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Started by ZLoth, October 24, 2024, 09:03:14 PM

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kkt

I was in Whole Foods a couple of days ago and they already had artificial evergreen boughs with red ribbon decorating the banisters on the staircases.  Not even Halloween yet.  Bah Humbug.


LilianaUwU

I am now officially okay with Christmas decorations. Mariah Carey better shut the fuck up, though.
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Ted$8roadFan

It's a continuation of Halloween decorations appearing in stores in the summer, and the Valentine's Day candy that will be available on Boxing Day.

Henry

Now that Halloween is over, bring on the Christmas stuff!
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kkt

Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2024, 10:55:01 PMNow that Halloween is over, bring on the Christmas stuff!

We used to have a holiday called Thanksgiving in between.

US 89

Quote from: kkt on November 01, 2024, 11:36:07 PM
Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2024, 10:55:01 PMNow that Halloween is over, bring on the Christmas stuff!

We used to have a holiday called Thanksgiving in between.


That holiday has been replaced by Black Friday, er, Christmas Shop A Month Early Day.

TheHighwayMan3561

Even in Japan it's a thing. Yesterday at the Tokyo Skytree a Christmas village was well under construction, and then today at lunch Christmas music was on the PA.
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MATraveler128

Local grocery stores in our area have been selling eggnog since September about a month before Halloween.
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SEWIGuy

My wife bought our Christmas wrapping paper today. Said she got a good deal.

Rothman

Quote from: MATraveler128 on November 02, 2024, 07:05:29 AMLocal grocery stores in our area have been selling eggnog since September about a month before Halloween.

Stewart's Shops in NY sells eggnog year-round.
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LilianaUwU

Quote from: Henry on November 01, 2024, 10:55:01 PMNow that Halloween is over, bring on the Christmas stuff!
Oh hell no.
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Max Rockatansky

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I already grabbed the tree from the attic space today at my wife's request.  She currently has two of our nieces actively participating in putting the decorations up. 

GaryV

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 02, 2024, 02:00:40 PMI already grabbed the tree from the attic spade

Good, you can use the spade to bury it until after Thanksgiving.


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jeffandnicole

I gave a little thought to start putting up some minor Christmas stuff like the icicle Lights. Doing other things though so they'll wait. I did put up my a few of my light controllers outside last week.

SEWIGuy

Right. If people want to decorate and put up the lights, go right ahead. Why should I care?

Rothman

Quote from: SEWIGuy on November 02, 2024, 05:25:13 PMRight. If people want to decorate and put up the lights, go right ahead. Why should I care?

Wait, for whom do people put up exterior Christmas decorations?
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mgk920

Quote from: SEWIGuy on November 02, 2024, 05:25:13 PMRight. If people want to decorate and put up the lights, go right ahead. Why should I care?

Well, I suppose that all (or nearly all) of the HOA Karens do.

 :-o

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Max Rockatansky

Quote from: mgk920 on November 02, 2024, 07:00:20 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on November 02, 2024, 05:25:13 PMRight. If people want to decorate and put up the lights, go right ahead. Why should I care?

Well, I suppose that all (or nearly all) of the HOA Karens do.

 :-o

Mike

Topics such as this seem to be of great interest to road people.  I'd venture the community view is that early decorations and Christmas stuff at the store is a form of disorder.  Given how many numbering and control city threads we have I can't say I'm surprised this is a hot subject. 

Me personally, I don't really care about the timeliness of Christmas themed stuff.  My wife had her tree up through 2020 during the worst of COVID simply because it made her happy.  I just got used to it being lingering around in the background.

SectorZ

Quote from: Rothman on November 02, 2024, 06:46:56 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on November 02, 2024, 05:25:13 PMRight. If people want to decorate and put up the lights, go right ahead. Why should I care?

Wait, for whom do people put up exterior Christmas decorations?

I love looking at my own lights. I am on a dead end road with three houses beyond mine and none of them decorate at all so I know they don't care about mine probably.

SEWIGuy

Quote from: Rothman on November 02, 2024, 06:46:56 PM
Quote from: SEWIGuy on November 02, 2024, 05:25:13 PMRight. If people want to decorate and put up the lights, go right ahead. Why should I care?

Wait, for whom do people put up exterior Christmas decorations?

Not sure why that matters. Honestly if it bothers you that someone put their Christmas lights up in November, that's your problem.

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Scott5114

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on November 02, 2024, 07:10:53 PMTopics such as this seem to be of great interest to road people.  I'd venture the community view is that early decorations and Christmas stuff at the store is a form of disorder.  Given how many numbering and control city threads we have I can't say I'm surprised this is a hot subject. 

Get your Limon-themed Christmas decorations ready, I guess.

My distaste of early Christmas is because in my family Thanksgiving was the big get-together holiday, so I sort of resent it being shoved aside as though it was unimportant. But of course it's shoved aside because it's difficult to overcommercialize a single meal with your family. Also, Christmas is a lot less fun when you don't have a lot of money. The messaging of modern Christmas is basically "you're a piece of shit if you don't juice the economy buying everyone everything, but if you call us out on it we're going to pretend the reason we're doing all of this is religious so you can't criticize it".
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vdeane

Quote from: Scott5114 on November 02, 2024, 09:28:54 PMAlso, Christmas is a lot less fun when you don't have a lot of money.
Or when neither you nor anyone you know has any particular need or want for more stuff.  Even putting together a list of things other people could get me is a chore.
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Max Rockatansky

There was a solid decade in there for me where Christmas and Thanksgiving were just days off.  I didn't live near family in Arizona and I only ever ended up doing nominal celebrations if I was dating someone.  I liked the peace quiet, but I would often get random phone calls from family members asking if I was okay (which was really weird).



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