15 Things You Miss About Being A Kid At Christmas

Because being a grown up isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…

Christmas Story As Christmas Day inches closer and closer and the general population becomes altogether more annoying and desperate, there comes a point in the run up when the Scrooge-like cynicism of adulthood will inevitably kick in. Regardless of how much you€™ve convinced yourself that Christmas is still that Dickensian wonder of yesteryear, the harsh fact is that for the most part it€™s a right pain in the arse. Despite rushing around like a blue-arsed fly to get everything done in time, you€™ll still end up sprinting from place to place at the last minute buying offensively priced gifts for a bunch of people you can€™t stand. Or forgot you were even related to. Your bank balance develops new and inventive ways of telling you to bugger off; you spend the majority of December drunk enough to completely remove vast chunks of your memory. Worryingly, you contemplate large-scale murder on the once-a-year festive morons who clog up your local dressed like elves. We all romanticise Christmas in our own little way €“ all that wide-eyed excitement of waking up on Christmas morning to a room full of presents; the promise of a gorgeously snowy day; a deliciously snug-looking living room with a roaring log fire; that tangible sense of magic in the air. This is all well and good but you€™re not eleven any more. And not to sound too brutally grow-the-f*!@-up, but it doesn€™t exist. Except in your mind. The accompanying stress of being a grown up at Christmas completely negates it. It€™s heart-breaking isn€™t it? So take a few minutes now to reminisce over things you miss about being a little sprat at Christmas - when it really was as magical as you think it is now.

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Chris James Peet says hello. His interests include hoping for the best and sitting in chairs. He much prefers moaning to counting his blessings and suffers fools gladly. He also likes to look out of the window and check what's in the fridge but he hates standing up, dripping taps and reality.