It’s only a good Christmas when there is no rows and sometimes that’s unavoidable maybe that’s why some people work it, to avoid all the crap that comes with it
It could also contribute to mental health if you have to work or you can’t work it
Bah Humbug - is very lucrative in terms of “No credit card bills to pay” come January.
Just as well, with January traditionally being the tightest month of the year cash-wise eh?
Christmas, like Smoking, Pubbing, Clubbing, and Wenching - are activities that can be easily discarded in order to “live within one’s means”.
It is when one finds it difficult to give any or all of the above up - that the “money troubles” then start to plague one’s entire family. 
Am I a skinflint?
I’m not an employer.
I’m not Scottish, despite having a Scottish name…
I’m not Jewish despite having been mentored on “Thrift” by some good Jewish friends of mine…
I’m not a πkey, despite having a “make do and mend” attitude about things…
I’ve picked up an easy £19ph shift during the daytime when the rest of you drinking crowd will be sleeping off New Year’s Eve hangovers this coming week…
Happy days - when I can be the contrarian at all times, and get rewarded for acting thus.
One is more likely to achieve prosperity if one does things differently to most people - providing that most people end up losing money/health/friends out of their lifestyles, of course. The Wise - learn from everyone else’s mistakes. The Fool? - Doesn’t even learn from their own.
Bigtruck3:
It’s only a good Christmas when there is no rows and sometimes that’s unavoidable maybe that’s why some people work it, to avoid all the crap that comes with it
It could also contribute to mental health if you have to work or you can’t work it
Oh dear oh dear another stupid thread make us a cup of tea before you clean the toilets
I put around 4000 miles between myself and my family this Christmas. They’re at home and I’m in Paphos Cyprus until 8pm Monday when I’m due to fly back for New Year’s Eve
I get drunk,and then agree with whatever anybody says.
Winseer:
Am I a skinflint?
As a true Yorkshireman, I make the proverbial Scotsman look generous
Winseer:
The Wise - learn from everyone else’s mistakes. The Fool? - Doesn’t even learn from their own.[/u]
Possibly the most sensible thing I have read on here in the whole of December.
Steve H:
Winseer:
The Wise - learn from everyone else’s mistakes. The Fool? - Doesn’t even learn from their own.[/u]Possibly the most sensible thing I have read on here in the whole of December.
Aye who said that one…vaguely Ambrose Biercey.Love a good quote to ornament my waffle, with other mens jewels.Fess up winseer you old roister doister 
Didnt fall out with my wife just didnt speak to her for a few days. Because she promised me a new Triumph Bonneville if i was a good boy throughout the year. Which i think i have been.
ive laughed a lot more than usual this crimbo. i started doing this forced laffin about a year ago Everytime my blood boiled on the road, getting a lorra lorra pleasure as a raging numpty passes me looks over but im looking ahead doin a real belly laugh making it last 30 seconds+ isnt easy but deep breathing helps . Family at crimbo had my blood boil especially bros dog i couldnt sit down without it reaching for my plate time after time but here here its as funny as furrk [or so it looks] to all