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Christians. They should never have been allowed to get involved. Have a Cool Yule y'all ;-)

Covid

My cat got a urinary blockage on Friday, luckily got to bring him home tonight for Christmas, but it definitely made it stressful

Nothing! I’ve successfully ignored Xmas my entire adult life

Well... you asked...

I'm not a fan of Christmas anyway. However-

I have not eaten solid food since August (I live on Ensure and Gatorade) and dry heaved every morning. The latter is in the past because, after months of trying to figure out what is causing this, I had my gallbladder out last Thursday and the heaving has stopped. But I still can't eat and almost any food smell really disgusts me.

I mean the presents were nice, but between the surgery pain, the itching from where they shaved my entire stomach, the lack of eating, the not wanting to smell any Christmas food, and the general lack of energy... it wasn't a good Christmas.

Please no pity party.

I like cooking, so I went all out trying to cook a nice chicken dinner for me and my wife. I made stock the day before, brined a chicken, made basically everything from scratch, etc. In my haste to get everything ready, I cooked the chicken upside down. 🤦‍♂️

Alongside this, I have IBS, but am relatively lucky in that I can usually see the signs of when my stomach will start acting up. I've been planning a boxing day walk, and I'm so bloated my stomach looks bigger than my (30 weeks pregnant) wife's. It's gonna be a fun day...

my catboy porn addiction and autism

A rectal prolapse, a vaginal prolapse, and a blocked goat

Death ruined christmas. Pretty much made it a somber week.

I had my holiday time off canceled for the second year in a row, but I can't even do any work because the customer that threw their problems at us while they're on vacation didn't provide enough specifications.

During my standup yesterday we literally determined I don't have any work to do. Thanks boss.

I was writing my resignation in my head all weekend instead of enjoying my holiday.

Stress and burnout killing my ability to sleep. I was barely functional despite being in bed for nearly 12 hours. I can't even remember what I got my family or what they got me :(

Other than that, it went reasonably well.

Broke my wrist a couple days before Christmas. Right at the most painful point today. Just looking at it makes it pulse and hurt. Can't get to a specialist till maybe tomorrow. Arrgh

It's not "ruined" but my 3 week old daughter has been particularly cranky today, she refuses to go to sleep despite multiple feeding sessions, diaper changes, and attempts at burping. I'm already tired because I took most of last night's shifts, so I'm glad we're not leaving the house. It's a bit of a bummer because I usually love everything about Christmas (the music, the lights, the food, the presents) and we are pretty much missing all of that this year. I can't wait to make up for it in future years though!

No one. I spent it in Buenos Aires with my partner. Best Christmas in a long time

You can't ruin a Christmas party if you don't have one!

But I will say that my entire neighborhood felt like a war zone because my neighbors felt the need to use fireworks all night that can only be described as bombs. One literally shook my walls and set off car alarms. I can't believe they're not regulated!

Edit: Apparently they are illegal but the law isn't being properly enforced. Shucks.

Aunt (?) And cousin. Apparently Aunt has being drinking since the 23 by the 24 at night she was drunk out of her mind; insulted and scolded my cousin and his girlfriend in front of everyone in the family dinner at grandma's because the girlfriend was wearing a croptop. I frankly though it would've being about the fact that she is 14 and he is 20. ( But apparently not. I personally left when they arrived. I got told about the fight later) Everybody left or kept on arguing after that. Hopefully your holiday's dinners are better .

/c/technology.

Never tell anyone there what you want or use. You’ll get very little aside of absolutist ideology and abuse.

Mother-in-law ended up getting COVID last week, so her birthday plans on Christmas Eve were cancelled, plus they couldn't come to see the kids today. Our hot water heater seems to have a failed thermocouple, so we have no (instant) hot water at the moment.

Nothing is "ruined," just annoying.

Sister and Nephews had the flu (still do, it's really bad) so I ended up just staying home and having a video call with them. Sister took a COVID test strip and it's negative, so seems like it's just the flu but it still sucks for her.

So I'd say the flu ruined Christmas this year. At least I didn't get sick 🤞

The same thing that ruined it every year of my life: Capitalism

My first bout with Covid. Thanks company holiday party!

The NFL. Really? Two games on Christmas? Multiple games on Christmas Eve? Go fuck yourselves.

Nasty virus with secondary strep infection

You did with this post, fart boy.

I read your username as fart boy at first so that’s what I’m calling you.

Nothing ruined Christmas, it was great.

My brother forwarded a passive aggressive text from a parent that we siblings have all distanced ourselves from. Didn't totally ruin things, but sure punched a hole in the happiness.

Edit, this was sent to the group chat so all of us siblings saw it.

I woke up at 5 in the morning with a stomach bug 🤢

We caught covid which started presenting symptoms Christmas morning... Didn't even go anywhere. Vectors are school, neighbour and work.