revert to my usual self and get on with life.

Have an enjoyable day, whatever your plans. X

Why? Not at all

Somebody asked my opinion on starters for Christmas Lunch. I politely told her she was talking to the wrong person.

Enjoy your bangers and mash!

Each to their own Tizliz. Whatever you do, have a lovely day. Can't beat sausage and mash (we had that last night). Don't think we're having turkey on Christmas Day either.
🙂

I'm not keen on New Year either, SueDonim

No you won’t get lynched - I think it’s too much fuss and bother for one day.😫

I think you have to do what suits you for Christmas time. What anyone else thinks is irrelevant. Enjoy your day your way 😁.

I take my hat off to you! Agree with every last word.

Christmas is over-indulgence of faux sincerity to an obscene level and the emotional blackmail that runs rampant should be quantified in a way that makes it a criminal offence for relatives to try it on, ie: "but it might be my last Christmas......", and big business too, "You HAVE to do it for the kiddies."

'Christmas' should truthfully be spelt E.X.T.O.R.T.I.O.N.A.T.E. P.R.O.F.I.T.

Oh my word!

"but it might be my last Christmas......"
I've never heard anyone say that, even if it was.

We are having a quiet day too, Tizliz. I don't like all the commercialism either and find all the airport landing lights kind of decorations completely OTT – noisy! in fact in a soundless sort of way. Only misophones will understand what I mean. The commercialism I would describe as noisy too. Yuck.

Enjoy your day, Quietists! 🎄

Nobody’s going to care - as long as you don’t make miserable Scrooge-or Grinch-like comments to those who do enjoy it. (My Dbro is sometimes guilty of this!)

You don’t have to be religious to enjoy Christmas, though.
The feasting aspect, the merrymaking and the winter greenery, all have good old thoroughly pagan origins.

As for commercialism, absolutely nobody has to buy into that. A reasonably low-key, relatively inexpensive Christmas can be just as enjoyable.

Why would you get lynched and thrown out of GN Tuzli?

Not everyone celebrates Christmas and not everyone who does, celebrates the true meaning.

Thank goodness none of our Christmases have been as you've described mae.

I find the use of the word lynched in a light hearted post slightly disturbing.
Given the history.

Allira

Oh my word!

"but it might be my last Christmas......"
I've never heard anyone say that, even if it was.

Oh, my FiL says that - every year! And this year, he told all the staff at his care home that his family were all too busy for him to go to theirs on Xmas Day, when in fact, three separate family members (including us) invited him to spend the day with them!

I'm enjoying looking at my half-price bargain Christmas tree 🎄, I do like a real tree.
It's going to need repotting after Christmas though, the roots were growing through the pot!

Sausage and mash here tonight, enjoy yours Tizliz

Sausage and boiled spuds here tonight, with gravy and a pack of cavolo nero that needs using up.

I’d have liked mash, but visiting DSis from across the pond is seriously no-dairy, and I can’t bring myself to make mash with no milk or butter, it’s against the law in this house.
She (weirdo!) will put salad cream on her spuds! No gravy for her, either - she’s also seriously GF.

I don't celebrate either, really.
Last year I had cheese sandwiches for my Christmas Dinner, and watched 'Escape to the country' all day.

Ooooh, sausage & mash! It sounds lovely (veggie sausage for me, please). I've got a full Christmas dinner to cook tonight, plus a tableful of "grazing" treats to prepare for tomorrow. You have no idea how attractive a plate of bangers, mash & baked beans looks to me right now. Enioy!!!!

I love this thread, I always spend Christmas on my own, from choice, and my adult children are beginning to feel the same 😁
Had beans on toast one year, this year it will probably be chicken sandwiches.
Saving my pension to pay for my electric bill!
Merry Christmas to you all xxx

I m not bothered with it I ll do my Christmas Day swim then have dinner with my daughter and granddaughter open our presents and watch tv
I m very happy when it s all over

me and my OH don't do Christmas. My uncle died on Christmas day it would be my late dads bday just before Christmas anniversary of the death of my mum death of my OH father recently so we have got rid of Christmas. we have hired our favourite chalet in Borth the park is near enough empty we spend our 4 days eating all the things we should not like cake chocs etc and spend the time either on the beach with the dogs or just chilling out on our computers reading chatting etc. we dont have a tv at home so dont bother with the one in the chalet but it is so peaceful and nice a real un christmas

I’m not religious either and not a great fan of all the conspicuous consumerism on display at this time, plus the over eating and mindless TV programmes. I really dislike all the plastic blow up santas and houses and garden awash with lights. Am quite minimalist myself.

However I treat Christmas as a nice break, occasionally see family, buy a few presents and love to go to hear the Messiah locally. There’s really too much money and too many emotional hang ups involved with a modern Christmas.