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Noel Gallagher’s rant about Christmas has resurfaced online and it’s still excellent

Scrooge Gallagher still cracks us up.

Danny Jones - 16th December 2024

An infamous rant by Noel Gallagher about how rubbish Christmas is has resurfaced online and just in time for the holidays.

Right on cue, just like that advert with Santa driving the big lorry full of Coca-Cola.

In case you’ve never heard him rip festive fanatics a new one before, the legendary Manc musician pretty much loathes everything about the holiday season – or at least he once did, not that he’s one to dwell on beefs and grievances of any kind…

Speaking in a typically sarcastic Christmas message courtesy of visual arts and electronic outlets 180 Fact, the Oasis songwriter and lead guitarist starts nice and softly by simply stating: “The entire f***ing period is a stain on society – I f***ing hate it with a passion.”

A festive Gallagher grouch, through and through.

As you can see in the full short but not-so-sweet clip above, in which Noel manages to cram in countless gripes against everything from Christmas jingles, jumpers and songs, to even TV adverts, presenters and even the amount of food (what?…), the 57-year-old really isn’t very keen on it at all.

He even took issue with charity singles like the 1985 ‘We Are the World’ song because god forbid any well-meaning soul embrace the spirit of giving come December.

Despite joking that he gave it a “second chance” the year John Lewis featured a cover of ‘Half The World Away’, he doubled down by insisting it was still f***ing sh**.”

Every year it rears its end, we particularly enjoy his bizarre tangent about a kid asking for an exotic spider or tree frog. Hyperbole and absurdity, we know, but still cracks us up.

The older Gallagher brother reels off pretty much every negative adjective you can think of for Christmas: “rubbish”, “boring”, “dogsh**” and so on. He even says he has turned his daughter Anais against the holiday and will continue to work on the other family members in the coming years.

Having said that, we’re not too sure how well all that is going or if Noel is still as vehement in his hatred of Christmas as he once was, especially given recent events. This you, mate, yeah?…

Noel Gallagher hosted a star-studded Christmas party in London on Wednesday night.

The 57-year-old got into the festive spirit by inviting a load of his famous pals to celebrity hangout Chiltern Firehouse, which is frequented by the likes of Kate Moss, Rita Ora and even Tom… pic.twitter.com/0E8EnnXgTg
— Oasis Mania (@OasisMania) December 14, 2024

In all seriousness, we sincerely hope that now Oasis are officially back that Noel and all the other Gallagher family relations will be reunited once again this festive period and that everything will be absolutely hunky dory.

That being said, we’ve already had one early Christmas miracle with the two kissing and making up so we’re not going to push our luck too much because, let’s be honest, if it’s anything like anyone else’s Christmas, they’ll be at each other’s throats before you know it.

Please just stay friends until after the tour’s over, lads, we beg you.

What about you lot? Are you Christmas fans or, like Noel Gallagher, do you think it’s overrated tripe?

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Featured Images — 180 Fact (screenshot via YouTube)/Sean Reynolds (via Flickr)