It's brilliant when you've got kids. I get more excited for them than I do myself. It's a fantastic day and in my home always will be.
BTW Santa says "Hi..........................HO HO HO!!!
The self-employed among us because that 10 days is nearly 2 months of screwed up business....
Christmas itself isn't too bad but I hate hearing Christmas songs in ads on the TV in October and the frenzied consumerism-takes all of the magic out of it for me.
I love christmas but feel it should be banned, or at least strictly controlled til december 1st. I've no interest in it in late september/october when all the shops etc go overboard on it.