[Closed] It's November 14th and I've already seen

Ours is up.
Up in the loft where it ****ing belongs.

Saw a hairdressers window in Harrogate last Tuesday with theirs up. I'm boycotting that one.

Not a tree but I broke with my usual rule and bought liebkuchen from Aldi because I feel like shit and felt like I deserve a little joy in my life. Was not a decision I regret. Will be going back for mulled wine at some point.

I’m boycotting that one.

Odds on you being bald?

Blimey that’s late.

We passed baubles hung on an entrance gate yesterday too 🙁 and 🙂

Went to the local for birthday dinner last week. Full Christmas regalia.

There's not much I hang on to from my Catholic upbringing, but Christmas trees being up from 24 Dec - 6 Jan is one of them.

I don't own any Christmas decorations.
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My neighbours put their pumpkin outside and their Christmas wreath on the front door on the same day 🙈

I got my first xmas card last week.

I do work with adults with learning disabilities, and some of them do get excited quite early. One of them has been asking me how long till the Panto since March

Mrs Zip wants ours up next weekend as we get really busy in the shop from now on.
Personally I wouldn't bother.

these are up already this year, passed them yesterday a few miles from our village.

the link is from last year, but theyre the same lights, they do it each year with a charity box outside so fair play i spose. seem to get earlier each year tho.

House just down from the school I teach in put all their lights up early last week.

Sister-In-Law runs a hair saloon and her tree and tinsel were up last weekend - think she feels she might lose business if not and all her rivals do...

Our tree will go up some time in the week before Christmas Day and will be down before New Year.

Sister-In-Law runs a hair saloon and her tree and tinsel were up last weekend – think she feels she might lose business if not and all her rivals do…

I don't use hair salons, but if it was a type of business I did need I would head for the one without the decorations, certainly in November. Assuming I am normal, then putting them up too early is costing her business.

I'm with Essle and Zippy..

I don’t use hair salons, but if it was a type of business I did need I would head for the one without the decorations, certainly in November. Assuming I am normal, then putting them up too early is costing her business.

Depends on context. The salon is in Skegness. Things don't happen normally there...

I had to drive around Sunderland and South Shields last weekend. The first tree was a shock but I soon lost count.

Yeah but.. Lidl mini stollen
Every cloud.

"Autumnal" wreaths seem to be a thing this year - watching for when the tipping point is where they change them over to Christmas holly stuff.

Honestly, I don’t think there will be any decorations going up in my house this year. I’m in no mood for any kind of celebrations on my own. 😕

Yeah, just bought my first easter egg for 2022

Seen afew over the past week TBH. Ours go up about a week before and go down just after new year. The only premature christmas thing I approve of is the Greggs festive bake!

@cloudnine

Yeah but.. Lidl mini stollen

Damn you sir/madam. I didn't know there was another easier pathway to my stollen addiction.

There’s not much I hang on to from my Catholic upbringing, but Christmas trees being up from 24 Dec – 6 Jan is one of them.

Ooh, we do that! None of us are Catholic though, just incredibly disorganised/lazy/busy.

Honestly, I don’t think there will be any decorations going up in my house this year. I’m in no mood for any kind of celebrations on my own. 😕

With you there, not looking forward to the Christmas period at all for my own shitty reasons. You're not the only one feeling that way.

It’s in the back yard. Where I put it in January. Seems to have survived ok so it can come back in a week or so before Christmas.

I don’t use hair salons, but if it was a type of business I did need I would head for the one without the decorations, certainly in November. Assuming I am normal, then putting them up too early is costing her business.

Must a nightmare shopping for you throughout November given most commercial places have them up.

My flashy LED light things I have over my fireplace are up and twinkling away. Like they have been for the last 4 years since I put them there and I just can't be arsed to take them down.

Happy Christmas 🙂

I’m Chrislexic. I know it happens and most other people enjoy it but I really don’t get it.
I used to go to Australia for Christmas and it was so much better over there. Beach ,bbq and maybe a small present. To quote Tracey Thorn “ everyday’s just like Christmas Day without you, it’s cold and there’s nothing to do”
However , Christmas and other people’s enjoyment of it does keep me in a job.

Christmas and other people’s enjoyment of it does keep me in a job.

You’re Santa and I claim my £5.

Usually the weekend on the first or second week of December.
She works Monday to Friday and off at weekend so we time it around when I’m off on a weekend also.
So this year probably the 4th or 5th of December or 11th or 12th only weekends I’m off in December till Christmas Day.

Wife loves Christmas, she gets more excited than the kids. Normally the tree goes up in the first weekend of December. However a new (to us) dog last week, who's very inquisitive, means that the tree will probably be going up later than usual.

My theory is that there's only a set amount of Christmas spirit/energy. The more days you spread it over the more diluted it becomes. So for me I'd bang the tree up the weekend before Christmas and take it down before New Year's Eve.

Couple of the OAPs in the village have had thier tree's and decorations up for at least 2 weeks 🎄🎄

My theory is that there’s only a set amount of Christmas spirit/energy. The more days you spread it over the more diluted it becomes. So for me I’d bang the tree up the weekend before Christmas and take it down before New Year’s Eve.

I'm with you, I love the festive season, but I love to keep it special, so for me that means a week before Xmas, and down before Hogmanay.

But, after the 19 months some folk have had, I'm happy that they can do what they want.

Some right miserable bastards on here though.

I've already eaten 3 boxes of mince pies. In my defence a) I've been taste testing them (so far Mr Kipling's winning) and b) they were all best before end of November.

A question: we've moved to a bigger office at work. Even prior to the move our decorations were best described as 'pretty minimal'.

So for an office - is it best to do nothing, or go big?

(We've a family member who has birthday in early December. It's an excuse that the tree & decorations doesn't go up until the day after the birthday)

I try to refuse to use the C word until December but working in a primary school (TA) that's tricky. Festive production rehersals stated two weeks ago! And it was still too late. I really enjoy making of cards, decorations etc at school so begrudgingly allow my much younger class teacher to over ride me. At home its a battle. Wife buys cards in the January sales and anything else that might be handy. Her cards (millions) are written ready to post. Mine (two )are for a months time. As for decorations. Weekend before the day is correct. Any time before and you are a consumerist lackey!:)

Christmas trees being up from 24 Dec – 6 Jan

Doris has it. Anything else is just wrong. As I say every year on the STW Christmas Tree rage thread.

Ours is up.
Up in the loft where it **** belongs.

Saw a hairdressers window in Harrogate last Tuesday with theirs up. I’m boycotting that one.

They will be devastated.

My Wife will have already got a date in her diary for the grand tree putting up, it will need to be coordinated with her social diary. I think she said it was a week early this year, I've no idea why.

I have a date of my own though, Dec 27th for the ceremonial chopping up of the tree and cramming into the garden waste wheelie bin.

The local Co-Op was playing Last Christmas by Wham! on Friday, November 12th.

House in the next street had Hallowe'en decorations up in mid-September. No Xmas decorations yet.

Christmas trees being up from 24 Dec – 6 Jan

Doris has it. Anything else is just wrong. As I say every year on the STW Christmas Tree rage thread.

i kind of get why people want their Xmas tree up early - they just love Christmas. Fair enough. But I don't get why they don't then keep it up for the actual Twelve Days Of Christmas.

If anything, it's even more important. The 2nd half of December is full of Xmas cheer, parties, yak yak. The first week of Jan is one of the grimmest weeks of the year - so at least having a nice tree up in your house makes the place look a bit more cheerful.

Lights go up 1st December. Other decorations go up when my daughter's birthday is out the way, so 21st December.

Partly so that she doesn't miss out on a proper birthday, partly because when she was younger we didn't have room to have her and half a dozen friends sleeping over in the lounge with a big tree in the way!

All this completely confused this year as eldest is at uni and they "celebrate" Christmas 25th November before the end of term, so advent and decorations started for him on 1st November

Aah, Saturnalia. One of my favourite pagan celebrations.

But I don’t get why they don’t then keep it up for the actual Twelve Days Of Christmas.

Same here, although with real trees the falling needles do begin to err begin to needle somewhat.

Not a fan of Christmas but have seem a few houses with decorations up. Too many years working in retail and having a birthday a few days after the 25th means I don't really have time for the build-up as it always fails to deliver.

If I could I'd just ignore the whole thing. I actually did that a few years ago, went for a bike ride then had normal food and chilled out for the evening on my own. Bliss. The only thing I missed was pigs in blankets.

I’ve already eaten 3 boxes of mince pies. In my defence a) I’ve been taste testing them (so far Mr Kipling’s winning) and b) they were all best before end of November.

So, last year's mince pies then? 😉

not sure about putting the tree up but last year my nextdoor neighbour took his decorations down on the 3rd March. Lovely old guy, said world was so miserable at that point he wanted to leave them up for some cheer. I agree with his sentiment but even so!

Literally everyday on the school run the kids were going "daddy is it still christmas?" no, no it is flipping not!

I went early (for me) in the first week of december last year party because i was bored of being shut in the house but in hindsight i'd have to agree with an earlier poster, after a couple of weeks the novelty wears off and so do the needles.

And that was some kind genetic super spuce, supposedly hand felled by one of santas elves that i'd been hood-winked into paying 80 quid for specifically as the needles we supposed to stay on the tree.

21st for me this year.

Also going to get a smart plug so i can say "Alexa turn on the christmas tree" rather than srabbling round the back of it every morning, spraying bits of tree everywhere.

I don’t use hair salons, but if it was a type of business I did need I would head for the one without the decorations, certainly in November. Assuming I am normal, then putting them up too early is costing her business.

I suspect what you've missed is the correlation between people who do use hair salons, who do like Christmas decorations, and the associated "which party are you going to - we'll put your hair up for it, and we could do your nails" natter/upselling opportunities. Joyless shits like you and me won't be missed because we also want to spend the minimum on getting our hair cut rather than turn it into a social experience in itself.

Saw a house in Leigh with their tree and lights up last week: 7th Nov! ****ing hell.

Wife loves Christmas, she gets more excited than the kids. Normally the tree goes up in the first weekend of December. However a new (to us) dog last week, who’s very inquisitive, means that the tree will probably be going up later than usual.

That just reminded me the dog pissed all over the tree last year. At least he never shat in it as per his modus operandi leylandii.

However a new (to us) dog last week, who’s very inquisitive, means that the tree will probably be going up later than usual.

I always used to put bunny cage panels around ours to stop the dogs exploring underneath it.

Just arrived at the office: since last week someone's got all festive and erected the tree. FFS we're still a closed office, no public, and <5% pre-Covid staffing level. I guess it thus shouldn't be too hard to find out who to berate.

I’ve already eaten 3 boxes of mince pies. In my defence a) I’ve been taste testing them (so far Mr Kipling’s winning) and b) they were all best before end of November.

So, last year’s mince pies then? 😉

Funnily enough someone else mentioned that, and I laughed it off.
But actually, given the damp squib of last Christmas, I guess it's plausible that they are actually over-production from last year...

Clearly it is a thing this year - a 10 minute walk this morning and I saw three sets of trees and decorations up already...

No decorations up but I've been eating mince pies since 1st November (I think that's compliant with "a rule" somewhere?).

Full rack of them outside the supermarket this afternoon.
I am with Doris5000 on this. 24 Dec to 6 Jan is Christmas.