Lactofree - Full Taste. Lactose Free.

News

Mistletoe and Whine!

01/12/2009

Mistletoe and Whine!

‘Tis the season to be bloated, but it seems that we’re more intolerant to novelty Christmas songs, never ending carols, and Cliff Richard!

We can reveal that novelty singles and X Factor winners topped the list of irritations in the Lactofree Christmas intolerance survey, with one quarter of people polled saying just the anticipation was enough to get intolerance levels rising.

Festive warbler Cliff Richard was also high in the annoyance stakes, racking up 29% of votes, with over half of us finding queues in shops the hardest to bear, and a third finding endless cheesy Christmas carols just too much to take.

Our survey of 4,000 adults also uncovered some of the most peculiar family traditions, from mandatory fancy dress on Christmas day (donkeys seem to be a popular choice for those celebrating the Nativity) to having all the presents for the entire family opened by dad – how annoying!

Samantha Glassford, Lactofree’s Brand Manager, said: ‘‘This survey shows, even in the season of goodwill, how intolerant we can be as a nation. For those suffering from food or lactose intolerance as well, Christmas could certainly add to the stress! This is one intolerance that Lactofree can deal with, however, it can’t ease the annoyance of an X Factor Christmas number one!”

Top 20 most annoying things:

1. Novelty Christmas singles
2. Cliff Richard
3. Christmas carols playing continuously in shops
4. Feeling sick and bloated after over indulging
5. Repeats on TV
6. People not getting into the spirit of things
7. Queues in shops
8. Broken fairy lights
9. Awful Christmas presents
10. Over the top Christmas decorations
11. Washing up
12. Christmas carol ring tones
13. Hangovers
14. Novelty Santa hats
15. Needles falling from the tree
16. Christmas cracker hats that rip as soon as you put them on your head
17. Cracker jokes
18. Carol singers
19. Reindeer antlers
20. Opening the wrong day of your advent calendar

But it’s not all bah humbug, as a heart warming 80% of Brits secretly love Christmas, annoyances and all, so let’s also remember all the joy it brings:

The top 10 things we love about Christmas:

1. Spending time with loved ones
2. Presents
3. Excuse to eat lots of food
4. Time off work
5. Wrapping up warm
6. The hope of snow
7. Christmas carols
8. The sales
9. Tinsel
10. Secret Santa

Tell us what you love and hate about Christmas by emailing Team Lactofree.

Comments (0)

Sign In
Sign Up
Your Comment

Please note the comment submitted above will be shown on this story and in the Forum.

Archive