Published on 12, July, 2020
"It's the most horrible time of the year" I sing this every year. Lol. Christmas is the worst. A horrible nightmare that lasts too long and gets too much hype.
I saw in a shop today they're already selling Christmas sweets, calendars and I saw an advert on TV and it's not even been Halloween yet! But it begs the question...
What are you doing this Christmas?
Undoubtedly I'll have family over. The lights will be too bright. I'll be forced to socialise. And I'll have to go to the Christmas work party. December is a long old month. I hate it. Please someone shoot me with a sleeping dart and let me sleep through it.
LOL you sound like me.
You don't have to go to the Christmas Party, you know. Just tell them it's nothing personal, but you hate Christmas and don't feel like it. It's become the standing joke at work that I am the Christmas Grinch, but they respect that it isn't a great time for me.
My answer is: I'll be doing as little as possible. I can't cook a Christmas dinner - my culinary skills suck and I hate the smell of boiled veg and gravy. My biggest problem will be how to make one for my elderly parents regardless. Groan. Roll on January! While everyone else has the January Blues, I perk up significantly :-)
My problems with work is that I'm a people pleaser so when I get asked to do stuff like the Christmas party I worry I'll upset everyone if I say no and they'll judge so I just say yes, even if it means I'm going to hate it and suffer for it later.
Every year I tell myself I'm going to say no this time, I've got other commitments. Oh no I can't! I've got to see family this time!
But every time the words oh yes I'd love to! fly from my lips before I realise it.
I don't have any culinary skills either, my Dad cooks the Christmas dinner. If it was down to me we would all die horribly of food poisoning lol
January blues are my favourite part of the year! No Christmas for another 12 months... if only it just vanished completely then I'd enjoy the entire year.