Gets my goat

tombar
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edited December 2015 in General Chat #1

What really, really annoys me at Christmas is the hype.  It all starts off in July when I've seen the odd restaurant/hotel advertising bookings for Christmas, and from then it (pardon the pun) snowballs, getting bigger and bigger.  Then it stops - dead -
two days before Christmas on TV by all the adverts for the January Sales, which, I may add, opens on Boxing Day.  Really, I absolutely love Christmas, but all this advertising really annoys the heck out of me.  I even "mute" the telly when the adverts come
on and also hope that the BBC has something good on so I don't have to see the adverts.

Well, that's my rant over for the day

Merry Christmas everyone Innocent

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  • Tammygirl
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    edited December 2015 #2

    Couldn't agree more, I used to love Christmas when the kids were little but nowadays I can't be bothered by it all, its just a big retail hype. This year it was my turn for the meal, a day preparing it half a day cooking it 1 hour and its over.  Next year
    we are going awaySmile

  • cyberyacht
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    edited December 2015 #3

    There was a time when Christmas TV left you spoilt for choice. Now, despite the proliferation of channels with Freeview, Cable & Satellite, there is almost wall to wall dross.

  • Oneputt
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    edited December 2015 #4

    I just go with the flow, nothing to get stressed about.  My goat is in the paddock and very happy he is to

  • volvoman9
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    edited December 2015 #5

    I dont get stresses but i have too admit i,m no fan of christmas anymore.For me its more the time of year as i hate the cold and the dark nights
    Sad i cant wait too get back too spring.As for all the hype before christmas lets not even go there.

    peter.

  • redface
    redface Forum Participant Posts: 1,701
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    edited December 2015 #6

    Perhaps we could get a countrywide ban on advertising xmas goodies etc before, say, 20th Dec.  That would help us to keep our equanimity and a cheerful smile on our faces.

  • artyboo
    artyboo Forum Participant Posts: 457
    edited December 2015 #7

    I cannot even listen to the radio in the lead up to the 25th it winds me up so much. If you want to celebrate Christmas, with the greatest respect, put up with it. If you are religious and see a reason for it then enjoy. If you are not religious but think
    it's a good way to have another good time then that's who the advertisers are aiming at. Christmas is, for many, a chance to over indulge and get pissed Without any reference to what was written that it was supposed to be about.

    Me personally, it is the biggest retail con of the 20th and 21st Centuries, based on a story written nearly two centuries ago. Oops, no doubt will now be on the naughty step!

  • XTB 907
    XTB 907 Forum Participant Posts: 47
    edited December 2015 #8

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited December 2015 #9

    Before we came away they were starting to take in non perishable stock at our co-op for EasterSurprised

  • ChefJim
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    edited December 2015 #10

    This year was the first Xmas I haven't worked since leaving school and Ive had to retire to get it off, but with 2 chefs in the house Xmas dinner was a breeze most of it prepped Xmas eve cooked the turkey on the morning and everything was put together while
    that was resting. The turkey was stripped bare and before we sat to eat the carcas was already in the stock pot for our Xmas soup or as the kids used to call it " guzinto soup" because anything that is left over guzinto it, including sprouts and stuffing.
    But have to agree with TG about the time doing prep and then it's finished in around 1 hr but that's just what it's like in a restaurant kitchen, we spent upto 3 days prepping everything and we serve 3 sittings, 12, 2 and 4pm and it's done, leaving us exhausted
    but happy knowing we had got it right.

  • artyboo
    artyboo Forum Participant Posts: 457
    edited December 2015 #11

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

    Write your comments here...oops, yes I did. Hick

  • tombar
    tombar Forum Participant Posts: 408
    edited December 2015 #12

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

    Was probably on the wine when he wrote itHappy

  • huskydog
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    edited December 2015 #13

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

    Was probably on the wine when he wrote itHappy

    With respect tombar, artyboo is a ladyHappy,not a " he" 

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited December 2015 #14

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

    Write your comments here...oops, yes I did. Hick

    Arty, were you overindulging & getting pi**edLaughingLaughing

  • tombar
    tombar Forum Participant Posts: 408
    edited December 2015 #15

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

    Was probably on the wine when he wrote itHappy

    With respect tombar, artyboo is a ladyHappy,not a " he" 

    My humblest apologiesEmbarassed

  • kenexton
    kenexton Forum Participant Posts: 306
    edited December 2015 #16

    Couldn't agree more, I used to love Christmas when the kids were little but nowadays I can't be bothered by it all, its just a big retail hype. This year it was my turn for the meal, a day preparing it half a day cooking it 1 hour and its over.  Next year
    we are going awaySmile

    Write your comments here...so you might be up for a CC Rally in Tajikistan then Tammy?I understand that they have banned Tinselmas there.If so may I join you as the whole "Festive Shoppathon" makes me want to  go and hide in a cave until New Year is safely
    over.

  • artyboo
    artyboo Forum Participant Posts: 457
    edited December 2015 #17

    based on a story written nearly two centuries ago

    Did you not mean two millennia? Innocent

    Was probably on the wine when he wrote itHappy

    With respect tombar, artyboo is a ladyHappy,not a " he" 

    My humblest apologiesEmbarassed

    Write your comments here...No problem, I have been called worse things than a lady in my life time And no doubt, a small schooner of sherry had something to do with my faux pas.

    Happy new year everyone

     

  • DSB
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    edited December 2015 #18

    In spite of it being really busy, I always enjoy Christmas and the lead up to it, but not the advertising and commercialisation bit.  

    David 

  • mickysf
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    edited December 2015 #19

    In spite of it being really busy, I always enjoy Christmas and the lead up to it, but not the advertising and commercialisation bit.  

    David 

    Write your comments here...totally agree but I think other countries have maintained the real connection and spirit of Christmas. Many parts of Europe celebrate Twelfth Night as the day of giving presents, not Christmas Day. Twelfth Night coincides with the arrival of the Three Kings and their giving of gifts to the Christ Child. In this country the whole thing seems to be far too commercialised and the suggestion is that the change from Twelfth Night as above came about for commercial reasons!

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