Folks In This Online Group Share 30 Things They Are Repelled By During The Christmas Season

Our tree goes up early December and comes down in early Jan when we get round to it. Really only do it for our son otherwise we wouldn’t bother with a tree

But it doesn't begin in October. People putting up their lights, decorating early (I do to avoid the rush), or stores putting out Christmas merch doesn't signal the start of Christmas. I shop for presents year round December 26th I'm looking around for next year. I start rehearsing for Christmas concerts in September. That doesn't mean that Christmas 'begins' on those dates.

Say what!?!? This is news to me.

To see Christmas stuff on the shelves with Halloween stuff is ridiculous!… Christmas before stuff before November 11th…is disrespectful…in my opinion

I hate that it is compulsory. Some years, i don't do Christmas at all. Other years i only share it with a few. This time it is looking like one of those bad ones. So Christmas can go ff*k itself . We have other ways of being.

My sister in law trashes her own house and the kids think "the elf did it". She's basically teaching her kids to behave badly, while making herself cleaning to do...WTF is actually wrong with people?!

"creepy little bastard" got me good😂

I wasn't going to do it this year, but then my 7yr old was really upset so he arrived a bit late. It's a bit annoying but it's actually made mornings a bit easier as they wake up excited and happy to see what he's been up to - and happy kids means they get dressed quicker without fighting. I don't make the elf do anything big and dramatic, I think that is getting a bit over the top, but we move him to different places like a long game of hide and seek

me too, gives me the creeps

Like the holidays aren't hard enough as a parent that you have to move a stupid little toy around creating mischief. Isn't the point of the elf to keep an eye on you? why are they breaking s**t all the time?

I never feel guilted into buying things, but since I'm not religious, for me it's all about the commercialism, and I'm fine with that.

Can someone tell me when it *wasn't* like this? I mean in recent history, not 2000 years ago.

Does anyone remember a time when Christmas was NOT a materialistic orgy of greed?

Yup. I'm a Christian and I just about hate the holiday season. I wish Festivus was a real thing so everybody could celebrate that and leave Jesus out of the captialist orgy.

It’s sad that commercialism overrides the true reason for the season.

Still much better than "Last Christmas".

F'ING HATE CHRISTMAS MUSIC BUT ESPECIALLY HERS.

I would rather guide my dad into my mom than have to ever hear this song again

I love you Jesus by Patricia Paytas is a respectable one ❤️

Bleah!🤢

Mandatory for boss? That should be illegal. I'm a manager and I would be appalled if anyone were guilted into doing that! So gross and unprofessional. Usually being a manager works better if you are a functioning adult.

If someone I know is struggling actually gifts me things, of course I'm grateful but at the same time - angry. Not at the person that gifted them, nor at myself (though of course, I did not expect a gift, and I tell them as such that they "shouldn't have got me anything") but at society for the idea that gifts are a must have, it easily becomes too much for many people - I know people go into debt just for christmas!

One year, I was laid off and my unemployment was about to run out, and I was desperately hoping my well-to-do parents would send me enough money to keep going for a while longer. They sent me a Christmas ornament, and I don't even decorate for Christmas, and now they wonder why I don't want to spend holidays with them (no, that's not the only reason).

Really really really hate that envelope that a person brings around and they cross your name off after you've contributed. And why would anyone be expected to give money to buy a gift for someone who probably makes twice what you make!

I started a new job this fall at a restaurant. They told me we have a 25 budget for the secret Santa. I figure you can either have a junky cheap bought gift or something thrifted, upcycled and handmade. My library has a cricut with some materials to learn with. I made an awesome pun iron on. Found a t-shirt for 2 bucks at Sally Ann. And voila :) I am full expecting them to ask me to make one for everyone

I made some bags from cloth I had left from making medieval robes. Use those instead of paper packings because they're reusable.

We only buy useful things, not things you'll just end up forgetting about

You could always give the boxes and paper to a cat! My kitty loves playing in a mountain of wrapping paper scraps and sitting in boxes.

Even when I say "I don't want anything, and I don't need anything"... I still get things

We have a universal rule - what's ON the box is NOT what's IN the box. There's a handheld pressure washer box that has been routinely passed along the family (containing a new gift each time) for somewhere approaching a decade. Sometimes we have to add a bit of glue to keep it holding together!