I hate Christmas, it's crap.

Jimmy Garlic

Everything about it is crap. Zombies maundering around looking for junk food to stuff their greedy faces with. Stupid christmas music. Septic traffic. Tins of mediocre biscuits. Dry turkey with disgusting condiments like cranberry sauce. Brussels sprouts, vile. Grown men wearing stupid jumpers. Spoilt materialistic brats with a sense of entitlement.

I can't wait until this crap is over.

Kettleson

It happens all again every year until you die. Better get used to it.:eek:

Pai Mei

Nice to know OP, hope you feel better

DEFTLEFTHAND

Only another week or so until things get back to normal.

cml387

How does one "maunder"?

RobbingBandit

You will really love the music on the 21st of January whe Dunnes, Tesco and the like are still playing it, F#*% Christmas up the wazoo.

Duckworth_Luas

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Everything about it is crap. Zombies maundering around looking for junk food to stuff their greedy faces with. Stupid christmas music. Septic traffic. Tins of mediocre biscuits. Dry turkey with disgusting condiments like cranberry sauce. Brussels sprouts, vile. Grown men wearing stupid jumpers. Spoilt materialistic brats with a sense of entitlement.

I can't wait until this crap is over.

Cheer up Jimmy Garlic, here's a very special Xmas message from an Taoiseach just for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--ymcyFnm_w

mikom

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Everything about it is crap. Zombies maundering around looking for junk food to stuff their greedy faces with. Stupid christmas music. Septic traffic. Tins of mediocre biscuits. Dry turkey with disgusting condiments like cranberry sauce. Brussels sprouts, vile. Grown men wearing stupid jumpers. Spoilt materialistic brats with a sense of entitlement.

I can't wait until this crap is over.

I love Christmas.
There's mistletoe in my back pocket, so all the haters can kiss my fuckin' arse

Penny Tration

It gets me two days off from work, so I love it.

I also love Christmas songs and Christmas jumpers.

If you don't like it, sleep through the day

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

How can traffic be septic? Most peculiar use of language!

I'm tired of polls on AH asking if people like Christmas or not. Multiple threads every single year. Why is there such a lack of imagination?

Yamanoto

Iran has some pretty great skiing this time of year, so that'd do nicely.

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/feb/24/iran.skiing

fermanagh_man

At least the tv is good

NuckingFacker

green_screen wrote: »

It gets me two days off from work, so I love it.

I also love Christmas songs and Christmas jumpers.

If you don't like it, sleep through the day

you're doing it wrong. 11 days is where it's at. Yay.

1shot16

If its not snowing its ruined </3

Jimmy Garlic

fermanagh_man wrote: »

At least the tv is good

The TV is crap.. Christmas sh!t on nearly every channel.

fryup

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

The TV is crap.. Christmas sh!t on nearly every channel.

wall 2 wall cookery programmes

can the tv schedulers not come up with something original

Ficheall

Brussels sprouts are lovely.

Jimmy Garlic

Ficheall wrote: »

Brussels sprouts are lovely.

That is a lie.

rolliepoley

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Everything about it is crap. Zombies maundering around looking for junk food to stuff their greedy faces with. Stupid christmas music. Septic traffic. Tins of mediocre biscuits. Dry turkey with disgusting condiments like cranberry sauce. Brussels sprouts, vile. Grown men wearing stupid jumpers. Spoilt materialistic brats with a sense of entitlement.

I can't wait until this crap is over.

Will ya give over, atleast your here to see it, yeh should be happy.

kneemos

The materialistic side of it is complete and utter madness.There can be a good old spirit about the place though.

Jimmy Garlic

fryup wrote: »

wall 2 wall cookery programmes

can the tv schedulers not come up with something original

Hugh Fernley Whateverhisnameis really gets on my tits.. I would love to waterboard him with his own soup.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Hugh Fernley Whateverhisnameis really gets on my tits.. I would love to waterboard him with his own soup.

FFS if you can't stand cookery shows then don't watch them. I don't. There are over 100 other stations readily available and on off button if you wish.
What a sour view on life. Lighten up before you live to regret the anger you're letting eat you up.

shedweller

NuckingFacker wrote: »

you're doing it wrong. 11 days is where it's at. Yay.

14 days.

In yo face!!

BuilderPlumber

There are many things I love about Christmas while there are other things I hate (and some things I love/hate about it!):

What I love about Christmas:

1. Some of the songs.
2. Genuine time off to relax.
3. Watching Love/Hate DVDs.
4. I used to like Pat Shortt's Christmas specials but he is no longer on and is replaced by that other fella!
5. The dinner.
6. Wine.
7. A bit of craic in the pubs.
8. A nice meal out for the new years' eve.
9. Presents.
10. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas.

Things I hate about Christmas.

1. Most of the films shown on TV. It is not that I dislike the films. It is why the same ones are repeated every year?
2. Some of the songs.
3. Ryan Tubridy (he seems to be acting more foolish at Christmas!).
4. The ever-trying Christmas terrorist. Christmas and terrorism are synonymous unfortunately and the likes of al Qaeda are always planning that Christmas terrorism biggie. Lockerbie of course was the most infamous.
5. The increase in robberies/burglaries in the run up to Christmas and in January.
6. Bad wind. Think of the 1997 and 1998 hurricanes. Hopefully, we get nothing like these this year. The very mention of wind gives me the willies and I pray we will be ok.
7. Bad snow: remember 2010.
8. All the bills coming the one time for insurance, etc.
9. Excessive badminded drunks and putting up with people you hate and do not have to deal with other times of the year.
10. The absence of hurling.

Iran actually does have Christmas.The Armenian, protestant and Catholic Christian communities celebrate it obviously and the country also has Yalda celebrated on 21st December. The Yalda is for all Iranians, Muslim, Christian, Jewish, etc. The name is very like the word Yule.

For an absence of Christmas, go to North Korea and join in the celebrations of Kim Il Sung's wife on the 24th December, a national holiday there!

shruikan2553

Hate Christmas music, same songs repeated over and over in every shop with the same songs I heard the past 20 years of existence and people getting the idea that fairytale of new york is good, never mind people thinking its the best. The rest of it is fine but i couldnt be assed to put in too much effort myself.

Just remember having to put up with strictly come dancing and titanic, just save us the pain and spend a minute saying the ship sank in case you havent seen it.

BuilderPlumber

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

The TV is crap.. Christmas sh!t on nearly every channel.

I used to love the TV when I was a child. Funny thing is the same stuff that was on then (with some additions like Harry Potter) is still on now. In a way, it is not really the TV's fault but the whole entertainment landscape has changed.

In the 1980s, there was no internet, no DVDs, most did not have a video player for VHS, there was a good 2 year period between a film being in the cinema to it being on video, and a good 4 year period between cinema and TV release.

I like the Bond films and Indiana Jones, etc. too but problem is, with regard to them being on TV, I own all the DVDs!! And can watch them any time I like. In the 1980s and early 1990s, it was an event when films like these were on TV. I remember around 1987 watching Octopussy and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and it was great. I still love these films but can have them any time I like.

So, in the present world, there is nothing on TV at Christmas that isn't accessible elsewhere. New episodes of Love/Hate or Breaking Bad is not on (these no doubt will be part of my Christmas night viewing on DVD), Pat Shortt isn't doing any Killinaskully, so I will only be watching Fair City on TV which is as per usual. I may watch Mrs Brown which I am not a fan much of but it may account for the one of the best things on that I haven't already seen!

Most annoying things on TV at Christmas include in order of how annoying it is.

10. Free Willy: what have these films got to do with Christmas? All they are are a remake of Flipper with a whale instead of a dolphin and have summer written all over them! They are ok but not captivating viewing for Christmas.
9. It's a Wonderful Life: James Stewart made some great movies but this is decidedly not one of them. The Man From Laramie and Winchester 73 being two examples of his forte, Westerns. Wonderful Life is part of an attempted Americanisation of Dickens style stories that just doesn't work. A curiosity yes. But not necessary every Christmas morning when one is hungry!
8. Chefs and cookery programmes. They are not just for Christmas they are for life though. Every time I turn on TV, chances are I will find a chef cooking up meat, fish, vegetables or desserts somewhere!
7. Back to the Future: My pet hate as a child! And still, I can never see what is appealing about this hodge podge of a series. Every film in the series seemed like it was trying to put 3 different films (including a Western I recall) into the one and each part divided by the 'time travel' element. Many think it is great and innovative but I never liked this series. And again it has damn all to do with Christmas for the most part!
6. No ads: when you want to pee, get tea/coffee/beer/wine/etc, and so on, you can't if you are interested in programmes.
5. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Now, it is ok and all that. Roald Dahl was a great author and the film is well made for its time. What makes Willy Wonka annoying is the concept that it has to be part of Christmas despite it having little to do with same.
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: the more modern, inferior and poor relation of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
3. Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins surely cannot be watched by a fan of Nidge and Walt White? The complete opposite end of the spectrum!!
2. The Tubridy Show: Tubridy and silliness go hand in hand. And he is an his most annoyingly silly in his shows before and during Christmas. Definitely, TV on RTE1 on Fridays between 9.30 and 11.45 is to be avoided.
1. The countdown to the new year. Depressing, maudlin, and silly all in one. All are bad, but if Tubridy is involved, it makes such countdowns even worse! I will be anywhere but in front of a TV on the 31st!!

Amirani

I was in Bangkok on Christmas Day last year. Far more fun.

Cantona's Collars

NiallSparky wrote: »

I was in Bangkok on Christmas Day last year. Far more fun.

Did you get a happy ending?;):p

Daveysil15

Ahh it could be worse. At least the X Factor is finished for another year.