Folks In This Online Group Share 30 Things They Are Repelled By During The Christmas Season

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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#1 Elf On The Shelf

Elf on the Shelf. I have an irrational hatred for that creepy little bastard.

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#2 That It Begins In October

The fact that it now begins in October.

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#3 How Commercialized It Is

How commercialized it is. It has essentially become a big marketing event for companies that guilt you into buying things you normally wouldn't .

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#4 Expectation Of Gifts Even If They Know You're Struggling Financially

The expectation to still give gifts to friends or family who are very aware that you are struggling financially (ie behind on utilities and getting food from pantries). ESPECIALLY hate the mandatory employee contribution to gifts for the boss

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#5 The Waste

The waste. Buying and receiving presents no one will use. All the wrapping paper and boxes going into landfills.

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#6 The Mariah Carey Song

That stupid Mariah Carey song

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#7 Christians Not Knowing The Origins Of What They Are Celebrating

that 99.9% of Christians don’t know the real origins of all the traditions.

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#8 That The Song "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" Teaches A Wrong Lesson

How the lesson of tolerance in "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" is flawed: he is treated with respect only after showing his practical value. This has bothered me for as long as I can remember. Largely because of how very popular the song is.

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#9 Not Having A Family

My parents and all my relatives have passed away, so no Xmas shopping, parties, and dinners. No cards. No calls. No gifts. Just getting through the whole month of December, as they ram happy family entertainment into your senses 24/7.

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#10 People Taking Getting And Giving Gifts For Granted

That some people don’t understand that being able to give and receive gifts is a privilege and shouldn’t be expected

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#11 Having To See Family

That I have to see my family

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#12 The Music

The music. Having worked retail for 5.5 years I despise all Christmas music.

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#13 Disregard For All The Other Winter Holidays

The blatant disregard for all the other holidays that happen this season. I’m pagan, I say happy holidays and the amount of people who get pissed is astounding.

It gets worse when my reply to their tantrum is “I don’t celebrate Christmas”

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#14 Radio Stations Playing Nothing But Christmas Music

When certain radio stations play nothing but Christmas music when you just want to listen to some Alt Rock on the way to work.

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#15 Pretending To Like A Gift

trying to be fake happy over a gift you don’t really like

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#16 That It Seems To Get Bigger Every Year

That it seems to get bigger every year. When I was a child Elf on the Shelf wasn’t a thing. Advent calendars? Like why? Special Christmas Eve gifts? It’s not enough to just buy presents anymore, it’s never ending.

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#17 Secret Santa

Secret-f**king Santa

Every time I did it, the a**-hat that would pick my name would not get me anything, because they “forgot”. Now any time that person in the office would come around asking if I want to sign up, I tell them my feelings about the practice. Luckily this year we’re all wfh this year, so I don’t have to deal with getting asked this year.

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#18 Grandparents Loading Kids With Cheap And Useless Toys

Grandparents loading my kids with toys. It sounds really nice, but when you have multiple grandparents just going crazy, they end up with a lot of cheap Chinese c**p. Like seriously, don’t get 7 or 8 $5-$10 toys, get one nicer toy. Or throw some books in there. If it has pictures, they’ll like it, I promise. Or clothes. Ask me their sizes, and get a shirt or something. But PLEASE no more cheap toys that aren’t age appropriate or aren’t their interests or that break as soon as they use it. It’s so wasteful and it turns Christmas into an endurance run just to satisfy your own ego because you never actually visit.

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#19 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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#20 Seeing Family Out Of Obligation

Having to go to 4 other houses to make sure family does not get upset that we didn't come see them on Christmas.

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#21 Fake Love

When people are faking they love each other on Christmas, but the rest of the year they hate each other.

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#22 Feeling Guilty For Getting Nice Gifts

The guilt from receiving nice things

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#23 Christmas Movies

Christmas movies

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#24 Opening Gifts In Front Of Family Members

Opening gifts in front of family members. It’s extremely awkward.

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#25 Peppermint Mocha And Mint Chocolate Flavoured Foods And Beverages

Peppermint Mocha and Mint Chocolate flavoured foods and beverages

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#26 Carolers

Carolers

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#27 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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#28 Surprise Gifts

Not knowing what your getting

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#29 Tree Shaped Cookies

Tree shaped cookies

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#30 Everything Closing For A Day

Everything stops and shuts for at least a day

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