Bah... Humbug!

[Tuffsy]

You could go body surfing and eat pineapple and coconut

I'll probably do that, and then I might build a raft and talk to Wilson before I get off this island!!!

 

[RemyZee]

I hate this time of year and can't wait for it to be over. Christmas itself has no meaning to me and I don't care about that either way but I hate the traffic and the crowds in shops. School Holidays start here this week and don't end until February so everywhere in the city and out will be busy and crowded for six or seven weeks. Kids get six weeks off here over summer, that includes Christmas, New Year's and Australia day, then they get three other breaks of two weeks each during the year.

It's definitely not the time of the year to be traveling here, the roads are busy and most of the drivers are idiots, but I've got itchy feet. Bit by bit I've been buying things and setting the little car up for travelling with pretty much everything I need to keep me in comfort for a few days here and there. Just a few odds and ends left now, but I'll have to wait until February to go anywhere really.

I second your bah. Somehow around Christmas time it seems everything turns to shivery tinsel. It is an excuse to invade the earth with human made detritis and it's not much help with the blinky lights and crowds and obligatory parties then the inevitable DAY.

 

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....then the inevitable DAY.

The day itself doesn't bother me at all, I have no family so it's just another day. The population of my country has more than doubled since I was a kid and now there's not so many places you can go to get away from people, they're everywhere.

It's a great time of year for young families, six weeks of summer holidays, so a lot of parents will take their kids somewhere nice for a holiday. My parents did the same with us when we were kids. My trouble is simply Grumpy Old Man syndrome, I like peace and tranquility and a bit of isolation and for the next 6 or 7 weeks that's not going to be easy to find.

The car's all set up now though, I can now just get up and go on a whim whenever I feel like it.

 

[FilterFreq]

It's just a money-making bunch of crap. You're all very correct!

That said, I still have family around who make the holidays loads of fun (they really love the holidays), but without them I'd just have a mutual agreement with everyone else I know that I'm not participating

 

[Metalhead]

Let us bring up Krampus to give the sinful bastards a beatdown on Christmas Day! Between him and Bruce Willis, evil does not stand a chance.

 

[velociraptor]

I hate this time of year and can't wait for it to be over. Christmas itself has no meaning to me and I don't care about that either way but I hate the traffic and the crowds in shops.

Same. I have been having fun irritating people who wish me a Merry Christmas by wishing them much Festivus Fornication in return. It's a twofer if they go bug-eyed AND spit out their drink.

 

[RemyZee]

The day itself doesn't bother me at all, I have no family so it's just another day. The population of my country has more than doubled since I was a kid and now there's not so many places you can go to get away from people, they're everywhere.

It's a great time of year for young families, six weeks of summer holidays, so a lot of parents will take their kids somewhere nice for a holiday. My parents did the same with us when we were kids. My trouble is simply Grumpy Old Man syndrome, I like peace and tranquility and a bit of isolation and for the next 6 or 7 weeks that's not going to be easy to find.

The car's all set up now though, I can now just get up and go on a whim whenever I feel like it.

Where did you wind up going?

 

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Where did you wind up going?

No where yet, as mentioned in the comments you quoted - It's Summer School Holidays for the next 6 weeks and the absolute worst time of the year to go anywhere. Instead I've just booked my car in for a service and a few minor repairs.