{"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":"<p><strong>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<div id=\"attachment_28116\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28116\" class=\"wp-image-28116 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/tenor.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"248\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gif by <a href=\"https:\/\/tenor.com\/view\/bah-humbug-bah-humbug-ba-humbug-donald-duck-gif-4808469\">Tenor<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The harsh reality is that Christmas isn&#8217;t always all it cracks up to be in the films. When you&#8217;re in a different country to your loved ones, been dumped, broke or suffering from food poising, Christmas isn&#8217;t so great.<\/p>\n<p>The Voice of London took to the internet to ask: &#8220;What&#8217;s your worst Christmas holiday experience?&#8221; The anonymous responses on <a href=\"http:\/\/whisper.sh\">Whisper<\/a> were both sad, mildly funny and enough to make you want to say &#8220;bah humbug.&#8221; Hopefully, you&#8217;ll be having a better Christmas than this, and if not, you&#8217;re not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Probably shouldn&#8217;t have eaten that:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28125\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No one likes working during Christmas, especially retail staff:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28138\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Losing a loved one is always tough:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28146\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"639\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28147\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"569\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maybe she wasn&#8217;t the one for you:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28150\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"669\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Time to call a family meeting:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28156\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Family drama:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28151\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"912\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a foregin country without family:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28157\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2018\/12\/IMG_2145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"542\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Share your most Bah Humbug experiences with The Voice of London on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoiceOfLondonUK\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/voiceoflifestyle\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Words: Lauren Coppin Campbell | Subbing: Jeremy Ainsworth<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many Christmas is one of the most joyous holiday seasons. 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