I don't mnd it but it doesn't seem to be held in the same spirit as it once was, I suppsoe its down to getting older but i think the real reason lies in the fact people want for nothing anymore.
Christmas used to be a time of expectation when you would get glorious things like Tangerines, apples nuts and chocolates , things that you only ever got at chrimbo along with the toys of course.
Now kids get what they want all yr round and Christmas is just a time to get that extra expensive prsent like a game console, try buying a snakes and ladders for ure nipper and see what he does with it
I do enjoy the time off work mind and i usually end up cooking the Christmas dinner for family and friends or whoever is invited and we have a bit of Knees up afterwards, Last yr we booked a cottage away for the first time to try something different.
Me and the wife loved it as it had log fires et all but the kids soon got bored and wanted to come back home, miserable bastards