10 things I hate about Christmas

1. Crappy Presents. It’s hard to get excited about a small bottle of Avon talcum powder and a hankie, especially if you still have the one from last year.

2. Family arguments. Potentially they involve decades of history and people are quite happy to suppress them for 364 days (365 for a leap year), then why bring them up on the Big Day?

3. Shopping as a contact sport. Not deliberately, just because there are too many people searching for the perfect last minute gift.

4. Tacky Christmas decorations. I don’t think the fat man takes any notice of “Santa Please Stop Here” signs in someone’s front yard.

5. People who insist on the traditional Northern Hemisphere Christmas dinner, even when it’s over 30 degrees in the Antipodes in December.

6. People who dress their dogs up in an attempt to include them in the festivities. Dogs don’t need antlers. (especially Rottweilers)

7. The memory of the Christmas party when you had one too many apricot schnapps and did something you regret.

8. TV Sitcoms do a Christmas show with the plot stolen from a classic story. Although Michael J Fox is a fabulous actor, Family Ties' Alex P Keaton was just not believable as Scrooge.

9. Lame (American of course) Christmas Movies, especially ones that give rise to even lamer sequels.

10. The thing I hate most – I’m not a kid anymore, so there are no surprises from Santa on Christmas morning. What’s the point of getting up?

Thanks to Kathryn for this post!