TMI Tuesday

mpickl · December 2012

Find your inner Grinch and answer the following question...

What is your least favorite thing about the holidays?

Love11506 · December 2012

The traveling between houses we have my moms house, my dads house, and his parents house!! Too much rushing around and not enough time in the day!!

KSerafin17 · December 2012

My least favorite thing is when you feel obligated to buy a gift for someone and instead of feeling good about it, you just feel like you are essentailly exchanging money in the form of a gift. Other than that I LOVE this time of year!

BostonGIrl4732 · December 2012

The stress. We didn't get holiday cards out this year. The tree isn't decorated yet. And I haven't wrapped a single present. There's a lot going on and the "holiday" stuff is piling up.

On the plus side, it's my last Christmas "at home" and I intend on spending it with my family whatever way we can. We may not have a fully decorated house, but at least we'll be together!

elliemonster2012 · December 2012

Another travel person.

Christmas Eve: My Grandmas and then FI's family for late dinner

Christmas Day: Open presents at my dad, moms side(we still go even though she has passed...we are all still really close!), FI's aunts side, FI's other side.

I just wish I could spend more time with actual family and less time in the car!! It is like suburb to suburb, too...not around the corner.

Jlp818 · December 2012

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[QUOTE]My least favorite thing is when you feel obligated to buy a gift for someone and instead of feeling good about it, you just feel like you are essentailly exchanging money in the form of a gift. Other than that I LOVE this time of year!
Posted by KSerafin17[/QUOTE]

This exactly.

And having 5 different places to go to between Christmas Eve and Christmas day. I love seeing everyone but it gets pretty hectic and I feel as if we spend more time in the car then with people!

leatba · December 2012

I've always been a grinch around this time. I give gifts that the person may want not something regifted or without thought put into it, but that's what I usually get.

semi891 · December 2012

Yeah, mine and my FI's family live across the country from each other. We are flying east, then come back and driving down to see my famliy (5 hours). It would be a lot easier if they lived in the same town, or at least the same province!

Also, as much as I love exchanging gifts (I love finding something that someone really wants!) it is frustrating to see how excessive consumerism can be this time of year. I think it's great when you exchange homemade gifts, or something like that.

Abjurback · December 2012

The 6 hour drive to FIs house in WI. I love his family (more than my own even), but with a 7-month old, a 6 hour drive usually turns into a 7-8 hour drive.

ftrmrsw · December 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_september-2013-weddings_tmi-tuesday-19?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:26a515ec-8009-4599-b81d-5edee3b3fb3cDiscussion:534dd093-f922-4279-9ba2-2ebdcb6f6847Post:c7f0eca2-9fbc-4470-947f-e9cfa047edf1">Re: TMI Tuesday</a>:
[QUOTE]Yeah, mine and my FI's family live across the country from each other. We are flying east, then come back and driving down to see my famliy (5 hours). It would be a lot easier if they lived in the same town, or at least the same province! Also, as much as I love exchanging gifts (I love finding something that someone really wants!) it is frustrating to see how excessive consumerism can be this time of year. I think it's great when you exchange homemade gifts, or something like that.
Posted by semi891[/QUOTE]

<div>
</div><div>Did you say PROVINCE?? Am I not the only Canadian on this board?? </div>

TayBeach2013 · December 2012

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[QUOTE]My least favorite thing is when you feel obligated to buy a gift for someone and instead of feeling good about it, you just feel like you are essentailly exchanging money in the form of a gift. Other than that I LOVE this time of year!
Posted by KSerafin17[/QUOTE]

Yup, this.

I am a complete Grinch about mall traffic, and it doesn't help that almost every store I frequent is in the some 5 mile radius as a mall (I live 10 minutes from two, and everyone nearby flocks to DE for the tax-free shopping OMG). I hate waiting through an hour of traffic to GET TO THE SUPERMARKET - I don't even like malls!

I'm also annoyed by the "I'm in such a rush" attitudes that pop up. My time is important too and you're not going to get there until I do first, so settle down.

semi891 · December 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: TMI Tuesday : Did you say PROVINCE?? Am I not the only Canadian on this board??
Posted by ftrmrsw[/QUOTE]

British Columbia, born and raised! FI is from Ontario, which is where we are heading for Christmas! Where are you from?

mrskloop · December 2012

I would have to agree with the others and say the traveling. We are spending Christmas eve day with my FI's family 40 mins from my house then spending Christmas eve night and morning at my parents house another 2 hrs then going to my sisters house then my aunt's house another hr away! There's too much traffic for this much traveling!

GoofyAssChick · December 2012

I am kind of a grinch about the holidays, but I think it's more of missing the joy of my youth and how Christmas just doesn't seem to have the spirit it once did when I was a kid. Not sure if it's just the trade-off in becoming an adult or not. I was hoping the joy would return with the birth of my nieces but not so much since they're not raising them to believe in Santa Claus. We have zero Christmas decorations in my home. I am just not feeling it. And now that the Newtown, CT shooting happened, my joy seems to be sucked out even worse. I just can't seem to shake the images of those poor parents having to bury their children at this time of year. (tears)

I also agree about looking to find gifts specific to each person that they would really enjoy, but only to be disappointed that the same isn't reciprocated my way.

I also hate mall traffic, or traffic in general. I prefer to do most of my shopping online but have a lot of gifts to buy this weekend so I'm going to have my demons this weekend and knock some sisters out. ;-) J/K

Lastly, I'm all about personalized handmade at times gifts as much as I can and supporting local businesses in lieu of some corporation that has manufacturing based in China. I buy a lot of presents off Etsy mainly for this reason.

Man, I do sound like a scrooge.

DMoore421 · December 2012

In Response to Re:TMI Tuesday:[QUOTE]Find your inner Grinch and answer the following question...nbsp;What is your leastnbsp;favorite thing about the holidays?nbsp; Posted by mpickl[/QUOTE]

Dealing with traffic and Christmas shopping itself. Usually I am much better at than this year. I just keep thinking of all the money I will be spending over the next year so I am having a hard time parting with it for gifts right now

siriko · December 2012

I think I can just second what everyone else said

Travelling, and gifts without thougts. We decided to cut down on the travellig as much as we can so we are spending everyother christmas with my family and with my FI family. At least that means we dont have to travel across country during the holidays, and the travelling we do have to do is "just" around the area where our respective families live.

All in all though I love christmas time

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