I hate the way christmas seems to be national "become a stupid, gullible fool who falls for all the tacky advertising" season.
I just take advantage of anything that's stupidly cheap in the supermarkets, avoid attending tedious "parties" in which I'd most likely spend all my time just watching everyone make pleasantries and nervous conversation, and try not to turn the TV on for any reason other than to watch a DVD.
I also hate the christmas season, and all the cheap tacky crap that goes with it. I probably would've liked it many years back when people did things properly and it didn't just feel simulated and plastic, but at this particular point in humanity's miserable existance, I ****ing hate it. I normally go to my friend's house for christmas, simply because his family are more traditional, and live in a small granite cottage with wood burning fires, which gives a nicer atmosphere. Plus we just play co-op halo and get drunk, stoned, eat lots, and have a laugh. That's my christmas, even though I don't call it that, and I'll bet it's a bloody ton and a half more fun than the shitty christmases most people have in the UK.
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