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Not sad at all. Now is the time to start planning what I want to do next year while it's quiet. It gives me time to think about the year that's gone by, think about what I could have done better, what I did well, and so on. Still not looking forward to January though. It just seems to drag on and on.
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Not sad at all. Back to work tomorrow (well, I don't officially go back until the 2nd Jan, but I thought I would do some stuff whilst it's quiet and I'm not going to get pestered by colleagues. Should be productive.
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Nope. I'm a huge Christmas fan but I make the most of the month of December to last me a lifetime!
The tree has been up since late November, since then there has always been a box of chocolates or biscuits to enjoy in the house, shopping was done gradually with plenty of trips to town and to see the lights, Christmas films and specials and music has been watched and listened to throughout the whole month, parties were aplenty, the same with guests over. Tbh I prefer the build up than the actual day!! As much as I love Christmas I would not want for it to be Christmas every day, I am always happy to take down the the tree and prepare for the New Year. |
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No. I love the peace and quiet, and modest living, after all the mayhem and excess of the build up to Christmas.
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No- bloody relieved.
Don't enjoy Christmas. Its rather forced upon the whole population, is expensive, busy & stressful. Looking forward to a new year. |
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No- bloody relieved.
Don't enjoy Christmas. Its rather forced upon the whole population, is expensive, busy & stressful. Looking forward to a new year. |
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I'm not sad Christmas is over, but I am sad that the time to return to work is getting closer.
I feel anti climatic rather than sad. At the end of the day, the years seem to be going faster and faster anyway, this year has gone so fast that I know that Christmas will be here again before we know it and we will be equally surprised by and unprepared for it!
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January and February are definitely the hardest months of the year to enjoy. It's just cold wet and miserable and grim and dark.
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Old thread, but I always feel a sadness at this time of year. My kids are another year older next time, I'm always aware of that
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I'm sad when my family all leaves the house and we have to start thinking about taking the decorations down, then things feel empty and quiet in the house. All the parties and jollyness are over. Then to top it off I have so much work/revision to think about over the next few weeks in regards uni.
Well I still feel like this in 2016. Probably a little worse this year actually. Work has replaced Uni since 2014 so that means automatically it sucks. But as my mum and dad get older and I realise that my siblings have their own lives with a marriage and a house move. I begin to realise that this may have been one of the last Christmas's we spend as a family, on the actual day and boxing day, all together, doing the routine we have done for now my 24 years od life. It may even be the last. My dad even made an emotional speech this christmas saying it was the best one ever, and whatever happens in the future he was happy. Got me a little choked up and made me appreciate the passage of time. Thinking about my mum and dad, who it only seems like yesterday were in their 40s...are now both turning 60. How many more christmas's do we have left? I'll try and put it to the back of my mind though
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One thing I always dislike it going back into the Office after the break and putting away all the Christmas Stuff back into the store-room. When we left the tree on Xmas Eve, Christmas was still ahead but now the decorations look kind of sad. So I make it my staff's first task on Tuesday is to put it all away
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I get more sad on New Years Eve than the thought of Christmas being over. Not sure why I find it emotional, I guess a number of things - the thought of another year passing us, thinking of those no longer with us, not knowing what the next year will bring us.
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To me it kind of still feels like Christmas, still got lots of chocolate left, listen to festive music.
I hate taking the decorations down on the 6th |
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I always used to hate New Year's Day, that always signified Christmas was over and school/Work was the next day
Uni was different, I looked forward to seeing my friends again and having my own life once I got back to my lodgings again |
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To me it kind of still feels like Christmas, still got lots of chocolate left, listen to festive music.
I hate taking the decorations down on the 6th |
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Ah, a blast from the past.
Well I still feel like this in 2016. Probably a little worse this year actually. Work has replaced Uni since 2014 so that means automatically it sucks. But as my mum and dad get older and I realise that my siblings have their own lives with a marriage and a house move. I begin to realise that this may have been one of the last Christmas's we spend as a family, on the actual day and boxing day, all together, doing the routine we have done for now my 24 years od life. It may even be the last. My dad even made an emotional speech this christmas saying it was the best one ever, and whatever happens in the future he was happy. Got me a little choked up and made me appreciate the passage of time. Thinking about my mum and dad, who it only seems like yesterday were in their 40s...are now both turning 60. How many more christmas's do we have left? I'll try and put it to the back of my mind though ![]() I loved christmas at my mum's when there were about 14 of us (friends and relations), all squashed around various different height tables sitting on various different height chairs & stools. Mum and Dad are both dead now, and my OH and me went away for Christmas this year. It was different and enjoyable but I felt sad and wistful for Christmases past
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Absolutely not.
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I'm always glad when the madness of Xmas us over. I enjoy the day but that's it. The build up bores the pants off me.
The days get longer now, a couple of months and spring will arrive, that's my favourite time of year. |
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Don't wish your lives away. Winter is great, cold nights snuggled up in bed
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Not at all. I can't bear Christmas. I'm ok with the party season but once that's done (usually by mid Dec) I can't wait for it to be over.
I absolutely hate the winter and so the next couple of months is the worst time for me and I'm always down - this year will be even more so. Once march arrives my mood starts to lift looking forward to spring and summer |
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Yes, I look forward so much to it and it's over in the blink of an eye once Christmas morning and dinner is done, which for all the effort, time and expense doesn't seem very fair somehow
. I swear Christmas Day goes at a faster pace than any other day. New Year's Day I'm not bothered about, as it's not the same, I do feel sad at having to take the tree and decorations down, and jan/feb aren't the most joyful months. But on the other hand, I'm not sad, I am a naturally cheerful person, I don't like being miserable and tend to look on the funny or bright side of everything. So this is my way of looking at things to help combat the post Christmas blues:Jan/feb are freezing and gloomy but that means lovely cosy nights in front of the fire. There is nothing like listening to the rain and wind blowing a gale outside while you sit stoking up the fire until the living room is like a furnace . The tree down might make the room bare and cold looking but it'll pass after a bit and the fire blazing away will soon make it warm and inviting again. Plus my dog's new bed will be able to have a proper place rather than just dumped on the rug. If I need a pick me up I've enough chocolate in the house to last months. By the time it runs out, it'll be nearly Christmas again and I'll be back in my usual pre Christmas buzz .Christmas Day might be over and gone but the stuff I got from it hasn't. The filler shows on radio 2 will be gone which means normality, and more importantly, Popmaster will soon return Unfortunately so will Jeremy Vine but you can't have everything I suppose.I haven't put on a single ounce through December so no dieting required in January .eBay is a godsend. The ability to get things cheap on there means I can straight away cheer myself up (the sight of the postman coming down the path with a parcel cheers me up tremendously ) and keep doing so. Nothing like a little something dropping through the letterbox to ease you out of occaisions. I always have a post Christmas/ New Year/ Birthday item on its way in the post somewhere to soften the blow of the event being over.The only thing I have been truly vexed / depressed about over this Christmas is the BBC not showing either Mary Poppins or The Sound of Music. And I guess if that is my biggest upset, I've a whole lot to be thankful for and no reason to feel down at all. And in a week or so when I'm singing my way through the housework, all the carols and festive music forgotten for another 11 months, I'll be looking not back at this Christmas, but forward at all the stuff I can fit in and enjoy immensely before the next one. I know I will. Because I do the same every year. Hopefully *touch wood* I will continue to do so for a long time to come as well. |
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I imagine it's more relief then horror they feel.
Me, I'm not Christmas. |
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Nope. I love Xmas but the lead up to it is the best part for me. I start getting excited for Xmas ridiculously early so by the time Boxing Day has passed I'm done with it and am excited about packing all away and redecorating the house. Plus shopping for bargains for the house. And being a bit sad buying lots of storage boxes and organising the crap out of everything.
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This was my second Christmas since losing my son. This year was slightly easier than last year, but it will always hurt a little, I accept that. Next month will be harder when I observe his second angelversary (what bereaved parents call it). There's a part of me that wishes I didn't have to celebrate another Christmas but that wouldn't be fair to my family, nor do I think my son would feel that was right. Sometimes putting on a brave face and going forward is the right thing to do, difficult as it may be. So no, not sad it's over, just part of life now.
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To me it kind of still feels like Christmas, still got lots of chocolate left, listen to festive music.
I hate taking the decorations down on the 6th I have been working hard the last few weeks, so now that i'm off on holiday; it's time to enjoy the festivities and appreciate the Christmas decorations too. I don't understand why so many people in my street decided to put their decs up the day after bonfire night, but now the event is here, have already taken them down? It's like they are trying to fast forward everything.
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Unfortunately so will Jeremy Vine but you can't have everything I suppose.
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It's like they are trying to fast forward everything.