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Why do you personally hate Christmas? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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For those that can't stand this time of the year, my misery seeks company. What does it for you?

For me: aside from the usual family stuff:

I worked front-end in a post office back when that meant a line-up before I opened the doors to the end of the day when I had to inform the line-up that was still out the door that, yes, I was going to close on time. (Some didn't take that well. For me it was just another Tuesday...)

It meant a lot of work with little thanks and I had to listen to the same shitty Xmas playlist over and over all day.

Edit/PS: The quick downvote sells it. Perfection. chefs kiss

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[–] 83 points 10 months ago (16 children)

I really don't like getting presents in company. I'm an Autist and don't react as people would expect, so masking sets in which is very stressful.

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  • [–] [S] 36 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    so masking sets in which is very stressful.

    Pretending to be happy sucks. (...the energy right out of me.)

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Mimicking looking happy and grateful.

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  • [–] [S] 16 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    "Say cheese!"

    "Why?"

    "Because it makes you look like you're smiling."

    "Oh..."

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago*

    Yeah that's where the misunderstanding starts. Meta style!

    Not every Autist is identical (or rather everyone is wildly different) . I mostly have no issues understanding things like that and I can be a master of sarcasm. However this makes it all the worse when it hits and flies over my head with random other stuff: but that was so obvious. Sigh.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I'm (probably) not an autist, but same all around. Hate watching people open my gifts as well because I feel like I'm pressuring them to act a certain way. Exchanging gifts is miserable.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Now take that discomfort and dial it up a few hundred percent, maybe throw some resulting body issues in there and being ill a week thereafter.

    The point I am often trying to make is: the separate issues are sometimes easy to understand (and that's good) but the resulting issues are underestimated because of this.

    Please do not take this as a aggression to your valid post, but I often feel this needs to be added.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Are there any holidays or celebratory rituals you do like?

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Well it also has its advantages. People are on vacation and in general it's less busy so that's an advantage.

    Anything where I can just be. There's no fixed time for that.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    The "less busy" thing varies by location.

    Where I live easter is a real shit show. We're just over-run with people visiting from out of town. I always thought it would be a daft time to go visit the city or something but... turns out everyone has left the city to come visit my town.

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