Everyone is excited about Christmas - except the French
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[quote]Each month YouGov surveys seven Northern European countries, and on a range of issues consistently finds the mood in France to be more gloomy. There may be understandable reasons for this: economic growth has been weak, anxiety about immigration is high, and government approval is low. But some of these features also exist in other countries.
The latest EuroTrack survey uncovered the most striking example yet of this phenomenon. While majorities in every other country surveyed are excited about Christmas, the French are decidedly not.[/quote]
My mind have's been so off Christmas I almost forgot about till now being busy sucks. so I can where there coming from.
Cause of the metric system, right?
French are just pissy people.
They're fun amounts of mocking others, themselves and thinking about the frailties of life like those annoying douchebags with guitars.
[I]I'm not serious.[/I]
I completely forgot it was December, what with the complete absence of snow this year.
I'm not so excited for Christmas this year since we're heading to California for my brother's stupid marching band, and since a flight to Pasadena is goddamn expensive, I may be getting mostly clothes this Christmas.
The thought of this (maybe) being the first Christmas I don't wake up early in excitement makes me sad.
[QUOTE=certified;46747301]I completely forgot it was December, what with the complete absence of snow this year.[/QUOTE]
well last year was a fucking blizzardfest everywhere, great lakes froze over and everything. This is much preferable to that, imo.
Muslim peoples don't celebrate Christmas so I think that explains it.
[QUOTE=lifehole;46747646]well last year was a fucking blizzardfest everywhere, great lakes froze over and everything. This is much preferable to that, imo.[/QUOTE]
Was fucking cold being right next to Lake Erie.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;46747619]I'm not so excited for Christmas this year since we're heading to California for my brother's stupid marching band, and since a flight to Pasadena is goddamn expensive, I may be getting mostly clothes this Christmas.
The thought of this (maybe) being the first Christmas I don't wake up early in excitement makes me sad.[/QUOTE]
hey
Pasadena
:)
Fuck that shit I ain't looking forward to it, fuck shoveling snow.
And fuck christmas music fucking everywhere.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;46747619]I'm not so excited for Christmas this year since we're heading to California for my brother's stupid marching band, and since a flight to Pasadena is goddamn expensive, I may be getting mostly clothes this Christmas.
The thought of this (maybe) being the first Christmas I don't wake up early in excitement makes me sad.[/QUOTE]
hey man some of us would be happy to get clothes
I hate christmas music, I havent had a christmas tree for over 10 years and I am 21.
[editline]19th December 2014[/editline]
Also I lost my job, I am moving to a new place, stress. This ain't any christmas for me, ain't anybody got time for that.
To add to all of that, family is nowhere, my father is drinking his depression away, my brothers hate eachother to death, I have no mother. Christmas just reminds me that I have no "familiy" anymore.
Sorry for venting.
[QUOTE=Crimor;46747768]Fuck that shit I ain't looking forward to it, fuck shoveling snow.
And fuck christmas music fucking everywhere.[/QUOTE]
I fucking wish we had snow here. Its early spring weather down here ;-;
I like Christmas because it's an occasion to see the whole family, cousins and all. Otherwise I mostly just spend it at my house or with friends, without minding the gifts all that much.
If anything, I'm looking forward for the holidays to get some rest. And I'm not even sure I'll get any.
[editline]19th December 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=demotech;46747887]I fucking wish we had snow here. Its early spring weather down here ;-;[/QUOTE]
I squashed the last mosquito on dec.13. They used to die off by september. Damn climate change.
I desperately need a fucking job and to get my drivers license and I can't do either because everything shuts down for christmas -- and my family is too poor to have a meaningful christmas so my christmas present is sitting around stressing for 2 weeks and wondering if I should just join the army out of desperation.
I usually love christmas, but I wish I could cancel it this year.
we don't really look forward to christmas as much as other countries too in the netherlands and belgium because we already have the same thing on 5th of december, the holiday everyone thinks is racist etc
Max is just mad because he can't handle all that coal for being a naughty little bugger.
I have to work all that week, just like last year...
Holiday spirit, whoo!
Is there such thing as enough of Christmases for one lifetime? Or enough of Christmas presents for one lifetime?
We'd care more about Christmas if we had the money to spend on christmas gifts.
The spirit behind it is dead, it's not that much about gathering in family, building a nativity scene and putting a tree anymore. It's really just about a good meal and presents.
Which is pretty sad imo.
[editline]19th December 2014[/editline]
Besides, as a law student I'll probably be studying for my January exam the 24th and 25th.
May have been that their hearts were two sizes too small.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;46748278]Max is just mad because he can't handle all that coal for being a naughty little bugger.[/QUOTE]
He donated all the money to either deadend anti-mysoginistic activism or to "hack" facepunch, so no presents for him.
[QUOTE=Crimor;46747768]Fuck that shit I ain't looking forward to it, fuck shoveling snow.
And fuck christmas music fucking everywhere.[/QUOTE]
I work in a mall, I've been listening to christmas music for at least two fucking months.
But I'm still excited for christmas, just not the music.
Christmas died as soon as I started working.. Its mainly for kids imo cause when your an adult the best thing is being able to buy stuff when you want it.
Shitty story that no one cares about : My girlfriend lives in Australia. She has no dad, because he ran away when her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Now her mother is dead and she has no parent and she's only 24. I don't need to say Christmas has never been a big thing for her. For this year though, I am going to visit her and we're going to have a blast celebrating Christmas. We both are looking forward to it. :)
As for the French, well... I still hope the majority of them can enjoy themselves despite their low expectations.
[i]"A merry Christmas, France! God save you!'' cried a cheerful voice. It was the voice of France's friend, America, who came upon him so quickly that this was the first intimation he had of his approach.
"Bah!" said France, "Humbug!"
He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again.
"Christmas a humbug, France!'' said France's mate. "You don't mean that, I am sure."
"I do," said France. "Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? what reason have you to be merry? You're poor enough."
"Come, then,'' returned the American gaily. "What right have you to be dismal? what reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough.''
France having no better answer ready on the spur of the moment, said, "Bah!'' again; and followed it up with "Humbug.''
"Don't be cross, France,'' said the Americans.
"What else can I be,'' returned the uncle, "when I live in such a world of fools as this Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Christmas. What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will,'' said France, indignantly, "every idiot who goes about with "Merry Christmas'' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!''
"France!'' pleaded the American.
"America!'' returned the french people, sternly, "keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine.''[/i]
Considering a estimated 10% of frances population is muslim, of course it would be relatively low.
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