I like Christmas but...
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A heavy Metal Christmas by Christopher Lee (RIP 
)
Quality album which packages his powerful theatre stage trained voice with seasonal not-so-cheer.
'I have no gifts to bring, falalalalaaaah'
Even if you are not a metal fan, its hilarious and shows so much of his character.
)Quality album which packages his powerful theatre stage trained voice with seasonal not-so-cheer.
'I have no gifts to bring, falalalalaaaah'
Even if you are not a metal fan, its hilarious and shows so much of his character.
If people could just stop offering me mince pies that'll be great
I don't actually like raisins in cakes, but I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings so I normally sneak them back to the tin/kitchen from whence they came.
Someone baked me a whole fruit loaf the other day, luckily I was passing relatives so I could give it to them instead.
I suppose it has a plus side, if it was traditional to make cherry cakes then I'd be 2 stone heavier by January.
I don't actually like raisins in cakes, but I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings so I normally sneak them back to the tin/kitchen from whence they came.
Someone baked me a whole fruit loaf the other day, luckily I was passing relatives so I could give it to them instead.
I suppose it has a plus side, if it was traditional to make cherry cakes then I'd be 2 stone heavier by January.
You only get as stressed as you let yourself get stressed.
Chill out, thin out the rubbish you don't enjoy and build up to it in your own time.
We've been slowly prepping for it for a couple of weeks, 2 kids, aged 4 and 9 months so it's an exciting time but we're not really bothering with gifts for the grown ups as money is tight since I was made redundant and just walked into a seasons min wage job.
You don't need to eat a load of rubbish, you don't need to max out the credit cards, you don't need to drink too much and you don't need to start too early. Just take it easy
Chill out, thin out the rubbish you don't enjoy and build up to it in your own time.
We've been slowly prepping for it for a couple of weeks, 2 kids, aged 4 and 9 months so it's an exciting time but we're not really bothering with gifts for the grown ups as money is tight since I was made redundant and just walked into a seasons min wage job.
You don't need to eat a load of rubbish, you don't need to max out the credit cards, you don't need to drink too much and you don't need to start too early. Just take it easy
If people could just stop offering me mince pies that'll be great
I don't actually like raisins in cakes, but I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings so I normally sneak them back to the tin/kitchen from whence they came.
Well that's the most British problem I've read today.
You only get as stressed as you let yourself get stressed.
Chill out, thin out the rubbish you don't enjoy and build up to it in your own time.
We've been slowly prepping for it for a couple of weeks, 2 kids, aged 4 and 9 months so it's an exciting time but we're not really bothering with gifts for the grown ups as money is tight since I was made redundant and just walked into a seasons min wage job.
You don't need to eat a load of rubbish, you don't need to max out the credit cards, you don't need to drink too much and you don't need to start too early. Just take it easy
Just about every Christmas it is the same for most people. They eat loads of rubbish so New Years resolutions is to get rid of all the weight and signing up to a years worth of gym membership. They then usually pack it in within a month. Then max out their cards out of recklessness or influence of others and taking out payday loans they can't pay back. Drink too much then moaning lack of money and hangovers and then saying it'll be the last. Do it all over again next Friday? Yet they always start early before getting totally blitzed.
Every Christmas/New Year you always hear it but do most of the people change?
Surprised they aren't pushing summer cruises/flights yet.
Don't forget sofas, bathrooms and kitchens on sale. Then the Easter run up in January, summer holiday bookings starting Dec 27th, leading in nicely to the guilt trips about Mother's and Father's Day, with garden makeover season running parallel, running on to the obvious summer/BBQ season purchases, Halloween starting around late August, just in time to run in to Christmas preparations around October.
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DFS has done away with seasonal sales years ago and instead proclaimed a massive DFS sale ending Sunday... this was 500+ Sundays ago. Clever *******s never mentioned which Sunday 
You don't need to eat a load of rubbish, you don't need to max out the credit cards, you don't need to drink too much and you don't need to start too early. Just take it easy
I agree with most of your post... but the bit in bold? Stuffing yourself silly is about the only redeeming part of the whole contrived mess!!
Not if you like keeping yourself in good shape and healthy, why have a blow out on food and alcohol for a week and ruin a month or more progress. I hate the gluttonous side of Christmas to be honest, a large majority of the increased food people buy also goes to waste.
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How do you deal with this? My wife is getting stressed about things that are so trivial, like the fact we haven't got the alcohol in yet for Christmas day. Who cares, we have tonight and all day tomorrow to buy it, why stress about it now? Shops won't sell out of beer and wine.
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Pretend I can't hear her as I get in the car and drive off for work...
1 month back for 11 months progress? Seems a reasonable compromise!
And trust me, nothing goes to waste in our house
