{"id":28115,"date":"2018-12-05T14:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=28115"},"modified":"2018-12-05T14:00:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T14:00:36","slug":"this-might-be-the-worst-christmas-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/this-might-be-the-worst-christmas-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"This might be the worst Christmas ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many Christmas is one of the most joyous holiday seasons. What should be a memorable time of love, family, friends, grand gestures, gifts, devouring mince pies and singing Christmas carols, for others is a time of overdrinking and sleeping before 9 pm to avoid curling into piles of holiday despair.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gif by Tenor<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The harsh reality is that Christmas isn’t always all it cracks up to be in the films. When you’re in a different country to your loved ones, been dumped, broke or suffering from food poising, Christmas isn’t so great.<\/p>\n

The Voice of London took to the internet to ask: “What’s your worst Christmas holiday experience?” The anonymous responses on Whisper<\/a> were both sad, mildly funny and enough to make you want to say “bah humbug.” Hopefully, you’ll be having a better Christmas than this, and if not, you’re not alone.<\/p>\n

Probably shouldn’t have eaten that:<\/p>\n

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No one likes working during Christmas, especially retail staff:<\/p>\n

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Losing a loved one is always tough:<\/p>\n

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Maybe she wasn’t the one for you:<\/p>\n

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Time to call a family meeting:<\/p>\n

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Family drama:<\/p>\n

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In a foregin country without family:<\/p>\n

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Share your most Bah Humbug experiences with The Voice of London on Twitter<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Words: Lauren Coppin Campbell | Subbing: Jeremy Ainsworth<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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