Krissmasss

A lot of things annoy me about Christmas. Leaving the house becomes so unappealing, mainly due to the masses of idiot shoppers and their bovine partners plodding behind them. Everyone uses Christmas as an excuse to be happy for no particular reason except for the fact that it is ( how could we forget ) christmas. The hoards of tacky decorations, aching lights and infinite sparkle make Christmas all the more hard-to-stomach. The facts are, Christmas is the time when people drink more than they do all year and we all know the saying 'A drunk mans words are a sober mans thoughts',So at these dinners with family members we don't actually like, the shit hits the fan. It all leads to disaster, nonetheless, an inevitable disaster which people anticipate for months. Its as if we all develop Amnesia around September, October, we forget that Christmas in fact one of the bleakest, most row-ridden periods of the year. Maybe I'm being very negative about the whole thing. There are some good points, its nice spending time with the select few people you do actually get on with, and its nice having the fridge at home full of glorious food, the corner press well-stocked with fine wines and whatever beer was on offer in Sainsburys helps as well.