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Do you like christmas?

Kay

This is my least fave time of year.

My family consistently throw a big Christmas party and I'm sure they know it unsettles me but they still do it anyway. Loud music. Loads of people. A whole weekend of this and I'm trapped in the house. I like Christmas music if it's played quietly and the decorations can look nice but the busy city and large gatherings make it a really unsettling time for me and when my house is suddenly like it as well I get the usual sense of dread.

Yesterday my parents informed me this year there will be another party for me to endure. My dad says if I don't like it I could move. I will move out for definite when I can afford it, money is tight as I've only just got in to the workplace and my chosen job nursery assistant the pay sucks LMAO so for now I'm having to save and save and save to afford the finer luxury of escaping my parents house. Sadly despite my trying to explain about autism they don't get it. I'll be 25 next year and I'm hoping at some point then I'll be able to look in to renting an apartment, if I can afford Londons rather expensive properties.

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  • I hope you get a chance to have your own place and celebrate Christmas in your own way.

    I do like Christmas, but I know parts of it can be stressful and make me more anxious than usual.

    I like choosing small gifts for people, and wrapping them beautifully. I like getting together with friends and family in small groups and spending time together eating nice food and chasing away the dark. I love the sheer weirdness of bringing a tree into your house and decorating it. I love the look of the fairy lights on the tree in a darkened room, and how the light glints off all of the decorations. 

    I don't like how busy it gets and the push to buy more and more stuff. And. I can get overwhelmed by opening presents. I still had presents (opened) from last Christmas sitting on a table in my lounge up until last Saturday there.

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  • I hope you get a chance to have your own place and celebrate Christmas in your own way.

    I do like Christmas, but I know parts of it can be stressful and make me more anxious than usual.

    I like choosing small gifts for people, and wrapping them beautifully. I like getting together with friends and family in small groups and spending time together eating nice food and chasing away the dark. I love the sheer weirdness of bringing a tree into your house and decorating it. I love the look of the fairy lights on the tree in a darkened room, and how the light glints off all of the decorations. 

    I don't like how busy it gets and the push to buy more and more stuff. And. I can get overwhelmed by opening presents. I still had presents (opened) from last Christmas sitting on a table in my lounge up until last Saturday there.

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