People toasting to Christmas cheer. I am partial to a little British twee language. I love having a ‘ picky bits ’ dinner and calling it that. I often call the toilet the ‘loo’ and I find it sweet when people call fizzy drinks ‘pop’. However, I draw the line at ‘Crimbo’. I think it’s time for us, as a society, to move on from saying Crimbo. It’s just a bit far. It gives me the ick , it makes me squirm and it often honestly feels forced. It’s time to let it go. Nearly half of Brits agree that ‘Crimbo’ is crap According to new data from YouGov , 46% of Brits dislike this word, too, with older people disliking it in particular. Well, my Spotifty age was 72 this year, so... However, it isn’t the least popular alternative name for Christmas which goes to, bafflingly, ‘Crimble’. Who says Crimble?! I’ve never heard this said out loud once! It actually was popularised by The Beatles, who used to include the word in their holiday messages to fans way back in the 1960′s, according to NPR. As a lifelong Beatles fan, I’m afraid I do have to denounce this and so do 68% of Brits who dislike or hate the term. The most popular alternative name, perhaps unsurprisingly is Xmas , with 52% of Brits having a positive view of the abbreviation and only 16% disliking it. YouGov adds: “Talk of the ‘ festive season ’ also tends to be seen positively, with 43% of Britons approving of people using it to refer to Christmas time, though 20% dislike it. ’ “Holiday season’, however, is almost a mirror image, with 42% seeing the term negatively, relative to just 24% liking or disliking the term.” As for Noel and Yuletide? We don’t care either way about them apparently with  39-44% neither liking nor disliking either Christmas substitute. Gosh, we love a good whinge don’t we? Related... Save Hundreds This Christmas By Shopping Second-Hand It Looks Like The UK Will Have A Brand New Song At Christmas Number 1 This Year The Ancient Reason We Sometimes Write Christmas As 'Xmas'