Your BIGGEST Holiday Peeve

[luvsJack]

I do every single stitch of shopping. I clean the entire house from top to bottom. I decorate the whole house. I prepare the whole meal (two appetizers, two main dishes, two sides, two desserts, plus veggie trays and beverages) by myself. I do all of the post-meal clean up myself. I also have to keep my young children from eating sunblock or biting each other while everyone else "watches" them. My entire family is 900 miles away. Who benefits from my work? My in-laws, of course!

Oh wait, it gets worse. Where is my husband? At work. In the eight years I have known him, he has worked every single Easter/Memorial Day/ July 4th/Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year's. He comes in the door at 6 pm to tuck into a nice meal after I have been wrangling buys kids, about $300 worth of food, and *****y in-laws the live-long day. After any holiday, it takes me at least five days to get my house back in order and catch up on my sleep. If you're not currently in an inter-cultural marriage, I'd recommend against it.

So yes, I feel like a servant. I dread the holidays. My dream is to someday go out to eat on Thanksgiving.

I enjoy the time in the kitchen on holidays because it is a bonding thing for the women in the family. But, if my situation was like yours; I would simply put my foot down and say NO. I don't give a rat's patooie what kind of marriage I had, I simply will not be treated that way. They can either help or me and the kids can eat sandwiches that day.

We (the women in my family) enjoy cooking the dinner and cleaning afterward--but the key word there is ENJOY. If I dreaded the holidays--I just wouldn't do it. You have the same rights as everyone else to have a nice day.

 

[cybrkitn]

Limited parking spaces and the greediness of most shoppers. Hopefully we won't have a repeat of last year's Wal-Mart incident . That in itself shows how greedy, rude and pathetic people can be.

 

[Disney Doll]

Being politically correct. You can wish me a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah or Happy Kwanzaa. I am accepting of all.

We have a winner!

 

[tazdev3225]

I hate to see outdoor Christmas lights turned on before Thanksgiving.

I understand people wanting to put them up early, especially in states where bad weather can set in early some years. But I just don't like seeing them turned on until AFTER Thanksgiving has passed. You have from November 28 - January 1 (or even a few days after) to have your outdoor lights running up your electric bill. Isn't that enough?

I agree. I can deal with things inside a person's house as that is their space. My neighbors already have started the outside decorations and have them lit every night. Thanksgiving was always the start of the Christmas season for me and it really bothers me that the tradition has gone by the wayside.