It has been like this for 15+ years
We usually go on holiday in early September and when we get home the Xmas products are in the supermarket. It's annoying but you can walk past the tat and do normal grocery shopping
Having said that I now want a mince pie
If people want to do it, fair enough. I just hate the way it’s constantly rammed down your throat for two months
the only place I’ve seen anything Christmas related is here in this thread. When do I get it rammed down my throat?
The amount of useless tat bought and sold for xmas is astonishing
Halloween is even worse. I know I started the thread, wasn't so much a moan about it being early, just seems to have gone full on rather quickly. I think it's all the Very and other over indulge now regret later retailers trying to hook people in early.
Personally Christmas starts around the 14th of December which is the earliest the outside decorations go up and finishes on the 2nd of Jan. 3 weeks of enjoyable different, quite enjoy the festive side of it, just don't get people putting decorations up before December.
Out and about at the moment and seen two houses in local area already with Christmas trees and outside lights already on. This early in November, that's deserving of a special punishment.
Mrs Egf is very organised. All the presents are bought AND wrapped, the cards (20 in total) are written out & one was delivered by hand yesterday. The tree is out of the loft (I was up yesterday for something else) but It won't be going up in the front room till the 2nd week of December at the earliest.
In reality neither of us can be arsed with Xmas & would rather be somewhere warmer, out the way.
Well I am taking the ife and 3 kids to Alexander this year to meet 'ACTUAL' santa for 4 days so by the time I get back I expect to actually shit mini santas
Alexander = lapland
In reality neither of us can be arsed with Xmas & would rather be somewhere warmer, out the way.
Why get involved then? If you have young kids I sort of get it but otherwise/
It to me is quite abhorrent the orgy of consumption and consumerism and the antithesis of what I believe in
Stop buy ungrateful folk shite they don't want. Put that money to charity instead
the only place I’ve seen anything Christmas related is here in this thread. When do I get it rammed down my throat?
Turn on any commercial tv channel and wait for the ad break.
Why get involved then? I
Token gesture.
Went to the Wonston Arms on Friday night. It was closed for a private party all of whom were Father Christmas's!
The only pub i know that you have to check on Twitter whether it is open or not!
Turn on any commercial tv channel and wait for the ad break.
what year is this? Commercial TV? Ad breaks? I’ll stick to streaming for sound and vision. That way I get to avoid being a grumpy bastard on here 😀
Haven't heard THAT song that must never be named yet thou "Las....."
Yeah, cos it’s only the proles who spend loads at Xmas, isn’t it!
Ok; enjoy your expensive Balenciaga tat then.
The whole start it in November nonsense spoils it for me though
I quite like the pretty lights and that. The West End can look amazing at this time of year. I do like some of the traditional shop displays too. Nothing wrong with a bit of creativity. It's the rampant consumerism that I can't stand.
'Happy Non-Denominational Winterfest' sounds ok to me. We can have Xmas, Channukah, Eid and Diwali all rolled into one! Much better range of food as well.
In reality neither of us can be arsed with Xmas & would rather be somewhere warmer, out the way.
I actually don't mind it, but I always try and get myself a nice little present.
(last year Hammerhead did an upgrade offer on the bike computer so did that).
I didn't really celebrate it and my birthday when we were full covid but now its a bit different,I'm actually somewhere warm and they do it twice, Chrissy and in January for 3 Kings and I don't think its uncommon for the young-uns to pop a Chrissy tree up on the beach on Christmas Day.
I’m just back from Aldi, with a copy of the Christmas food catalogue. It all looks yummy but they don’t really cater for the solo carnivore so I won’t be buying much of it.
Iceland used to do a nice big Yorkshire pudding with gravy and beef and carrots inside 🙂
The amount of tat that ends up in landfill from celebrating Halloween and Christmas is staggering.
As a member of our local wildlife trust, I was seriously considering sending gifts out of 'adopting a beaver' to all family members. It's a thoughtful, useful gift and most people nowadays just have too much stuff.
Know someone on my FB who's tree went up last week, he's not the full shilling though. Xmas for me starts about a week before the big day, which is plenty enough, Decs up about a week before, down just after NYD.
Greggs festive bake is available soon though, the only premature xmas shiz I'm on board with!
As a member of our local wildlife trust, I was seriously considering sending gifts out of ‘adopting a beaver’ to all family members. It’s a thoughtful, useful gift and most people nowadays just have too much stuff.
A friend of my wife's did that for her birthday once. Only it was an Otter. We went to look at it, at a nature reserve down in Barnes. It was a nice day out. The next year, she did the same with a rabbit. We went to see it (Vauxhall City Farm) but it wasn't there. Probably had died. The yea rafter that was some other creature in Norfolk. We never got around to taking a trip there. She didn't bother the following year...
Hmm I used to love the Cornish bakeHouse Christmas sausage rolls 🙂
I do keep a supply of Greggs self bakes in the freezer thou, haven't found an El Greggs yet.
Configuration - that made me giggle. There were indeed many choices of 'wild animal' , but who doesn't love a beaver?
Most of our decorations are decades old. They never get thrown away unless broken and beyond repair. Although I do like to support independent makers and sometimes buy a little handmade bauble for the tree. Also its a great time of the year for children to make their own decorations.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without an STW moanfest of outrage 😆 😄
As said in many,many previous threads,it's not compulsory.. ho ho ho
Heartwarming to see the usual torn faced misanthropes frothing themselves into a rage over Christmas
And who would those be Bob? - projecting much?