You know, it's crazy. For 99% of the time, your rellies, friends and whoever couldn't be bothered to get in contact with you during the year. It's out of sight, out of mind. You try to get anything out of them and you get all the excuses in the world as to why they have to shoot off cause they're in a hurry, or the baby's sick, or they have a meeting. They literally never come around to see you or even give you a ring to say hello, how are you. But then, at around this time of the year, all of a sudden they want you....yes, you....to turn up at every party, function, family get together they have planned or are planning. And woe betide you if you can't. Bugger your own wants and needs, schedule and everything else. Everything has to be all chummy chummy and "xmasie" and good will to all and sundry....
All it is, is just an excuse to booze up, act like morons, get into family fights, blame one another for what happened and generally just re-enact over a week's long period exactly what happened over the course of the previous year. No wonder you feel relieved after leaving the so called "xmas family get together".
