Christmas is over...

Alright, I admit it. Guilty. I hate Christmas. So call me a miserable old bastard...

I'm just glad it's all over for another year.

I'm sick of having to buy my wife a birthday card in July ready for her birthday in December...

I'm sick of trying to find a restaurant that isn't serving up roast fucking turkey and Christmas pudding...

I'm sick of the sycophantic crap I get from people being nice to me because it's Christmas but neglecting to invite us to the party they had back in the summer...

I'm sick of bloody Christmas muzac in all the shops...

I'm sick of having to buy slippers in December because it's the only bloody time of year you can get them...

I'm sick of having to spend money on things people don't want to give to people I don't even like...

I'm sick of bloody adverts on my telly for cheap nasty tat and donations to charities I've never even heard of...

I'm sick of fucking chuggers knocking on my door demanding money and being told I'm a tight fisted old bastard when I refuse to give them any...

I'm sick of people parking outside my house while they go off into town to get pissed and then throwing up Christmas spirit all over my door step at three in the morning...

I'm sick to the back teeth with having to pay through the nose for a tree to bring into the house to drop needles all over my fucking carpet and then just throwing it out afterwards...

I'm sick of getting stupid bloody bits of card in the post from people I don't remember, or never see, or I've bought stuff from, or companies trying to part me from my money...

I'm sick of my e-mail inbox clogging up every day with at least one mailing from Virgin Wines, Waitrose, Debenhams, Tesco, TruPrint, Holiday Extras, Denby and at least a dozen others...

But most of all, I'm sick of all the sanctimonious religious claptrap that goes with it from people who ouze platitudes and are the most insincere, two faced bastards...

John Lennon once wrote "Happy Christmas - war is over (if you want it)" - well sorry, John, but that's bollocks. War just starts again on Boxing Day, and the rest of the shit starts again in September!

It's just all so fucking false. And if this just means I am a miserable, cynical old bastard, then I plead guilty...