Enforced happiness at Christmas

fr336

Yes give me the prize for most cliched thread of the year, but how much of Christmas is enforced happiness for you? I can understand it's great for those with kids or who barely ever see each other, having people come home from abroad etc but on the whole I find it a bit bemusing that I feel forced into joy by the same people who spend most of the year as miserable as sin :P Massive generalisation here I guess but I'm sure you know the types I'm on about.

odyssey06

I only feel this at work events... the kind where you are plonked beside some distant colleagues and expected to have FUN now... right NOW!!!

NSAman

Jaysus I see we have been hit by the Crampus stick.

if you don’t like it dont celebrate it... it is easy. Personally, the older I get the more I love christmas ....

Not only do I get to spend it with the family I have left (yes death in the family is all around and I miss these family members immensely), it is also a chance to catch up with those who I don’t get a chance to see from one end of the year to the next. The majority of the family are spread all over the world with many of us flying home to make it special for mums/dads etc. We as a family (and I include the extended family in this) all get together with nights out, house trips, meals, etc... for me it is about bringing that warmth to every member of the family and not about the commercialism of the whole thing.

The kids get a chance to meet their cousins and second cousins, aunts, uncles, grand aunts/uncles and bond with family that is rare for the rest of the year as people are working.

Christmas is a day of pure joy for me.

The day of the year I abhor for being forced to enjoy is New Years night... I HATE being out at parties, especially large scale events that people barely know each other at.... now that for me is the ultimate forced enjoyment scenario. Let me be at home/parents home/siblings home/family home with people I love, enjoying each other’s company.

Was at an New Years Party in NYC in an upscale house one year which was VERY wealthy affair... I have never felt more alone and miserable...;)

AllForIt

If only it worked.

RobbingBandit

Krampus comes tonight to beat the ****e out of any little creatures that deserve to be punished.

Snow Garden

Tremendous fun.

BoroMan32

I enjoy it until the extended family start showing up in the evening. Then I just want it to be over.

Augme

Christmas Eve and Christmas day are just immediate family so I enjoy those days. Tbh, Its more I enjoy the opportunity to sit on the couch and do nothing for two days without having to do something else. I love the down time element of Christmas.

St. Stephens day is with the extended family and I could happily give that up.

Edgware

Think of the families who have lost loved ones at this time of year. It must be very sad for the Ceasescu family even after 30 years

smelly sock

Edgware wrote: »

Think of the families who have lost loved ones at this time of year. It must be very sad for the Ceasescu family even after 30 years

Ye what? Who?

whisky_galore

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Krampus comes tonight to beat the ****e out of any little creatures that deserve to be punished.

It's great that some countries still have traditions to counter the commercialised American saccharine crap.

Mysterypunter

smelly sock wrote: »

Ye what? Who?

Romanian dictator, killed on Christmas day 1989

smelly sock

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Romanian dictator, killed on Christmas day 1989

Who?

Bobblehats

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Krampus comes tonight to beat the ****e out of any little creatures that deserve to be punished.

Hey it’s de krampus killeh

Edgware

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Romanian dictator, killed on Christmas day 1989

We're all God's children

893bet

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=112089000&postcount=4

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

smelly sock wrote: »

Ye what? Who?

Guy who missed a penalty for Romania in ITalia 90. Packie Bonner saved it.

Still hurts them.