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Originally Posted by Sliver
For me it's a few things.
1. I hate the clutter of Christmas crap everywhere. I like things clean and chill.
2. Parents divorced in grade five. Christmas was always a back-and-forth ordeal and never all the relaxing.
3. Then got married and you have my two sides of the family and then my wife's family, too, so we're pulled this way and that. Plus they live 90 minutes outside of town so then you're sleeping on crappy guest beds and have 18 people sharing two bathrooms. Ugh.
Not sure at what point you're allowed to do what you want, but my experience with Christmas is just going from obligation to obligation trying to make the people that have a Norman Rockwell-idea of what Christmas is happy. Since IDGAF about Christmas, I'm usually trying to make some boomer happy or trying to provide a fun Christmas for my kids. Would love just to turtle with my family of four and enjoy a fun time, but instead we're running all over hell's half acre.
Throw in work parties, etc. and it fkn sucks. Just so many expectations on your time. Covid absolutely ruled for that - probably my favourite Christmas and my friends have said the same.
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This is kind of funny as generally your posts seem to not care about societies requirements and instead impose your own generally correct concepts of expected behaviour. But here you are worrying about what 3 sets of boomers think. You don’t hate Christmas, you dislike the obligation. You are self imposing the requirements of society on yourself
Just declare what you plan to do at Christmas well in advance, give people an inconvenient opportunity to join you, and then enjoy your small Christmas.
For me that was just declaring every second Christmas I’m not leaving my house. So if family or friends want to see us they will know where we will be. Once you set expectations people grumble a bit but then decide what they want to do.