- Social expectations (It's the required norm to attend several xmas parties here before xmas, such as with your workplace, family, friends.. Last year I had 5 during december)
- Peer pressure to eat more than you can. Â
- Pretending everything is fine (and usually failing)Â
- People pretending to like your gifts (and usually failing)Â
- People saying "Oh you don't have to get me anything" .. Like.. So I'm supposed to show up empty handed when you're getting me something. As if you wouldn't get disappointed.Â
- People not saying what they want / being very unspecific, like "Oh, clothes" (especially if you don't know their tastes)Â
- Routines get broken due to vacation days
- Fireworks way too early. You don't expect the boom. Makes me jump out of my chair every time.Â
- Rain.Â
- Re-broadcasting that christmas tv calendar show for kids from 199x for the 6th time, reruns so often you can't avoid it + media talking about how good it is by slightly rewording old articles.Â
But oddly enough I don't mind the xmas music.Â
... Xmas is not my absolute favorite time of year.
- Peer pressure to eat more than you can. Â
- Pretending everything is fine (and usually failing)Â
- People pretending to like your gifts (and usually failing)Â
- People saying "Oh you don't have to get me anything" .. Like.. So I'm supposed to show up empty handed when you're getting me something. As if you wouldn't get disappointed.Â
- People not saying what they want / being very unspecific, like "Oh, clothes" (especially if you don't know their tastes)Â
- Routines get broken due to vacation days
- Fireworks way too early. You don't expect the boom. Makes me jump out of my chair every time.Â
- Rain.Â
- Re-broadcasting that christmas tv calendar show for kids from 199x for the 6th time, reruns so often you can't avoid it + media talking about how good it is by slightly rewording old articles.Â
But oddly enough I don't mind the xmas music.Â
... Xmas is not my absolute favorite time of year.
