😂 I was wondering if you noticed. But yes I totally agree. Christmas feels forced now. Also I started getting rid of unused stuff in the last few months.
Yes because I was alone too. My boyfriend passed away in May 2024. So it is a very sad time for me. I didn't have a roast Christmas day I had a casserole. I did boxing day but that was Chicken. I wasn't going to pay for a turkey too expensive!. I want this year done with.
68, spent Christmas alone, no tree, no decorations, no presents. I was fine with it. Very relieved on Dec 26 to not have debt or a messy house to clean.
Same here. The best Christmas I have ever had I received no presents, cards or text messages. That has only happened once in my life and I did a celebratory dance.
I was all happy and prepared, My youngest Daughter was due to go on Maternity leave..Friday 13th, I decided to deliver her a good luck on my way to work...6.30 am..I tripped going up the path, banged my chin, my knees and wrecked my hands lhave a support glove on my left hand.Hours later my daughter went into labour six weeks early, she had him on the 14th."ELIAS" Well every thing went to pot.My Daughter was very ill...ok now...The christmas Dinner this year was crap, I retired on the 27th...my 66th Birthday..it went down like a lead ballon..no card from my Husband {effed off}...dead meat Boy..My hands were giving me Gip... you would be suprised when you cant use them properly how frustrating it is..Ive mooched moaned cursed like a navvy and worst of all had to go off sick as my hands are a liability...Im carrying on working.....Ive taken my beautiful tree down early, so yes im glad its over......💯💔
Thank you for addressing this topic! I hate Christmas. We are brainwashed by society into thinking we need to go out and spend hundreds of dollars buying stuff that, half the time, people don't even want. It's ridiculous. And in most households women do 95% of the work/stressing to prepare for Christmas... shopping, baking, cooking, cleaning the house, etc.
69 y/o male, lived on my own now for 20 years retired, no dependants , no debt , 1 "cat" and a handful of friends , christian values , I didn,t feel christmas at all this year, just happy in the knowledge that I survived it ! I love my humble home which has a good atmosphere and my little "fur baby" is all the company I need, I,m not alone ,I,m with myself and enjoy the peace and quiet I have , to me ,the general public has become loud and aggressive especially since covid ? and after my weekly shop I can,t wait to get home to solitude I thought I was the only one who was like this but Iv,e found that there are so many others like me , God bless you all for 2025 ✝ .
@@realrhodes Hello, glad you liked my comment I,m 200miles south of london and glad to be so! I could,nt be amongst that lot ! hope you have a quiet new year like Iam hoping for ! God bless,
@@realrhodes Hello, glad you liked my comment, I,m 200 miles south of london and very pleased about it definately a big change in the general public these last three years take care, God bless you in 2025 ,
It's only a 'scam' if you buy in to materialistic nonsense. You can still celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, the very thing most people have forgot.
No Christmas tree here either, hasn’t been for a number of years. Since my husband caused a row with my son a few years ago. He said it’s not like Christmas this year, and he miss Christmas. Well he shouldn’t have spoilt my Christmas with my son. We did have a Christmas dinner, but Christmas is not for me, and I do find it depressing anyway. Very expensive to eat out now as well, better quality if you do your own but finding the energy to do it is hard work.
Stopped doing Christmas 3,years ago thank goodness it’s over!! Corporations driven since August then when Christmas has finally died the Easter eggs 😂😂🙄 im awakened to all ThisBS. I’ve got absolutely nothing!! They can’t take anything cause I ain’t got nothing 😂
I am 68 years young, and live alone with my rescue greyhound Madge. I used to love Christmas, but have spent it alone with Madge for 12 years now. I found the tv was so overpowering with merry folk, with children and families, all having a great time! Bless them, they have every right to do so, but it made me feel even more alone and sad. I am thankful for all I have, so thankful that I have a roof over my head, and thankful I have Madge, as due to my sever anxiety, I only go out of my very rural house to walk her, or put the recycle and rubbish at the end of our shared private lane. I remember the pets I have lost, and the people I have lost at Christmas time, and it does make me sad. But I also feel very lucky to have known them. I have my pot grown Christmas tree that I decorated in my sitting room, as I found that really cheers me up, with the coloured and warm glow lights on. I did cook myself a turkey dinner, and really enjoyed it, but just did not feel the Christmas spirit really this year. Bless you for this video, I have just found you and pushed the thumbs us, and subscribed. From West Devon, England, and Jilly & Madge. xxx
I know what you mean about the adverts on tv showing happy families. Not everyone has that! It just makes people feel worse and sad. Maybe they should put adverts on showing all the different scenarios people are in?
I live with my husband and border collie in Sydney. It’s never very Christmasy in Australia because it is normally so hot at that time. I agree with your sentiments. Christmas hasn’t felt magical to me for years. Vivienne and Dexter
I have my partner, teenage and adult kids, I did not enjoy Christmas this year. I'm sick of spending the money, nobody contributing or helping. It's exhausting.
My heart goes out to you. My one had a stroke in July and it threw me so fucking hard. Luckily he is some sort of reincarnated human and seems to be a medical marvel. He made it through and recovered fully in 4 days. I think thats down to his diet (raw food) and the way ive been strict AF with him. but he is 15 so I lived this last Xmas as if it was his last. I hope I get 17 years. ♥
I loved Christmas as a child. Helping mom bake an Array of Christmas goodies. My Nan coming around to share Christmas with us. Nobody had a lot back in the 1970s U.K. but we were happier. Christmas was family and friends. I hate what it’s become. Buying crap nobody wants, then having to wrap it. Taking my unwanted gifts to the charity shop in the new year. I have spoken to family about my feelings, that we should just buy small token gifts, or better still forget the gifts and just enjoy our time together. Nobody listens so I’m still going through the motions and hating every minute. My husband thinks I’m funny and calls me Scrooge. I just hate how commercialised Christmas has become.
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I couldn’t agree with you more…we’ve lost the true meaning of Christmas…🙏
100% agree......The cost of living & housing, on top of constant bad weather and weak borders has totally made everyone miserable. We can see living standards slipping away like sand between our fingers on a daily basis. It's no wonder that Xmas spirit has been at an all time low.
Blaming the immigrants. Original. Look, I get it. Everything that's wrong with the UK such as wealth inequality and the Brexit grift is obviously their fault. Look at them money bags arriving on rubber boats. /s
I bloody hate it every year, this year i just wanted to cover my head with the quilt, didnt even wantva glass of wine, bless you lovely lady big hugs to you😊
For that last ten years My husband and me just opted out of all the hassle No cards presents or decorations Not even a roast dinner lol We watch and listen to everyone else getting stressed to death and getting into debt!!! For what 1 day Let it go people it's so bloody liberating 😂😂😂 Love from Yorkshire xx
Every year I start feeling stressed and anxious around Halloween and the build up to Christmas. My aunty started a Xmas group chat in May this year to organise getting everyone together. It’s all too much, I just want to hibernate every year and avoid it all. It’s all about money money money. The guilt of not being able to buy gifts, the pressure to take expensive train journeys to stay with family, possibly hotel cost on top. For what? It’s lost it’s original meaning. It’s not a Christian holiday anymore, it’s a commercial holiday. Our office expected us to work a full day on Christmas Eve so what holiday anyway? It’s literally a day off that costs the earth to get through and is over in a heartbeat after an insane build up. Total anti climax.
I do agree with you.The advertising starts at same time as Halloween. The pressure is on and I wish I could disappear to a remote desert island for two months. I'm a child of the 80s and even though we were poor and limited re. Christmas decorations, presents, food etc we seemed to be happy with whatever we had. Those days are long gone.Most of my friends are in serious debt for buying too many Christmas presents. Most of my "family" ignore me and don't invite me to their family Christmas/new year parties and I dont know why. It's now 29th Dec and I'm glad the Christmas hype and advertising has gone. 2024 has been a strange year and we can only hope 2025 will be better.
73 years old, widowed, lovely family who cooked Christmas dinner. BUT I feel totally disenchanted by Christmas and feel so sorry for those who are being made to feel they have to go along with it all. Good Jack and thanks for the honesty❤
I’ve definitely noticed a difference this year. I kept our Christmas very simple and uncomplicated. My parents popped in Christmas morning. We had a quiet day. My tree came down Boxing Day. I’ve simplified my life greatly these past years. Decluttering is hard at first and gets easier as it goes along. My wardrobe took five passes! I now have ten items. I had over 200! It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. Everything feels calmer for me now. I wish everyone on their journey peace.😊. Happy New Year 🎉
I'm very interested in how you decluttered. I have accumulated far too much and although every few months I give away bags full of stuff to charity shops, I still have sooooo much because I'd bring more in as I gave away. What DO we do with things that were either never worn or rarely yet cost a lot? I'd love to live in my home with only the barest of essentials - I feel totally hemmed in with stuff.
I've never felt "christmassy". It's not a natural feeling, it's a forced emotion we are meant to have towards cheesy christmas movies and tv adverts. I'm not the only one here who has x-ray vision who sees through the hype and the drama that we must all have a happy christmas and be with our family and friends for one day of the year, to buy presents with money we dont have for people we dont really know or like. I had a nice Wednesday, with my partner, eating indian takeaway and watching favourite movies. I was happy to wake up in my cosy bed, in my warm house and have food in the fridge. That's what matters.
Im quite the opposite. Im the Cindy Loo Who of Christmas. I grew up working hard on a farm from a very young age. No time for anything but work. I used to dream of a tree and an actual wrapped gifts. It never happened. Im 61 now and i go full blown Christmas. I love it so much. I put out all the ornaments and trinkets ive collected for 40 years. I mail out bunches of cards and bake batches of cookies and candy for friends and neighbors. I strive to do for others. To make them feel loved. In doing so is exhausting but brings me much happiness.
It’s similar for me. I do my best to create Christmas magic for me and my son. I did not experience that growing up. But I am also very money conscious and I appreciate this content.
I'm Autistic and I cannot wait to get back into my work routines and into the flow of 2025! I thrive on routine, structure and knowing what each day has in store for me. Right now we are in the land where time stands still and nobody knows what day it is 😂
Ive just put a post out and forgot to mention routine, Im a stickler for routine and my Husband and I have a happy cosy day to day existance....This year it was ruined and a horrible flat atmosphere engulfed the house...
@@yvonneholmes2990 I think in society we often associate routine with the idea that it's boring and mundane. Where people see boring and mundane, I see structured and peaceful. I see happy and predictable. People underestimate the power of having routines and also having places for everything. As the saying goes, tidy house, tidy mind. When we get out of our routine and flow that's what brings that horrible, flat, boring, depressing energy into our minds and environments. Hope you get back into your routine and find your rhythm again 😄
@@Valkyrieonethree You could be me!!!! Thank you so much for your reply it was spot on...I need to get back to work, the job requires routine hence Im good at it...Imiss my Husband asking me in the mornings what i would like for dinner ...I have to do things at cetain times as I get ready...I always turn up early as i have a hatred of being late....a childhood issue....I am very pedantic with my work and its done to a high standard and I know I put too much pressure on myself...As soon as my hands get better...I will feel better, my routine denotes my well being and I miss it terribly. Once again Thank You so much ......for listening3
@@yvonneholmes2990 Haha great minds think alike as they say! I totally understand how you feel with timekeeping too. I work 11 hours a day including my commute and arriving at work 1 hour early each day. I hate being late too. I absolutely hold myself to extremely high standards as well. Nobody is more critical of me than me. You will definitely get back into the swing of things and you'll feel great! Cheering you on and hoping you have a positive start too 2025! Thanks for the engaging chat too, nice to know someone else thinks the same way! 🙂
Only reason I could afford Xmas is because I inherited some money from my mother who died earlier in the year. I'd rather be poor and have my Mum alive. 😢
I loved Christmas as a kid but loathe it now and always happy when its over. I suffer from SAD and hate the winter (especially December and January) in the UK with the cold, rainy weather, strong winds and lack of daylight. The UK these days seems such a joyless place at any time but especially in the winter. Roll on spring.
So sorry but I know exactly how you feel as lost my husband of 40 years on Nov 13th. Christmas this year was one to be got through unlike previous years when I was full of Hohoho. Hopefully we'll feel more with it next year. Love & hugs
Xmas?!……poor bloody parents, struggling all year, feeling guilt tripped into buying bloody laptops and iPads and mobiles for their kids, cos the majority would turn their nose up at a book.! There should be a ban that at Xmas no electrical goods to be bought. Bring it back to basics, kids will learn to love that and teach it to their kids. Light a candle….look into the flame. That’s Xmas.
Wish I hadn't got a tree ,I've had the biggest crash these past few days,on my own too,haven't seen a soul or spoke to anyone, glad I've just seen your post I ditto everything you've said 🙂⭐🌸
Sending hugs . I haven’t seen anyone for over a week as been poorly . I hate Christmas no one cares I am on my own . Not doing Christmas again . Had too many on my own I am done . 😊
I'm a Christian, and a mom of a tween and a teenage girl, and I really, really struggled with Christmas this year, and I have always loved Christmas and been very over the top about it. I couldn't seem to gather my family together nightly for advent. I felt this heaviness in my heart and mind, and knew I didn't put Christ first this season. Here in Canada, we have a horrible Prime Minister, there was a postal strike that began a week before Black Friday, and was only alleviated a week before Christmas. I live in a remote area and rely heavily on it. People couldn't receive their passports, etc. Some gifts for my kids got lost in the mail, there was the stress of not receiving things on time as so much was tied up. We live across the country from family so we couldn't send or receive gifts from them and of course no cards. Not that I could afford much anyway. I put it all on credit and have that financial stress. Everyone was melting down in public. People were ugly with each other. Even at my kids school, from the bus driver, to the principal to a couple of teachers, they were melting down the two weeks before Christmas over nothing. I have never seen that before, and was scared to send my daughter to school. I didn't feel like she was safe there. I haven't even talked with my parents this Christmas season which is another thing. The past few years they are just too busy too talk as everyone else comes first. In the U.S. there were all these drones, and the government claimed they didn't know what was going on. I wondered what kind of world are we living in now? Christmas Eve mass I just cried and cried. That is a first for me. I typically feel joy, but my heart was so heavy, and the mass is typically joyous like literally Joy to the World being sung but there was none of that, it felt a bit somber. As I was sitting there I realized I had been too busy being 'in the world' and not turning to Christ. I felt great remorse. I'm with you on the decluttering and I am really thinking about doing a low buy next year. I don't really have a choice. There will be lots of changes moving forward. I can't control all of the crazy going on in the world, but I can control me and how I respond to things.
God bless you for this experience this year. I know about the post strike as it stopped me and my business. Etsy shop sales to Canada were halted because of the strike. I felt awful, so how you felt with family gifts....im so sorry. Politics has a lot to do with it. I have seen the streets of Vancouver (through Nick Shirly on youtube) and OMG what a state, I feel for you...the world is a mess and I feel our souls were put here to experience but WOW not this much experience. I am not a Christian but I believe in source, good and evil, and evil has taken over this world for millennia now (imo) UK is fucked, USA now has a chance to get back what they lost, but they need more than 4 years. What a mess this place is and we are meant to stay "connected" through all this. Im trying. Its hard though yal.
@@KadysOtherLife I'm sorry that your business was affected because of the strike. It was the small businesses that suffered the most, and I do believe it was intentional. You're correct- politics has a lot to do with it. Evil has certainly taken over the world. I worry I'm not strong enough to fight against it. I feel I have been fighting so much against things as they have slowly unfolded the past few years, but it is tiring, as more and more of our freedoms are removed, with many not even aware its taking place. I am very concerned with Canada, as well as the U.K. You are in my prayers.
I’m single with no children. My parents passed over the last two years. Whilst I’m not affluent I live in an affluent area. I noticed driving home from work Xmas day evening how so many homes had no decorations or tree up. I told a colleague I see Xmas but I don’t feel Xmas. Things are tight. I’m very frugal which is just as well because it’s getting harder and harder. The money system has failed. Take comfort it’s not just the UK. Good luck to you. HNY
Hi, you are so right. I'm a single mum and I totally didn't feel it this year. I hate Xmas too, people act rude, couples annoy me, and it's too bloody expensive. Glad it's over, sooooo glad. I hate new year too, another bloody con. Just want it all over, thank goodness it is. You are so right. ❤❤
I turned the news off 2 years ago - I haven’t watched it or read or listened since. Made a huge difference to my perspective. I have actually enjoyed Christmas this year when in previous years I’d had it bred into my thru my mother (late) who didn’t like it. I’m 56 now and have fought my feelings around Christmas for years for the sake of my children.
Honestly, I could have written this, except I reverse. My mother in law (a lovely lady by the way) wants the whole family to do the over the top Christmas every year and after decades of this we kind of dread it now because we have to fall in with it all when sometimes we just want to have a really quiet one. Luckily it’s just one day
Yess I cannot bear the news cycle any longer after the election (I’m an American living overseas) I decided to protect my peace and be extremely selective in who I seek news from and the frequency I do so. It’s helped a great deal.
I switched the news off around 2018 after two years of anti Brexit rhetoric, trying everything in their power to overturn a democratic process. I was done with MSM. Best decision ever. Mental health improved overnight. As for Christmas, we knocked present buying on the head three years ago, thankfully the whole family mutually agreed. The result is we all enjoy Christmas so much more for the simple pleasures. We just buy for the children in the family. Every year EVERYONE agrees that it was the best decision ever. I also started going to the Cathedral on Christmas Eve for the candlelight service with the choir, readings and hymns. It’s a beautiful service and for me personally, the reason for the season. It’s okay to throw unwritten rules out of the window. Often people are feeling exactly the same about money pressures but are afraid to speak up. I’m grateful we as a wider family had the conversation three years ago, because we were all feeling the same.
I had a lovely Christmas at my daughter's house with about 9 of us. We don't exchange presents because we all agree that we don't need anything. It's just about spending the day together, eating a wonderful plant based/vegan meal and playing some games 👍
I am childfree and just put up an artificial tree and home made wreath in front of my house. People don't visit me, so just no point decorating inside. I spent Christmas alone and it was great, I did my own thing, easy snacks and watched UA-cam and did some watercolour, had a friend ring me. It was lovely and quiet. Financially it was a lot harder this year, but I made my christmas cards and just bought useful presents like ironing boards and warm clothes/hand warmers. It wasn't too bad at all but I am glad it is over. I think I am luckily than most as don't have to deal with the drama of family, which is highly overrated. I don't have pets or a car, or kids so it is a lot better not having extra expenses. I think 2025 will be harder. I treat it as a retreat/wellbeing day so mental health is my main focus... i look forward to it now, other than the costs of presents. a friend told me a pub was charging 100 a head for an ordinary xmas dinner, no chance, I was happy with turkey toasties
@@musings6307 £100 a head... Honestly I thought 40 quid was expensive 20 years ago 😂 😂 I'm glad you had a lovely day. I also just sat watched UA-cam in the background whilst it's some work, had my nan face time me and that was it! ✌️💜
Totally agree. We didn’t want Christmas at all! Awful family stresses here. I find Christmas too stressful, and I can’t cope. I hate it every year. I’d like to cancel it! Xx
So agree . It's become so commercial and so far removed from the original purpose . I would love to just go away somewhere and come back when it's all over !
I’m on my own and have a daughter from a previous relationship who spent Boxing Day with me which was nice, but on the whole Christmas sucked and I’m glad that it’s all over. I wasn’t spending silly money over Christmas and stayed in for New Years as I can’t justify wasting money on a night out. I’m decluttering my home as a decluttered house is a decluttered mind. I’ve been in a bad place after losing my Mum to Pancreatic cancer in 2023 and it’s time I tried to get my life back together again.
My nephew did the same with his granny (my dear mum). She is 85 and spent £500 on him. He hasn't had any interaction with her in nearly a year. He is 29. For a granny who literally done everything with him in mind, it's totally heart breaking to watch - especially at Christmas.
Boxing Day! The hap-hap-happiest day of the year! Because then it’s a full 365 days before the wretched Christmas thing raises its head again. I’m with you, girlie! Bah Humbug!!! ❤️🇨🇦
With the way the world is at the moment and the way politicians are, where is the goodwill to all men and women? its no where to be seen and the politicans will have more than enough this year whilst granny is freezing in a flat and politicians only care about themselves and how much their bank accounts have saved up in the amount of time theyve been MPs.
This is the type of shit that when I think about makes me want to go home. I don't know where home is, But it's not here... I completely agree with you.
I think Christmas has been to commercialised to much over the years. And I think people have had enough with constant inflation and cost of living . I think the bubble has started to burst and realised they cannot continue how things are going .
This !!!!! I literally got a normal food shop at Xmas bar my son and I like some crisps in a sandwich as treat and some homemade mince pies with cream and I like Xmas pudding and that’s it ! But no way was I spending a fortune on food ?! We did a chicken roast and clove honey ham and had it for few days turning chicken into other meals after ! Don’t understand it at all way it’s goes something I find it soo expensive and over consumption on sweets cakes everything reallt which half size and double the price in Ireland Anwyays. I wait till after Xmas and get it reduced lol 😂
Definitely! We bought a few treats extra food wise…they’re still in the cupboard!😅 Had Italian Christmas Day. My food bill was no more than a usual week.
Oh my god, I'm so glad to have found this video! I've spent many Christmases alone due to family estrangement - it's a very lonely, anxiety inducing time of year for me. Not because I want to do Christmas things, but because normal conversation is paused for about 2 months, and no one wants to hear that you're not feeling festive. I love the new year and 'betwixtmas'. I think a lot of people go through the motions at Christmas.
I know that is definitely it for me, having Xmas shoved down my throat for 3 months in the shops. Just spirals me into a panic/depression. There is NO extra money any more, it just gets harder every year lately, especially since covid.
Now there is the massive problem, Shops pushing it far too early. Its worse when you work in one. Shops need to be wound right back in to the 1st of december.
Catchy title. And boy does it resonnate with a lot of us. I am glad to have found your channel. Thank you for posting. I am 62 years, live in the UK. All my own family and my birth family are dead. I have always been an introvert and as my parents were publicans as I was growing up, I was always left on my own. From a young age. I learned resilience and how to be company for myself. I thank my god for that of late. Times have purposely been made difficult for us for a number of years now. I dont have to explain. If you know, you know. What I will never forget and forgive is how we were kept apart from our loved ones, even in death. That is unforgivable. That is not what Humanity does to each other. Though it doesnt seem like it at present. Empathy, compassion and love are our strengths. It has been slowly weakened and removed from us. I am counting on more people realising how wrong this world is, We will not be played or manipulated any longer. We are starting to remember truths. Starting to see through deceit and lies. We will stop this mad control of our lives. Its time has ended. It just wants to go out with a big bang and cause as much havoc, pain and misery as possible, in the process. Our way of life is being dismantled on purpose. Now a country's cultural connections are being destroyed in certain parts of the world. Fear and conflict hasworked in the past, setting us at each other's throats for our perceived differences. We may be isolated, little specks of light all around the world but we are connected. We always have been. We just lost the knowing of that connection. 2025 is going to be unexpected and challenging. You are right we must get our own house in order first, simplify, clear out the unnecessary. We must believe in ourselves and we will get through it. We just have to have faith and remember our past. Use critical thinking, discernment, intuition and trust our own inner knowing once again. Big hugs and prayers of love and strength to all who may need it.
Gosh what a wise spiritual individual you are. someone who I would love to have in my life - reminding me of what I may have forgotten. This is an epic comment, and I have soooo much I can speak on this, maybe more videos to come! x
The pandemic revealed just how conglomerates and powers that be view the general population and things haven’t seemed to improve much since then. It’s definitely put a damper on festive sentiments. 😓
The pandemic changed how l see things. The way the government had so much control over people. How horrible people were treated when they didn't fall in line. People were horrible.
This was last year for me .i was homeless with my son and he went to his dad house for Christmas Day as I had work then return to my hub( thankfully was spacious ) but had no Xmas cheer in me . I lost family meme hers who passed away and it just didn’t feel the same at all . This year I still felt off even when finally got a place to live .i for a Xmas tree free off a local buy centre and put it up with few bits I had ! Then I did buy new lights but proper ones so have them ahead . I hung a wreath on my door . I have a child but I’m single on single income and cost living keeps rising ! I was lucky we got double child benefit here Ireland and that what went on my son for his gifts ! That’s was it ! I posted cards to close friends who live abroad and I’m glad it is over in a way as financially it is expensive time of year but can keep it simple and that’s what I do . Life has been very strange since 2020 honestly . I’m thankful to be alive and roof over my head that’s the best Christmas gift !
Hi Kady, Thanks for your video, you're right the cost of living is getting ridiculous. I spent Christmas alone, sitting remembering happier days as a kid. Bless you, keep safe.
Same, it's rubbish, all same stuff on TV churned out, food boring, never been so bored with it all, only put a small tree up and some lights mostly because brother and his wife paying a visit guess what both ill didn't come.
I think you sound very unhappy? That’s sad, I do wish you all the best ♥️ I spent a fortune as I hosted five people not including myself, we had a fabulous time, though by Boxing Day I was ready for everyone to go! I have lost my husband & brother in the last few years & it’s been truly awful but if I host it’s up to me to make other’s happy. I don’t need inspiration but I’m going to travel more like I used too & sell my rather big old home that is stressful 😣 I wish you all the very best for 2025 bonne annee!
I'd be interested to hear if any Muslims say they hate Eid. Im not into Christmas. Live alone, no kids, love peace and quiet, dont enjoy so called social things, and im not religious. Im very grateful, but people buy me things i don't want ir need and its all such a waste of money just to remind people for one day that you've thought about them.
We paid £120 a head for Christmas day lunch!!!! I have cooked xmas lunch for 30 years but now have osteoarthritis in all my joints so to go out was just a relief.
Christmas starts in shops early Sept,that annoys me so much,by November I am totally fed up with it,Christmas day was a normal day,walk my dogs,few house jobs,normal roast beef dinner,not an ounce of feeling and so pleased it’s done.
I had Christmas dinner with friends but it’s not the same since losing my mum a few years back. I think everyone is broke and fed up. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Kady and followers 🎄💫 I’ve literally had a massive clear out was so needed.
I'm 65, 5 years ago I gave up decorating for Christmas, I just send money to the children in the family. I do not expect gifts. Years of killing myself to make it "perfect" and working in retail have knocked all the Christmas spirit out of me. My husband and I have a nice dinner and a good chat. Anyone who gets into debt for one day is mad! Peace ❤
this year i have noticed there's hardly any houses that's got lights up. i think the feelings are everywhere now like you say. and people are so depressed and fed up with been told what they can and can't do by the government that their Christmas spirit has gone! and as i get older i am also feeling that way. i nearly didn't put my tree up this year but i do love the sparkles of lights so i did. i know my sister hasn't bothered for a few years now either. one day i expect i shall be the same and not bother either. Christmas is too commercial now. and all it's about is money not the true meaning of it all any more. 😕
I honestly wish I could have avoided the 2 weeks of Christmas saga in my personal life and at work. At work they kept having all these meals and little gifts and passing out cards, but the whole year prior to that I had felt underpaid and overworked. Honestly I would have preferred a pay raise for Christmas not food and thank you cards. In personal life , I felt obligated to give my sisters money as gifts and get presents for my niece. I could have used that extra couple hundred dollars to pay off debt and save even. I’ve been in the red all year, in debt, and this year I’m ready to not do anything not even birthdays. I will tell people not to do anything (they didn’t do much to begin with ) but I’m truly gonna set those boundaries and I have set up myself for a no buy year as well. Thank you for being raw and honest
Totally agree. This year has been absolutely shite. Hubby has terminal cancer and its been rough,hospice at home and we put up decs but yeah nope not feeling it.
It’s been so long since I enjoyed Christmas. This year has been even worse than normal and I felt one step from a breakdown. It’s been such a long stressful year with caring for my mum who has vascular dementia, having to move her into a home, empty her house (just myself and my husband) , dealing with with the financial side of that, sign on as unemployed and searching for a suitable job (I haven’t been registered as unemployed for 38 years! The system is SO stressful now!!! 😱) and trying to settle into a completely new career whilst making sure my mum is happy and settled. Then throw Christmas into the mix and it’s the straw that broke the camels back 💥 I’m SO grateful that my grandson did most of the cooking on Christmas Day because I really don’t think I could have coped doing it myself. He did an amazing job 🥰 This year is all about finding balance in life ☝🏼 Wishing Everyone a very prosperous and healthy new year whatever your hopes and plans may be 💞💞
@ thank you 🙏 🩷💞 It’s been a long slog but the worst is behind me and I’m looking forward to seeing what a new year brings 😊 Wishing you and your nearest and dearest all the best for 2025. 💞
I live alone so Christmas doesn't happen in my house. Just seems like two miserable days when all the shops are shut. However, when I was a child I loved Christmas. Sadly both my parents have died and I have no brothers or sisters. I hate being lonely so I bury my head in my hobbies to keep myself sane.
I've not looked forward to Christmas for a few years now cos I just find it very overwhelming with all the social obligations, knowing what to buy people and also the cost. It's a huge burden! Like you said about the cost of living, if you don't have savings etc this time if year can be crippling. I tried my hardest to enjoy Christmas this year because my Mum has stage 4 cancer with weeks to live and she loves Christmas so I put the decs up for her and tried my best to get into the spirit but if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be bothered. It's all just one big money making rip off that creates stress and overwhelm imo. I'm also in the process of having a massive clear out so I don't need gifts I didn't want in the first place. I know that may sound ungrateful but half of the time people just buy people crap shower gel sets etc that just clog up more room 🙄
US parent of 3 here. My best friend and soulmate passed this year at 34 and it has been an awful year aside from that. To top it off, I was sick on Xmas. I was not feeling it and neither were my kids. I think it's ok if we don't participate. It's not obligatory 😊
✊ With you. Same. You are not alone. 🙌🙌🙌 Everyone I've spoken to about it since xmas day has said the same thing "Just a quiet one, didn't do much." Nobody on my street had decorations up either. Neither did my family. It was a normal day for us too. My mother only had xmas day off work. We put some xmas music on and had regular dinner that we'd normally have during the week. That was it. My brother was ill with flu so couldn't make it but we saw each other for new year instead. Pub food is extortionate these days, forget it. 😅
Agree totally, no tree, no decorations etc. Refuse to get into the stress of it. Above all I feel that I have no right consuming western lores when nations are at war. Children are starving with cost of living etc.
Hi Kady I am new to your channel and liking the content . For a change someone is actually downplaying the festivities instead of promoting spend spend spend . There must be millions of folk out there who like us dislike or have grown to dislike this time of Year . For me it is a sour time as I lost 2 Family members during the Month of Dec . This happened 6 yrs ago and and in consecutive Yrs... When you lose Family it is never the same again and spoils the festivities . Also , I am unemployed , so have no money for anything besides bills and food . So this Year I had my roast dinner and just enjoyed the break from routine . 2025 will be another story , and not really looking forward to this . Anyway all the best to everyone .
We can afford Christmas and everything that comes with it, but I wasn’t feeling it this year. I think you have the mood spot on. I think people are starting to feel fed up with being told what to do, how to do it…I only had my pre lit Christmas tree up with no decs on it 😆 and it felt great!
@@steve00alt70 No it doesn't, does it? Christians choose to celebrate it at this time though rather than not at all don't they? That's a nice thing to do rather than not at all: it's also a season to be extra kind to everybody whether you believe or not 😊
Christmas was fun when the kids were small....for a number of years I cannot bother to put a tree up. Spend it mostly by myself and glad when it is done with! New Years eve is another evening that goes by as a normal evening in bed by 10 usually! Glad when it is all over with again!
I completely agree! I feel so guilty for not getting any gifts for anyone but also I’m relieved I didn’t get any gifts and no one wasted money on junk this year. We stayed home and had a very quiet day to ourselves.
@@nunya9797 It is always a worry when you receive something and you haven't got them something! I absolutely hate that... I would make things just so I could give someone something 🤣
I'm 63 and so happy it's over ! The grandkids ripped through their stuff in minutes and of course Granny and Grandad had everyone to dinner .My Christmas starts boxing day ,relaxing ,snacking and playing games .
I'm 56 yr old dad with adult kids including a 16 year old and my anxiety, fear and dread on the run up and during the festive season has been debilitating for me and very nearly ended my relationship with my wife and I don't know how I'm gonna cope financially and mentally in the next few months. I'm dreading Christmas again this year already. Help.
I went for a walk Christmas night to get some fresh air and i walked passed three houses and everyone was arguing and on the way home there was a couple having a go in the street .I couldn't believe it what's wrong with people 😮
I think I put my Christmas tree up too late this year, I wasn't feeling it. I'm single and I was on my own this year so I didn't bother. I didn't even make a roast. I just sat and played video games all day. I haven't felt very Christmasy in years now, I don't know what happened. I used to absolutely love Christmas. I do plan on making a massive deal about it this year though to make up for it.
It feels like this is part of the "new normal" post COVID. It started during the pandemic where people were in isolation and quarantined, then the cost of living hit and people couldn't really afford the cost of Christmas anymore. Our spirits have been dampened by the succession of events that lead us to here. However I hasten to add that even if you're single you can still make an effort for yourself alone. This is an act of self love. Spoil yourself however you can, you deserve it. ✌️💙✨
I don't enjoy Christmas and can't remember ever doing so, even as a child (it's a long story!) It seems a huge expense and inconvenience quite frankly and I'm glad to see the back of it.
I felt exactly like you did. No lie. I also did absolutely nothing with Christmas and no decorations and I couldn't wait for Christmas to be over as well.
Time has change , but I simply refuse to Hate Christmas , it’s about the mindset, Im working on making it the very best i can , with all I love around this time , it’s about what you wish it to be , for me it’s the best time of the year because I was lucky to I have a lot of wonderful childhood memories around Christmas and magical snow in the winter , I’m grown now , and it will never be the same as it was then , but I can let some traditions live on so I keep my Christmas spirit alive , and think back on the memories of my dear grandparents that made Christmas something very special for all in the family ❤ ( hating Christmas sound sad , but I totally understand those who had a terrible memory around Christmas )
It felt nothing like Christmas. I think one thing that spoilt it for me was the content sales adverts a week before. It took the magic away before it even got here.
Me and my other half stayed home together, didn’t see family, we just wanted to enjoy a week to ourselves to recharge after a year of hard work and feeling totally exhausted. I have never really been into Xmas, and after loving this quiet holiday I think we might do it every year, be two little scrooges together staying home alone hehe xx
I agree, we went to Spain two years ago for Christmas & everywhere we went they had nativity scenes in shops & houses, Carol Singers were also in the streets there, we used to love the carol singers coming to our houses in the UK but they don't anymore and we never see any nativity scenes either, so sad it's just all commercialism now in the Uk
My van has been sat on my driveway on wheel ramps waiting for a specific tool to be delivered so i can get back to work. Christmas has delayed the delivery... I moved 250 miles north a year ago so i don't know anybody here and haven't been made to feel welcome either. people posting christmas cards through my door!? All the stuff about net zero, immigration, inflation, no jobs but were being hounded on by our lying government to get back to work! i have a profound feeling of 'get real'. I get the whole christmas thing and sure it's nice and everything. But only if you've got young children as it's a time for family moments and memories. Tough times make tough people.
My bloody dog snoring 😂
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😂 I was wondering if you noticed. But yes I totally agree. Christmas feels forced now. Also I started getting rid of unused stuff in the last few months.
Yes because I was alone too. My boyfriend passed away in May 2024. So it is a very sad time for me. I didn't have a roast Christmas day I had a casserole. I did boxing day but that was Chicken. I wasn't going to pay for a turkey too expensive!. I want this year done with.
Pneumatic drill wrapped in cotton wool. 🤣
I thought you had a really loud cat 😂
68, spent Christmas alone, no tree, no decorations, no presents. I was fine with it. Very relieved on Dec 26 to not have debt or a
messy house to clean.
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Same here. The best Christmas I have ever had I received no presents, cards or text messages. That has only happened once in my life and I did a celebratory dance.
@@Bobario1celebration dance! Hmmmm how groovy. I’m doing that next commercial day.
I was all happy and prepared, My youngest Daughter was due to go on Maternity leave..Friday 13th, I decided to deliver her a good luck on my way to work...6.30 am..I tripped going up the path, banged my chin, my knees and wrecked my hands lhave a support glove on my left hand.Hours later my daughter went into labour six weeks early, she had him on the 14th."ELIAS" Well every thing went to pot.My Daughter was very ill...ok now...The christmas Dinner this year was crap, I retired on the 27th...my 66th Birthday..it went down like a lead ballon..no card from my Husband {effed off}...dead meat Boy..My hands were giving me Gip... you would be suprised when you cant use them properly how frustrating it is..Ive mooched moaned cursed like a navvy and worst of all had to go off sick as my hands are a liability...Im carrying on working.....Ive taken my beautiful tree down early, so yes im glad its over......💯💔
I am 67 and completely agree with you.
It’s like forced happiness and a commercial fest . I actually get anxiety about Christmas .
Same here.
Thank you for addressing this topic! I hate Christmas. We are brainwashed by society into thinking we need to go out and spend hundreds of dollars buying stuff that, half the time, people don't even want. It's ridiculous. And in most households women do 95% of the work/stressing to prepare for Christmas... shopping, baking, cooking, cleaning the house, etc.
69 y/o male, lived on my own now for 20 years retired, no dependants , no debt , 1 "cat" and a handful of friends , christian values ,
I didn,t feel christmas at all this year, just happy in the knowledge that I survived it ! I love my humble home which has a good atmosphere and my little "fur baby" is all the company I need, I,m not alone ,I,m with myself and enjoy the peace and quiet I have , to me ,the general public has become loud and aggressive especially since covid ? and after my weekly shop I can,t wait to get home to solitude
I thought I was the only one who was like this but Iv,e found that there are so many others like me , God bless you all for 2025 ✝ .
I love this Tim! Are you in America or in the UK? God Bless you also in 2025.
@@realrhodes Hello, glad you liked my comment I,m 200miles south of london and glad to be so! I could,nt be amongst that lot ! hope you have a quiet new year like Iam hoping for ! God bless,
@@realrhodes Hello, glad you liked my comment, I,m 200 miles south of london and very pleased about it definately a big change in the general public these last three years take care, God bless you in 2025 ,
I bloody hate christmas!! It's a massive scam and I find it the most depressing time of year.
Me too. I can't remember when I last put up a Christmas tree.
It's only a 'scam' if you buy in to materialistic nonsense. You can still celebrate the true meaning of Christmas, the very thing most people have forgot.
No Christmas tree here either, hasn’t been for a number of years. Since my husband caused a row with my son a few years ago. He said it’s not like Christmas this year, and he miss Christmas. Well he shouldn’t have spoilt my Christmas with my son. We did have a Christmas dinner, but Christmas is not for me, and I do find it depressing anyway. Very expensive to eat out now as well, better quality if you do your own but finding the energy to do it is hard work.
Exactly @@leannecampbell4551
Stopped doing Christmas 3,years ago thank goodness it’s over!! Corporations driven since August then when Christmas has finally died the Easter eggs 😂😂🙄 im awakened to all ThisBS. I’ve got absolutely nothing!! They can’t take anything cause I ain’t got nothing 😂
I am 68 years young, and live alone with my rescue greyhound Madge. I used to love Christmas, but have spent it alone with Madge for 12 years now. I found the tv was so overpowering with merry folk, with children and families, all having a great time! Bless them, they have every right to do so, but it made me feel even more alone and sad. I am thankful for all I have, so thankful that I have a roof over my head, and thankful I have Madge, as due to my sever anxiety, I only go out of my very rural house to walk her, or put the recycle and rubbish at the end of our shared private lane. I remember the pets I have lost, and the people I have lost at Christmas time, and it does make me sad. But I also feel very lucky to have known them. I have my pot grown Christmas tree that I decorated in my sitting room, as I found that really cheers me up, with the coloured and warm glow lights on. I did cook myself a turkey dinner, and really enjoyed it, but just did not feel the Christmas spirit really this year. Bless you for this video, I have just found you and pushed the thumbs us, and subscribed. From West Devon, England, and Jilly & Madge. xxx
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I know what you mean about the adverts on tv showing happy families. Not everyone has that! It just makes people feel worse and sad. Maybe they should put adverts on showing all the different scenarios people are in?
I live with my husband and border collie in Sydney. It’s never very Christmasy in Australia because it is normally so hot at that time. I agree with your sentiments. Christmas hasn’t felt magical to me for years. Vivienne and Dexter
Your not alone, lots of people didn't feel Christmas. I said Happy Birthday kn Christmas day as that's what it's all about.
@@jillychandler just wanted to send a hearty hug from Yorkshire xxx
Exactly the same, didn't put nothing up, didn't feel it, couldn't be bothered!
I have my partner, teenage and adult kids, I did not enjoy Christmas this year. I'm sick of spending the money, nobody contributing or helping. It's exhausting.
You have simply lost the meaning of the holiday.
That is the intent.
This was my 6th Christmas alone. I had to put my wee 17 year old dog down 2.5 weeks earlier so it was a tearful day for me.
My heart goes out to you. My one had a stroke in July and it threw me so fucking hard. Luckily he is some sort of reincarnated human and seems to be a medical marvel. He made it through and recovered fully in 4 days. I think thats down to his diet (raw food) and the way ive been strict AF with him. but he is 15 so I lived this last Xmas as if it was his last. I hope I get 17 years. ♥
I had to put mine down on the 12 th dec its sad,and my husband just told me i make him miserable,what an arse
So sorry for your loss ❤
So sorry to hear about your dog ❤
Sorry for your loss
I loved Christmas as a child. Helping mom bake an Array of Christmas goodies. My Nan coming around to share Christmas with us. Nobody had a lot back in the 1970s U.K. but we were happier. Christmas was family and friends. I hate what it’s become. Buying crap nobody wants, then having to wrap it. Taking my unwanted gifts to the charity shop in the new year. I have spoken to family about my feelings, that we should just buy small token gifts, or better still forget the gifts and just enjoy our time together. Nobody listens so I’m still going through the motions and hating every minute. My husband thinks I’m funny and calls me Scrooge. I just hate how commercialised Christmas has become.
I couldn’t agree with you more…we’ve lost the true meaning of Christmas…🙏
100% agree......The cost of living & housing, on top of constant bad weather and weak borders has totally made everyone miserable.
We can see living standards slipping away like sand between our fingers on a daily basis.
It's no wonder that Xmas spirit has been at an all time low.
Blaming the immigrants. Original.
Look, I get it. Everything that's wrong with the UK such as wealth inequality and the Brexit grift is obviously their fault. Look at them money bags arriving on rubber boats.
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I bloody hate it every year, this year i just wanted to cover my head with the quilt, didnt even wantva glass of wine, bless you lovely lady big hugs to you😊
For that last ten years My husband and me just opted out of all the hassle No cards presents or decorations Not even a roast dinner lol We watch and listen to everyone else getting stressed to death and getting into debt!!! For what 1 day Let it go people it's so bloody liberating 😂😂😂 Love from Yorkshire xx
I'm from Yorkshire too. I did just the same and I entering the new year feeling so good.
I was wanting to do the same, just leave it this year.
Avoid alcohol too, our bodies will be very thankful (I've always hated alcohol, and this time of year is so bad for people with alcohol addiction.)
Every year I start feeling stressed and anxious around Halloween and the build up to Christmas. My aunty started a Xmas group chat in May this year to organise getting everyone together. It’s all too much, I just want to hibernate every year and avoid it all. It’s all about money money money. The guilt of not being able to buy gifts, the pressure to take expensive train journeys to stay with family, possibly hotel cost on top. For what? It’s lost it’s original meaning. It’s not a Christian holiday anymore, it’s a commercial holiday. Our office expected us to work a full day on Christmas Eve so what holiday anyway? It’s literally a day off that costs the earth to get through and is over in a heartbeat after an insane build up. Total anti climax.
I do agree with you.The advertising starts at same time as Halloween. The pressure is on and I wish I could disappear to a remote desert island for two months. I'm a child of the 80s and even though we were poor and limited re. Christmas decorations, presents, food etc we seemed to be happy with whatever we had. Those days are long gone.Most of my friends are in serious debt for buying too many Christmas presents. Most of my "family" ignore me and don't invite me to their family Christmas/new year parties and I dont know why. It's now 29th Dec and I'm glad the Christmas hype and advertising has gone. 2024 has been a strange year and we can only hope 2025 will be better.
73 years old, widowed, lovely family who cooked Christmas dinner. BUT I feel totally disenchanted by Christmas and feel so sorry for those who are being made to feel they have to go along with it all. Good
Jack and thanks for the honesty❤
I’ve definitely noticed a difference this year. I kept our Christmas very simple and uncomplicated. My parents popped in Christmas morning. We had a quiet day. My tree came down Boxing Day. I’ve simplified my life greatly these past years. Decluttering is hard at first and gets easier as it goes along. My wardrobe took five passes! I now have ten items. I had over 200! It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. Everything feels calmer for me now. I wish everyone on their journey peace.😊. Happy New Year 🎉
I'm very interested in how you decluttered. I have accumulated far too much and although every few months I give away bags full of stuff to charity shops, I still have sooooo much because I'd bring more in as I gave away. What DO we do with things that were either never worn or rarely yet cost a lot? I'd love to live in my home with only the barest of essentials - I feel totally hemmed in with stuff.
I've never felt "christmassy". It's not a natural feeling, it's a forced emotion we are meant to have towards cheesy christmas movies and tv adverts. I'm not the only one here who has x-ray vision who sees through the hype and the drama that we must all have a happy christmas and be with our family and friends for one day of the year, to buy presents with money we dont have for people we dont really know or like. I had a nice Wednesday, with my partner, eating indian takeaway and watching favourite movies. I was happy to wake up in my cosy bed, in my warm house and have food in the fridge. That's what matters.
@@Scotland_Scorpion exactly! Mate I'm so glad it seems people are starting to kick back a little bit!
@@KadysOtherLife I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks like this. I'm glad UA-cam suggested your video to me tonight. Now subscribed.
Im quite the opposite. Im the Cindy Loo Who of Christmas. I grew up working hard on a farm from a very young age. No time for anything but work. I used to dream of a tree and an actual wrapped gifts. It never happened. Im 61 now and i go full blown Christmas. I love it so much. I put out all the ornaments and trinkets ive collected for 40 years. I mail out bunches of cards and bake batches of cookies and candy for friends and neighbors. I strive to do for others. To make them feel loved. In doing so is exhausting but brings me much happiness.
I love this it’s all about perception xxx❤
I love how you bring joy to others!
If that makes you happy!!! Go for it!!!
It’s similar for me. I do my best to create Christmas magic for me and my son. I did not experience that growing up. But I am also very money conscious and I appreciate this content.
So many people have lost their way…
I'm Autistic and I cannot wait to get back into my work routines and into the flow of 2025! I thrive on routine, structure and knowing what each day has in store for me. Right now we are in the land where time stands still and nobody knows what day it is 😂
Excellent comments.
Ive just put a post out and forgot to mention routine, Im a stickler for routine and my Husband and I have a happy cosy day to day existance....This year it was ruined and a horrible flat atmosphere engulfed the house...
@@yvonneholmes2990 I think in society we often associate routine with the idea that it's boring and mundane.
Where people see boring and mundane, I see structured and peaceful. I see happy and predictable. People underestimate the power of having routines and also having places for everything. As the saying goes, tidy house, tidy mind.
When we get out of our routine and flow that's what brings that horrible, flat, boring, depressing energy into our minds and environments. Hope you get back into your routine and find your rhythm again 😄
@@Valkyrieonethree You could be me!!!! Thank you so much for your reply it was spot on...I need to get back to work, the job requires routine hence Im good at it...Imiss my Husband asking me in the mornings what i would like for dinner ...I have to do things at cetain times as I get ready...I always turn up early as i have a hatred of being late....a childhood issue....I am very pedantic with my work and its done to a high standard and I know I put too much pressure on myself...As soon as my hands get better...I will feel better, my routine denotes my well being and I miss it terribly. Once again Thank You so much ......for listening3
@@yvonneholmes2990 Haha great minds think alike as they say! I totally understand how you feel with timekeeping too. I work 11 hours a day including my commute and arriving at work 1 hour early each day.
I hate being late too. I absolutely hold myself to extremely high standards as well. Nobody is more critical of me than me.
You will definitely get back into the swing of things and you'll feel great! Cheering you on and hoping you have a positive start too 2025!
Thanks for the engaging chat too, nice to know someone else thinks the same way! 🙂
Only reason I could afford Xmas is because I inherited some money from my mother who died earlier in the year. I'd rather be poor and have my Mum alive. 😢
❤😢❤ I totally feel you. We lost my dad and my sister in '21 and '22 nothing but nothing will be good again.
I loved Christmas as a kid but loathe it now and always happy when its over. I suffer from SAD and hate the winter (especially December and January) in the UK with the cold, rainy weather, strong winds and lack of daylight. The UK these days seems such a joyless place at any time but especially in the winter. Roll on spring.
Everything you said could have been me writing. ❤
It doesn't help when shops start pushing Christmas in our faces from July! By the time December comes i've already had enough of Christmas
Literally this
I’m glad it’s over. My Dad passed away November 20 and all of this feels even more pointless. You are not alone.
I'm so sorry. 😞❤️
So sorry for your loss 😢. Sending hugs 🥰
So very sorry for your loss. Lost my Dad last year, and still am lost in grief.
So sorry but I know exactly how you feel as lost my husband of 40 years on Nov 13th. Christmas this year was one to be got through unlike previous years when I was full of Hohoho. Hopefully we'll feel more with it next year. Love & hugs
Sorry for your loss ❤
Xmas?!……poor bloody parents, struggling all year,
feeling guilt tripped into buying bloody laptops and iPads and mobiles for their kids, cos the majority would turn their nose up at a book.! There should be a ban that at Xmas no electrical goods to be bought. Bring it back to basics, kids will learn to love that and teach it to their kids. Light a candle….look into the flame. That’s Xmas.
Wish I hadn't got a tree ,I've had the biggest crash these past few days,on my own too,haven't seen a soul or spoke to anyone, glad I've just seen your post I ditto everything you've said 🙂⭐🌸
Aww bless you Debbie, yeh I don’t talk to people for days, my husbands autistic too, and that’s another story, sending hope to you. X
Love to you Debs xx
Sending hugs to you 🤗
Sending hugs . I haven’t seen anyone for over a week as been poorly . I hate Christmas no one cares I am on my own . Not doing Christmas again . Had too many on my own I am done . 😊
Good for you! Christmas shoud not be forced on anyone. Celebrating is optional 😄
Holy fuck this resonated 😊 just the same, thank fuck it's not just me I was worried! Thanks for your words x
I'm a Christian, and a mom of a tween and a teenage girl, and I really, really struggled with Christmas this year, and I have always loved Christmas and been very over the top about it. I couldn't seem to gather my family together nightly for advent. I felt this heaviness in my heart and mind, and knew I didn't put Christ first this season. Here in Canada, we have a horrible Prime Minister, there was a postal strike that began a week before Black Friday, and was only alleviated a week before Christmas. I live in a remote area and rely heavily on it. People couldn't receive their passports, etc. Some gifts for my kids got lost in the mail, there was the stress of not receiving things on time as so much was tied up. We live across the country from family so we couldn't send or receive gifts from them and of course no cards. Not that I could afford much anyway. I put it all on credit and have that financial stress. Everyone was melting down in public. People were ugly with each other. Even at my kids school, from the bus driver, to the principal to a couple of teachers, they were melting down the two weeks before Christmas over nothing. I have never seen that before, and was scared to send my daughter to school. I didn't feel like she was safe there. I haven't even talked with my parents this Christmas season which is another thing. The past few years they are just too busy too talk as everyone else comes first. In the U.S. there were all these drones, and the government claimed they didn't know what was going on. I wondered what kind of world are we living in now? Christmas Eve mass I just cried and cried. That is a first for me. I typically feel joy, but my heart was so heavy, and the mass is typically joyous like literally Joy to the World being sung but there was none of that, it felt a bit somber. As I was sitting there I realized I had been too busy being 'in the world' and not turning to Christ. I felt great remorse. I'm with you on the decluttering and I am really thinking about doing a low buy next year. I don't really have a choice. There will be lots of changes moving forward. I can't control all of the crazy going on in the world, but I can control me and how I respond to things.
God bless you for this experience this year. I know about the post strike as it stopped me and my business. Etsy shop sales to Canada were halted because of the strike. I felt awful, so how you felt with family gifts....im so sorry. Politics has a lot to do with it. I have seen the streets of Vancouver (through Nick Shirly on youtube) and OMG what a state, I feel for you...the world is a mess and I feel our souls were put here to experience but WOW not this much experience. I am not a Christian but I believe in source, good and evil, and evil has taken over this world for millennia now (imo) UK is fucked, USA now has a chance to get back what they lost, but they need more than 4 years. What a mess this place is and we are meant to stay "connected" through all this. Im trying. Its hard though yal.
@@KadysOtherLife I'm sorry that your business was affected because of the strike. It was the small businesses that suffered the most, and I do believe it was intentional. You're correct- politics has a lot to do with it. Evil has certainly taken over the world. I worry I'm not strong enough to fight against it. I feel I have been fighting so much against things as they have slowly unfolded the past few years, but it is tiring, as more and more of our freedoms are removed, with many not even aware its taking place. I am very concerned with Canada, as well as the U.K. You are in my prayers.
Not sure where in Canada you live but sending you my heart felt wishes from Alberta for a hope filled New Year for all of us🙏🇨🇦
Thank you. I live in Alberta as well. I hope 2025 is a better year for us.
I’m single with no children. My parents passed over the last two years. Whilst I’m not affluent I live in an affluent area. I noticed driving home from work Xmas day evening how so many homes had no decorations or tree up. I told a colleague I see Xmas but I don’t feel Xmas. Things are tight. I’m very frugal which is just as well because it’s getting harder and harder. The money system has failed. Take comfort it’s not just the UK. Good luck to you. HNY
Thanks for sharing!
I agree and very sadly I too lost my dad and sister in past two yrs just 10 months apart. Just me and mum now. Things will never seem bright again.
It puts so much stress on families that can’t afford it, horrendous.🤬
Hi, you are so right. I'm a single mum and I totally didn't feel it this year. I hate Xmas too, people act rude, couples annoy me, and it's too bloody expensive. Glad it's over, sooooo glad. I hate new year too, another bloody con. Just want it all over, thank goodness it is. You are so right. ❤❤
I turned the news off 2 years ago - I haven’t watched it or read or listened since. Made a huge difference to my perspective. I have actually enjoyed Christmas this year when in previous years I’d had it bred into my thru my mother (late) who didn’t like it. I’m 56 now and have fought my feelings around Christmas for years for the sake of my children.
Honestly, I could have written this, except I reverse. My mother in law (a lovely lady by the way) wants the whole family to do the over the top Christmas every year and after decades of this we kind of dread it now because we have to fall in with it all when sometimes we just want to have a really quiet one. Luckily it’s just one day
Yess I cannot bear the news cycle any longer after the election (I’m an American living overseas) I decided to protect my peace and be extremely selective in who I seek news from and the frequency I do so. It’s helped a great deal.
We are the same age and just the same as you, I no longer watch the news. It has improved my overall attitude immensely.
I switched the news off around 2018 after two years of anti Brexit rhetoric, trying everything in their power to overturn a democratic process. I was done with MSM. Best decision ever. Mental health improved overnight. As for Christmas, we knocked present buying on the head three years ago, thankfully the whole family mutually agreed. The result is we all enjoy Christmas so much more for the simple pleasures. We just buy for the children in the family. Every year EVERYONE agrees that it was the best decision ever. I also started going to the Cathedral on Christmas Eve for the candlelight service with the choir, readings and hymns. It’s a beautiful service and for me personally, the reason for the season. It’s okay to throw unwritten rules out of the window. Often people are feeling exactly the same about money pressures but are afraid to speak up. I’m grateful we as a wider family had the conversation three years ago, because we were all feeling the same.
I had a lovely Christmas at my daughter's house with about 9 of us. We don't exchange presents because we all agree that we don't need anything. It's just about spending the day together, eating a wonderful plant based/vegan meal and playing some games 👍
I am childfree and just put up an artificial tree and home made wreath in front of my house. People don't visit me, so just no point decorating inside. I spent Christmas alone and it was great, I did my own thing, easy snacks and watched UA-cam and did some watercolour, had a friend ring me. It was lovely and quiet. Financially it was a lot harder this year, but I made my christmas cards and just bought useful presents like ironing boards and warm clothes/hand warmers. It wasn't too bad at all but I am glad it is over. I think I am luckily than most as don't have to deal with the drama of family, which is highly overrated. I don't have pets or a car, or kids so it is a lot better not having extra expenses. I think 2025 will be harder. I treat it as a retreat/wellbeing day so mental health is my main focus... i look forward to it now, other than the costs of presents. a friend told me a pub was charging 100 a head for an ordinary xmas dinner, no chance, I was happy with turkey toasties
@@musings6307 £100 a head... Honestly I thought 40 quid was expensive 20 years ago 😂 😂 I'm glad you had a lovely day. I also just sat watched UA-cam in the background whilst it's some work, had my nan face time me and that was it! ✌️💜
Totally agree. We didn’t want Christmas at all! Awful family stresses here. I find Christmas too stressful, and I can’t cope. I hate it every year. I’d like to cancel it! Xx
So agree . It's become so commercial and so far removed from the original purpose . I would love to just go away somewhere and come back when it's all over !
I’m on my own and have a daughter from a previous relationship who spent Boxing Day with me which was nice, but on the whole Christmas sucked and I’m glad that it’s all over. I wasn’t spending silly money over Christmas and stayed in for New Years as I can’t justify wasting money on a night out. I’m decluttering my home as a decluttered house is a decluttered mind. I’ve been in a bad place after losing my Mum to Pancreatic cancer in 2023 and it’s time I tried to get my life back together again.
Be brave mate,.I'm sure you will be 😊
Bless you. I'm a single mum, so I understand how awful it is. Keep the faith. ❤
I live alone too, I'm glad Christmas is over, too lonely, want to get back to the normal routine
My grand kids didn't even thank me for their presents
😢 that's awful 😢im sorry that happened to you 😢
@cmauj7688 thanks its ok 👍
You should remember that in future ,and withdraw your generosity.
They are grown up so should know better@@CarlAndersen-t8u
My nephew did the same with his granny (my dear mum). She is 85 and spent £500 on him. He hasn't had any interaction with her in nearly a year. He is 29. For a granny who literally done everything with him in mind, it's totally heart breaking to watch - especially at Christmas.
Boxing Day! The hap-hap-happiest day of the year! Because then it’s a full 365 days before the wretched Christmas thing raises its head again. I’m with you, girlie! Bah Humbug!!! ❤️🇨🇦
With the way the world is at the moment and the way politicians are, where is the goodwill to all men and women? its no where to be seen and the politicans will have more than enough this year whilst granny is freezing in a flat and politicians only care about themselves and how much their bank accounts have saved up in the amount of time theyve been MPs.
This is the type of shit that when I think about makes me want to go home. I don't know where home is, But it's not here... I completely agree with you.
I think Christmas has been to commercialised to much over the years. And I think people have had enough with constant inflation and cost of living . I think the bubble has started to burst and realised they cannot continue how things are going .
Agree 💯
This !!!!! I literally got a normal food shop at Xmas bar my son and I like some crisps in a sandwich as treat and some homemade mince pies with cream and I like Xmas pudding and that’s it ! But no way was I spending a fortune on food ?! We did a chicken roast and clove honey ham and had it for few days turning chicken into other meals after ! Don’t understand it at all way it’s goes something I find it soo expensive and over consumption on sweets cakes everything reallt which half size and double the price in Ireland Anwyays. I wait till after Xmas and get it reduced lol 😂
Definitely! We bought a few treats extra food wise…they’re still in the cupboard!😅 Had Italian Christmas Day. My food bill was no more than a usual week.
It’s always been commercialised just that as kids we didn’t see it
I didn't feel anything this Christmas, just the usual normal days.
Oh my god, I'm so glad to have found this video! I've spent many Christmases alone due to family estrangement - it's a very lonely, anxiety inducing time of year for me. Not because I want to do Christmas things, but because normal conversation is paused for about 2 months, and no one wants to hear that you're not feeling festive.
I love the new year and 'betwixtmas'. I think a lot of people go through the motions at Christmas.
I think its the economy and also christmas is just shoved down our throats in shops from like october or earlier....theres no excitement.
I know that is definitely it for me, having Xmas shoved down my throat for 3 months in the shops. Just spirals me into a panic/depression. There is NO extra money any more, it just gets harder every year lately, especially since covid.
So true.
Now there is the massive problem, Shops pushing it far too early. Its worse when you work in one. Shops need to be wound right back in to the 1st of december.
I didn't feel it this year , i don't know why 😢
Catchy title. And boy does it resonnate with a lot of us. I am glad to have found your channel. Thank you for posting. I am 62 years, live in the UK. All my own family and my birth family are dead. I have always been an introvert and as my parents were publicans as I was growing up, I was always left on my own. From a young age. I learned resilience and how to be company for myself. I thank my god for that of late. Times have purposely been made difficult for us for a number of years now. I dont have to explain. If you know, you know. What I will never forget and forgive is how we were kept apart from our loved ones, even in death. That is unforgivable. That is not what Humanity does to each other. Though it doesnt seem like it at present. Empathy, compassion and love are our strengths. It has been slowly weakened and removed from us.
I am counting on more people realising how wrong this world is, We will not be played or manipulated any longer. We are starting to remember truths. Starting to see through deceit and lies. We will stop this mad control of our lives. Its time has ended. It just wants to go out with a big bang and cause as much havoc, pain and misery as possible, in the process. Our way of life is being dismantled on purpose. Now a country's cultural connections are being destroyed in certain parts of the world. Fear and conflict hasworked in the past, setting us at each other's throats for our perceived differences. We may be isolated, little specks of light all around the world but we are connected. We always have been. We just lost the knowing of that connection. 2025 is going to be unexpected and challenging. You are right we must get our own house in order first, simplify, clear out the unnecessary. We must believe in ourselves and we will get through it. We just have to have faith and remember our past. Use critical thinking, discernment, intuition and trust our own inner knowing once again. Big hugs and prayers of love and strength to all who may need it.
Gosh what a wise spiritual individual you are. someone who I would love to have in my life - reminding me of what I may have forgotten. This is an epic comment, and I have soooo much I can speak on this, maybe more videos to come! x
We're in a spiritual war 🙏🏼
I haven't felt the same way about Christmas since the pandemic. I'm not sure why. Definitely spent less than normal this time, for a mercy.
World is upside down since then. I feel everything has gone nuts
@@kessukane Yeah we've definitely shifted somehow in a fucked up way 😂
@@KadysOtherLife Not to be a cynic but humanity has definitely peaked and we are on the other side of it. Lol. Merry Christmas!
The pandemic revealed just how conglomerates and powers that be view the general population and things haven’t seemed to improve much since then. It’s definitely put a damper on festive sentiments. 😓
The pandemic changed how l see things. The way the government had so much control over people. How horrible people were treated when they didn't fall in line. People were horrible.
I used to love Christmas but this year I couldn't be arsed with any of it, glad it's over.
This was last year for me .i was homeless with my son and he went to his dad house for Christmas Day as I had work then return to my hub( thankfully was spacious ) but had no Xmas cheer in me . I lost family meme hers who passed away and it just didn’t feel the same at all . This year I still felt off even when finally got a place to live .i for a Xmas tree free off a local buy centre and put it up with few bits I had ! Then I did buy new lights but proper ones so have them ahead . I hung a wreath on my door .
I have a child but I’m single on single income and cost living keeps rising ! I was lucky we got double child benefit here Ireland and that what went on my son for his gifts ! That’s was it ! I posted cards to close friends who live abroad and I’m glad it is over in a way as financially it is expensive time of year but can keep it simple and that’s what I do . Life has been very strange since 2020 honestly .
I’m thankful to be alive and roof over my head that’s the best Christmas gift !
Hi Kady,
Thanks for your video, you're right the cost of living is getting ridiculous. I spent Christmas alone, sitting remembering happier days as a kid.
Bless you, keep safe.
and you Richard
I agree 1000% not a single decoration, I wanted to stay in bed all day!! Was not feeling it this year!!
I did stay I bed all day 😂
lucky 😂
Did not feel Christmas at all this year!
nooooo I did not! I just wanted to work loool
Same, it's rubbish, all same stuff on TV churned out, food boring, never been so bored with it all, only put a small tree up and some lights mostly because brother and his wife paying a visit guess what both ill didn't come.
It is soooo very stressful for women!
So with you there
I think you sound very unhappy? That’s sad, I do wish you all the best ♥️ I spent a fortune as I hosted five people not including myself, we had a fabulous time, though by Boxing Day I was ready for everyone to go! I have lost my husband & brother in the last few years & it’s been truly awful but if I host it’s up to me to make other’s happy. I don’t need inspiration but I’m going to travel more like I used too & sell my rather big old home that is stressful 😣 I wish you all the very best for 2025 bonne annee!
100% ❤. Same !!!!
I'd be interested to hear if any Muslims say they hate Eid. Im not into Christmas. Live alone, no kids, love peace and quiet, dont enjoy so called social things, and im not religious. Im very grateful, but people buy me things i don't want ir need and its all such a waste of money just to remind people for one day that you've thought about them.
The thing's I get and don't want, I give to a animal charity ❤
@sheilafoster6213 I take a lot to charity!! At least I know it's all going to a good home
We paid £120 a head for Christmas day lunch!!!! I have cooked xmas lunch for 30 years but now have osteoarthritis in all my joints so to go out was just a relief.
Christmas starts in shops early Sept,that annoys me so much,by November I am totally fed up with it,Christmas day was a normal day,walk my dogs,few house jobs,normal roast beef dinner,not an ounce of feeling and so pleased it’s done.
Yes, it’ll all start off again in just nine months time , I call it the ‘ Silly season’ . I’m glad it’s over.
Easter eggs in some shops!
@@yvonneholmes2990seen it on 28 Dec 🤬✋
I had Christmas dinner with friends but it’s not the same since losing my mum a few years back. I think everyone is broke and fed up. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Kady and followers 🎄💫 I’ve literally had a massive clear out was so needed.
I'm 65, 5 years ago I gave up decorating for Christmas, I just send money to the children in the family. I do not expect gifts. Years of killing myself to make it "perfect" and working in retail have knocked all the Christmas spirit out of me. My husband and I have a nice dinner and a good chat. Anyone who gets into debt for one day is mad! Peace ❤
this year i have noticed there's hardly any houses that's got lights up. i think the feelings are everywhere now like you say. and people are so depressed and fed up with been told what they can and can't do by the government that their Christmas spirit has gone!
and as i get older i am also feeling that way. i nearly didn't put my tree up this year but i do love the sparkles of lights so i did. i know my sister hasn't bothered for a few years now either. one day i expect i shall be the same and not bother either.
Christmas is too commercial now. and all it's about is money not the true meaning of it all any more. 😕
I've been done with calendar appropriated holidays since my Dad passed away.
I honestly wish I could have avoided the 2 weeks of Christmas saga in my personal life and at work.
At work they kept having all these meals and little gifts and passing out cards, but the whole year prior to that I had felt underpaid and overworked. Honestly I would have preferred a pay raise for Christmas not food and thank you cards.
In personal life , I felt obligated to give my sisters money as gifts and get presents for my niece. I could have used that extra couple hundred dollars to pay off debt and save even. I’ve been in the red all year, in debt, and this year I’m ready to not do anything not even birthdays. I will tell people not to do anything (they didn’t do much to begin with ) but I’m truly gonna set those boundaries and I have set up myself for a no buy year as well.
Thank you for being raw and honest
I empathize with you completely.
While this year has been hard for many of us, I send you best wishes for future holidays.
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@@bristolcorvid8894 Thank you! 😁 2025 will bring you blessings!
Totally agree. This year has been absolutely shite. Hubby has terminal cancer and its been rough,hospice at home and we put up decs but yeah nope not feeling it.
Bless you both. I hope this year brings surprises and opportunities for you both x
It’s been so long since I enjoyed Christmas. This year has been even worse than normal and I felt one step from a breakdown. It’s been such a long stressful year with caring for my mum who has vascular dementia, having to move her into a home, empty her house (just myself and my husband) , dealing with with the financial side of that, sign on as unemployed and searching for a suitable job (I haven’t been registered as unemployed for 38 years! The system is SO stressful now!!! 😱) and trying to settle into a completely new career whilst making sure my mum is happy and settled. Then throw Christmas into the mix and it’s the straw that broke the camels back 💥 I’m SO grateful that my grandson did most of the cooking on Christmas Day because I really don’t think I could have coped doing it myself. He did an amazing job 🥰 This year is all about finding balance in life ☝🏼 Wishing Everyone a very prosperous and healthy new year whatever your hopes and plans may be 💞💞
I.hope.2025 is kinder ro.you, that sounds like so.much to cope.with.
@ thank you 🙏 🩷💞 It’s been a long slog but the worst is behind me and I’m looking forward to seeing what a new year brings 😊 Wishing you and your nearest and dearest all the best for 2025. 💞
Yes it Depresses the fk out of me!!.....i struggle to enjoy it now, i did when i wos young, but now its torment just to get thru it.
I live alone so Christmas doesn't happen in my house. Just seems like two miserable days when all the shops are shut. However, when I was a child I loved Christmas. Sadly both my parents have died and I have no brothers or sisters. I hate being lonely so I bury my head in my hobbies to keep myself sane.
I've not looked forward to Christmas for a few years now cos I just find it very overwhelming with all the social obligations, knowing what to buy people and also the cost. It's a huge burden! Like you said about the cost of living, if you don't have savings etc this time if year can be crippling. I tried my hardest to enjoy Christmas this year because my Mum has stage 4 cancer with weeks to live and she loves Christmas so I put the decs up for her and tried my best to get into the spirit but if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be bothered. It's all just one big money making rip off that creates stress and overwhelm imo. I'm also in the process of having a massive clear out so I don't need gifts I didn't want in the first place. I know that may sound ungrateful but half of the time people just buy people crap shower gel sets etc that just clog up more room 🙄
US parent of 3 here. My best friend and soulmate passed this year at 34 and it has been an awful year aside from that. To top it off, I was sick on Xmas. I was not feeling it and neither were my kids. I think it's ok if we don't participate. It's not obligatory 😊
So sorry for your loss my love. It is absolutely okay if we just want to be.
✊ With you. Same. You are not alone. 🙌🙌🙌 Everyone I've spoken to about it since xmas day has said the same thing "Just a quiet one, didn't do much." Nobody on my street had decorations up either. Neither did my family. It was a normal day for us too. My mother only had xmas day off work. We put some xmas music on and had regular dinner that we'd normally have during the week. That was it. My brother was ill with flu so couldn't make it but we saw each other for new year instead. Pub food is extortionate these days, forget it. 😅
I’m a 39 yr old single mother or 3. I definitely felt like this but I like many others overspent and regret it. Next year will definitely be different
I don't care for Christmas, either. Just not in the spirit anymore for some reason. I'm working on decluttering too!
LET'S GO! We can do this. We have to.
Whoop whoop I'm glad it's done too 🥳
@@noshrinkingviolet1 🤣 at least I'm not the only one!!
Agree totally, no tree, no decorations etc. Refuse to get into the stress of it. Above all I feel that I have no right consuming western lores when nations are at war. Children are starving with cost of living etc.
Hi Kady I am new to your channel and liking the content . For a change someone is actually downplaying the festivities instead of promoting spend spend spend . There must be millions of folk out there who like us dislike or have grown to dislike this time of Year . For me it is a sour time as I lost 2 Family members during the Month of Dec . This happened 6 yrs ago and and in consecutive Yrs... When you lose Family it is never the same again and spoils the festivities . Also , I am unemployed , so have no money for anything besides bills and food . So this Year I had my roast dinner and just enjoyed the break from routine . 2025 will be another story , and not really looking forward to this . Anyway all the best to everyone .
Mindset is so important, I hope my future videos can help you through this new year. We are all with you in this "life" thing x
We can afford Christmas and everything that comes with it, but I wasn’t feeling it this year. I think you have the mood spot on. I think people are starting to feel fed up with being told what to do, how to do it…I only had my pre lit Christmas tree up with no decs on it 😆 and it felt great!
Christmas is about Jesus, and he's been demoted.
Nowhere in the bible does it mention that he was born on Christmas day.
It’s a pagan festival. Quite dark if you look into it. 😈
@@steve00alt70 No it doesn't, does it? Christians choose to celebrate it at this time though rather than not at all don't they? That's a nice thing to do rather than not at all: it's also a season to be extra kind to everybody whether you believe or not 😊
@@doubledutch4721 but thats everyday tho
No, it's more Pagan than anything else. It's all about being greedy and eating dirty meats, plus gluttony added into the mix.
Christmas was fun when the kids were small....for a number of years I cannot bother to put a tree up. Spend it mostly by myself and glad when it is done with!
New Years eve is another evening that goes by as a normal evening in bed by 10 usually! Glad when it is all over with again!
I completely agree! I feel so guilty for not getting any gifts for anyone but also I’m relieved I didn’t get any gifts and no one wasted money on junk this year. We stayed home and had a very quiet day to ourselves.
@@nunya9797 It is always a worry when you receive something and you haven't got them something! I absolutely hate that... I would make things just so I could give someone something 🤣
My boyfriend and I live together. We buy Christmas gifts only for our pets. Christmas can be expensive. I don't need anything and neither does he.
I'm 63 and so happy it's over ! The grandkids ripped through their stuff in minutes and of course Granny and Grandad had everyone to dinner .My Christmas starts boxing day ,relaxing ,snacking and playing games .
I'm 56 yr old dad with adult kids including a 16 year old and my anxiety, fear and dread on the run up and during the festive season has been debilitating for me and very nearly ended my relationship with my wife and I don't know how I'm gonna cope financially and mentally in the next few months. I'm dreading Christmas again this year already. Help.
always - every year the day after is a relief
feel that
i live alone and single christmas not same as it used to be. my mum passed away last year. not same since my mum passed away.
I went for a walk Christmas night to get some fresh air and i walked passed three houses and everyone was arguing and on the way home there was a couple having a go in the street .I couldn't believe it what's wrong with people 😮
I think I put my Christmas tree up too late this year, I wasn't feeling it. I'm single and I was on my own this year so I didn't bother. I didn't even make a roast. I just sat and played video games all day. I haven't felt very Christmasy in years now, I don't know what happened. I used to absolutely love Christmas. I do plan on making a massive deal about it this year though to make up for it.
It feels like this is part of the "new normal" post COVID. It started during the pandemic where people were in isolation and quarantined, then the cost of living hit and people couldn't really afford the cost of Christmas anymore. Our spirits have been dampened by the succession of events that lead us to here. However I hasten to add that even if you're single you can still make an effort for yourself alone. This is an act of self love. Spoil yourself however you can, you deserve it. ✌️💙✨
I don't enjoy Christmas and can't remember ever doing so, even as a child (it's a long story!)
It seems a huge expense and inconvenience quite frankly and I'm glad to see the back of it.
I felt exactly like you did. No lie. I also did absolutely nothing with Christmas and no decorations and I couldn't wait for Christmas to be over as well.
I'm not glad...i am ECSTATIC. what a weirrrrd christmas.
@@Jendromeda right?! The energy has been all off
yes same as you alone at christmas with jacket potato and beans... protecting myself from the madness.
Time has change , but I simply refuse to Hate Christmas , it’s about the mindset, Im working on making it the very best i can , with all I love around this time , it’s about what you wish it to be , for me it’s the best time of the year because I was lucky to I have a lot of wonderful childhood memories around Christmas and magical snow in the winter , I’m grown now , and it will never be the same as it was then , but I can let some traditions live on so I keep my Christmas spirit alive , and think back on the memories of my dear grandparents that made Christmas something very special for all in the family ❤ ( hating Christmas sound sad , but I totally understand those who had a terrible memory around Christmas )
I'd a truly brilliant childhood and every childhood Christmas was wonderful with lovely lasting memories. I HATE Christmas now.
@ but what destroyed your Christmas spirit for you to HATE it now ?
I haven't cared about Christmas for 20 years. I don't even cook a meal. No tree or decorations.
It felt nothing like Christmas. I think one thing that spoilt it for me was the content sales adverts a week before. It took the magic away before it even got here.
Me and my other half stayed home together, didn’t see family, we just wanted to enjoy a week to ourselves to recharge after a year of hard work and feeling totally exhausted. I have never really been into Xmas, and after loving this quiet holiday I think we might do it every year, be two little scrooges together staying home alone hehe xx
TOO COMMERCIALISED! Nearly everyone have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas!
I agree, we went to Spain two years ago for Christmas & everywhere we went they had nativity scenes in shops & houses, Carol Singers were also in the streets there, we used to love the carol singers coming to our houses in the UK but they don't anymore and we never see any nativity scenes either, so sad it's just all commercialism now in the Uk
£22 a head? £40 a head? Oh no no no, it’s now £89 a head!
I .... nope!
@@melindagallegan5093 yea at the TOBY INN (can you believe that?) £65 per head!
@ And New Year’s Eve/Day prices are just as bad!
My van has been sat on my driveway on wheel ramps waiting for a specific tool to be delivered so i can get back to work. Christmas has delayed the delivery... I moved 250 miles north a year ago so i don't know anybody here and haven't been made to feel welcome either. people posting christmas cards through my door!? All the stuff about net zero, immigration, inflation, no jobs but were being hounded on by our lying government to get back to work! i have a profound feeling of 'get real'. I get the whole christmas thing and sure it's nice and everything. But only if you've got young children as it's a time for family moments and memories. Tough times make tough people.