Christmas in General Reviews

Wow, aren't Christmas songs great! It's only Novenber but I'm starting to get really festive already!! :) Christmas is a fantastic time of year though it does have its downsides. You see, right now I'm loving everything about Christmas; thinking about presents for people, singing Christmas carols, going to parties, eating ...  Read the complete review

I'll come clean straight away. I don't like Christmas. There was nothing in my childhood to make me feel that it was other than a time of misery and heartache and that sort of thing tends to colour the way you think about it in the future. I do like, though, to think that my family and friends don't have to miss out on the ...  Read the complete review

WOW!! It's all over, 3 months shopping, £1000 poorer and it only lasted a day!! Every year don't we always say we will start our shopping a little earlier? Well I did! Every year don't we always say we will spend a little wiser? I did!!! And I was still running around on xmas eve, still in debt, and it only lasted ...  Read the complete review

Now I am sure that we have all experienced what it is like to recieve gift's that are absolutly no good to us and never really know what to do about them so as I have done we put them in a cupboard somewhere and forget about them well heres what I say don't. Now OK the giving of gifts should be appreciated but if what you recieve ...  Read the complete review

This was Christmas most anticipated event since The Three Kings spotted a rather bright star. But it turned out to be the second biggest disappointment, the first that Noel Edmonds wasn’t doing one of his sickly Christmas presents from the top of the World Trade Center on a crisp September Tuesday morning. The opening half-hour ...  Read the complete review

Have A Merry Xmas One and All……. I read an opinion on Christmas last night by Scotgirl and I must admit I was going to leave a comment on it but the opinion was so good I didn’t think my comment would do it justice…Nice one Liz! Anyway it sort of got me thinking that now would be a good time to post ...  Read the complete review

Dear Dooyoo friends, I hope I find you all well. It has been a busy year for my family. This summer we moved to the beautiful city of York,Yorkshire. It was a pretty stress free move, as moves go, and took us no time to settle into our new home. There was a bit of adjusting to do and down sizing, from a 2100sqft home to a ...  Read the complete review

I am not sure if this is the exact category for this, but I felt it was the most appropriate. I have often wanted to dabble in the world of literature, and although not the most original concept, I thought I would write my own weepy Christmas tale. If you make it all the way through this with out a tear in your eye, I have ...  Read the complete review

Christmas, the word that send shivers down the spine's of many people, But why? I suppose all the rushing round getting in the festive food, the over expense of presents and what to buy, plus the family tension of where to spend the actual day are all parts that people hate about it. Both me and my husband love Christmas, ...  Read the complete review

Regardless of what anybody says, Christmas, for most of us, is about presents. Then it’s about food, then what’s on the telly. Giving a gift to show that you appreciate a person is fine. It’s a lovely gesture, but all too often puts us under a lot of unnecessary pressure at this time of the year. The queues get longer as the ...  Read the complete review

Ha, I've finally given in and ventured into the Christmas category - It's scary. I've read quite a few opinions in this category now y'see, and yes, they did prompt me to write my own thoughts down. I didn't want to do it, no-siree-bob, but something inside my head told me I must (darn, all that money wasted - but at least ...  Read the complete review

Why do you celebrate Christmas? People have different reasons for and ways of celebrating at this time of year, I celebrate because I am a Christian and I believe that Christ was born around this time of year and we celebrate His birth on Christmas Day. The run up to Christmas is as important to me as the day itself, during Advent, which ...  Read the complete review

I have been reading through the many reviews and opinions of "Christmas in General" on Dooyoo. They come from all different angles, people with various beliefs and traditions, beliefs and traditions of religious and secular Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pagans, parents, singles, present-givers and vegetarian turkey-eaters! ...  Read the complete review

You don’t have to spend lots of money and travel to far away places on the other side of the globe if you want to find out about other peoples’ Christmas customs, just hop over the Channel and look at what your fellow Europeans do, I’m sure it’s different enough from what you know. For the little ones the Christmas ...  Read the complete review

*UPDATE* Well it all went without tears and recriminations, little one was safely off, went to grandads on Christmas Day, yes he was his usual cantankerous self. Christmas Dinner was perfectly cooked, I spoke to my beloved at his parents on Christmas mornand he then came over for Christmas tea. Not a cross word was said and it was all lovely. ...  Read the complete review

Is there room within you this Christmas time to consider the true meaning of Christmas? I have read a couple of opinions recently about the meaning or lack of it that Christmas has to different Dooyooers. I have considered with the writers the issue of who Christmas is for, should we all be able to celebrate or should it be left to those ...  Read the complete review

~ ~ It’s perhaps appropriate that my very first opinion in my second year here at dooyoo (I joined on the 7th December last year) should be about Christmas, as I am a Christian, and this is the time of year when I remember and celebrate the birth of my Saviour Jesus Christ. You’ll note that I used the season’s full title, ...  Read the complete review

I have done most of the work in writing this opinion (such as it is) and now dear reader I need your help. I need you to exercise your imagination just a little bit and think Xmas past. The week before Xmas it started to snow. Not heavily, just a light dusting but it didn’t melt away the next day except on the roads where the few ...  Read the complete review

I find it very difficult to get excited about Christmas or any big event as they play havoc with my health. I have ME/CFS therefore I am unable to walk very far, I have terrible fatigue and many pains. Stress also makes the illness worse. So for me Christmas is just a nightmare. This year I am feeling worse than in previous ...  Read the complete review

I've been becoming increasingly irate recently with opinions here from people who feel that the religious meaning has been taken out of Christmas. Of course, these people are absolutely right - Christmas has now come to mean so much more to us here in Britain than a religious festival. My point is - isn't this a *good* thing? ...  Read the complete review