Will I get lynched

Allira

Oh my word!

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

Then you're lucky because it's been said to me regularly, by the same person, with all the sentiment of a housebrick - that's why I rudely ignored it. With glee.

Smileless2012

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.

it was light hearted!

Sorry - the iPad has a mind of its own today.

I don’t get new year either, SueD and am usually tucked up in bed with the radio and a book, though I do have a faint suspicion that I may be missing something. I take down such decorations as have made it out of the garage on New Year’s Day and am ready to face what Eve the next year brings.

SueDonim

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

I thought I was the only one. I don't like it either, I am also OK the next day.

When it comes to Christmas, I think it's very much a case of 'you do you'. If you want a big traditional do, go for it. If you want to ignore the whole shebang, same goes. Left to my own devices, I'd happily ignore it all, but family commitments beg otherwise. I'm not cooking xmas dinner this year, however (first time in more than 40 years) as we're going to my son's, so the pre-xmas preparations are a lot quieter here.

I am not religious at all but have spent the last hour or so listening to the carols on radio 4 with twinkly white lights on our very old small pretend christmas tree. My younger DD will arrive soon and we will have curry tonight.
For the next 2 days we will just enjoy ourselves doing very little. A couple of presents to open. Nice coffee and chocolates. Nothing extreme or at great expense.
Tomorrow looks like some good programmes on radio 4 to dip into.
Sausages and mash sound great. Everyone do whatever you want. I expect a lot of people will be having to do a lot of what they don't want. And that's a shame.

I have friends who ignore Christmas. I think more people are doing this now. Everyone should just do whatever they want.

Never! Just enjoy what you do and give no thought to anyone else.

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.

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 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

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

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

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.

Sausage and mash here tonight, enjoy yours Tizliz

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!

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

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.

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.

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! 🎄

Oh my word!

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