My holiday season beating is well chronicled here, but the Hallmark Christmas movies starting before Halloween and running past New Years absolutely wear me out.
As Ron pointed out so well earlier, there is so much good sports to be watched, especially bowl games, that nothing should possibly go too wrong this time of year. But when good sports are preempted by Hallmark movies at all hours of the day I just can't handle it. I have left the family gathering to return home before just to watch a football game while the rest of the house talks through a Hallmark movie that they've all seen 4 times in the past 6 weeks.
And the mother-in-law is in town for a solid 2 weeks rather than the typical 3 day weekend once a month. She is guaranteed to say at least 10 things with defiant certitude that are 100% obviously wrong to everyone else in the room. It's always a real struggle to get through an entire day without a single controversy at the in-laws' house.
I really do love this time of year, but mostly with my side of the family, my church, and my friends. The time with the other side of the family usually ends up in a wash with offsetting pros and cons.