TOO EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS!!!

[Psychotic]

My housemate and I decided at the weekend, "balls to it, we're bored, it's now a month 'til Christmas and we spent a lot of money on this tree and various related shiny things, let's put it up". The silly lass then posted photos on Facebook. I dislike Facebook but whatever.

Subsequently, numerous people then had a moan that somehow someone putting up a tree a month before Christmas day is offensive to every fibre of their very beings. Some of those jerks may even be reading this thread

So, when is it too soon to indulge in Christmas-related stuff? When stores start putting stuff out in August or September then fair enough, that is ridiculous. I'm usually kind of meh, but this year I've figured it's something different that breaks up the the usual monotony of life, nothing wrong with doing it for a month or so. And if shiny pretty lights and shallow materialism is wrong, then sir, I don't want to be right!

I fully expect most of you to screech at me and tell me I'm wrong, and I'm delighted to deliver a most hearty and festive pre-emptive "Merry Christmas and lick my balls" to you right back

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I honestly don't care when people set up a Christmas tree or when stores start having Christmas decorations. They could do it in the middle of summer and I wouldn't care. I feel like my family had our minimal Christmas lights up for an entire year and our tree up for about half a year just because we were too lazy to take the stuff down. To be fair, our Christmas lights weren't flashy, just a small strand along our porch. And we used them mainly for our porch light because our normal porch light had gone out.

Now Christmas music is a different story. Nearly every Christmas song played on the radio and in stores is crap and shouldn't ever be played in general.

[Calliope]

If you enjoy Christmas, then have it all year round for all I care - power to you, in fact! What drives me barmy is when people refuse to take their withered tree and weeping strands of tinsel down afterwards; they seem perfectly content to let the cat batter shining metallic balls around the house as they sit in the no-longer-meaningful hue of fairy lights until April.

As for the stores, I'm offended whenever stores presume to know what I want to buy and how to make me buy it so

[Pike]

It is never, ever too early for Christmas.

In before someone shows up and cries about retail. I HAVE BEEN IN RETAIL FOR ELEVEN YEARS. I HAVE WORKED LIKE EIGHT BLACK FRIDAYS.

It is still never, ever too early for Christmas I truly love everything about that holiday. It's my second favorite after Easter. Retail has yet to dim my love. (It does make me hate people though)



Edit: How the hell is a month before Christmas too early for a tree? Half of the United States puts their tree up the day after Thanksgiving which is usually over by now (this year's Thanksgiving is late). The people on Facebook are silly.

[RocketMBA]

Putting up a tree a month before Christmas day is offensive to every fibre of my very being. I can understand why shops might put things out early - brother gotta get paid.

I find it confusing that some people take their trimmings down before the end of the twelve days.

[Jinx]

Dude, who gives a smurf, really? Retail stores have to put that stuff out in October so that businesses and people can get ready for the season. And if it's your own house, who cares? Seriously.

[Shauna]

I am reading this thread, yes. And I shall revel in my nonsense reasons for believing that November is too early.

My birthday falls close to Christmas, so it doesn't feel like Christmas until my birthday has been and gone. So yes, I feel that there is a too early for Christmas, but that's because I'm selfish. :3 People who don't have December birthdays will never understand this pain. :3

But, if I have to give people a time scale to be excited for Christmas... December is a good time to start getting decor up and about.

[Shorty]

A think the big tradition here is the evening after Thanksgiving and after Black Friday has subsided. I prefer December 1st, myself.

[Pike]

My birthday falls close to Christmas, so it doesn't feel like Christmas until my birthday has been and gone. So yes, I feel that there is a too early for Christmas, but that's because I'm selfish. :3 People who don't have December birthdays will never understand this pain. :3

My birthday is three days before Christmas and it's great December is so festive to me!

[Jinx]

It's always been actual Thanksgiving Day is when the tree goes up (where I'm from), but yeah. November is fine. And sometimes we keep our tree up until April or May...just don't get around to it. So is it too late for Christmas, or just really, really early?

[Psychotic]

You guys are alright.

I need to make a decorations thread next. We have a sweet felt chocobo on our tree, and Nightmare Before Christmas ones!

[Calliope]

pix plz

[Jinx]

I saw the pictures, Psy, and I have to say I was more concerned about what was on TV behind the tree!

The Zero ornament is adorable, though. :3

[Shorty]

I always wanted a totally geeked out Sarah tree with Star Wars, Harry Potter, zombie snowmen, wine corks, glass orbs with scary faces painted on them, Universal Monsters and octopus, seashell and seahorse ornaments. And everything inbetween.

[Jinx]

I want to get a white tree and put blue lights on it and just everything Doctor Who. That's my dream tree.