Christmas became the biggest holiday of the year a long time ago and it seems like everyone looks forward to it with great anticipation. Often you see Christmas decorations being sold in stores even before Halloween, people are buying Christmas gifts months in advance and are planning where they are going to celebrate it with the people they care about.
But it’s not all just excitement and anticipation. There is also anxiety, exhaustion and loneliness. People without families or who aren’t close to their relatives feel lonelier than ever because Christmas is considered a family holiday. Also, there is the whole hassle of finding gifts and it’s scary how commercialized it is, leading people to buy things nobody needs and becoming even more wasteful.
There are more things that the bright Christmas lights don’t allow us to see that are not than fun about this holiday season and redditors are sharing what are the things they dislike about it in an r/AskReddit thread where perfectnegligence asked “what do you hate about Christmas?”
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#21 Realising That You Haven't Done Anything Meaningful In The Past Year
It’s the end of the year and a cold, harsh reminder that another year has gone by and I haven’t done a f**king thing that was at all meaningful
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39points
#22 Feeling Guilty For Getting Nice Gifts
The guilt from receiving nice things
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33points
#23 Opening Gifts In Front Of Family Members
Opening gifts in front of family members. It’s extremely awkward.
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27points
#26 Putting The Lights On And Taking Them Off The Christmas Tree
Putting the lights on and taking them off the Christmas tree.
I LOVE Christmas trees and I LOVE sparkly lights, so when I do my lights I do them right. Every singe branch is wrapped, from the trunk out, and the entire truck is wrapped too. I like the sparkle to come from within. No for needle is spared.
For example, I did my moms tree a couple years ago when she was sick and couldn’t do it herself. I put 6000 lights on a 12ft tree. She said everyone who saw it was like holy s**t, it’s so bright! My mom thinks I should do it professionally, but I hate putting the lights on and taking them off. It’s soooo time consuming, but the pay off is worth it.
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7points
#27 Peppermint Mocha And Mint Chocolate Flavoured Foods And Beverages
Peppermint Mocha and Mint Chocolate flavoured foods and beverages
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-15points
#30 Everything Closing For A Day
Everything stops and shuts for at least a day
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-129points