And there it is....

zuutroy

Just saw a Christmas ad on TV....F@cking ridiculous...

Ruu_Old

Sure QVC have been selling Christmas trees for a few months now.
/me waits for Fairytale of New York on radio.

RIRI

The xmas stuff has been in Dunnes for about a week now!
F*****g madness

Sinfonia

I heard Harrod's had their decorations up in June.

ryanairzer

I started Christmas shopping in August.

Guy:Incognito

Yay, Christmas. It should be on the 25th of ebery month.

Ruu

Ruu wrote:

Sure QVC have been selling Christmas trees for a few months now.
/me waits for Fairytale of New York on radio.

I always hated that song.
And it's everywhere!! :mad:

Capt'n Midnight

RIRI wrote:

The xmas stuff has been in Dunnes for about a week now!
F*****g madness

Christmas shoping season starts when the lights and santy go on the wall on Dunnes in cornescourt on the N11

Karl Hungus

Yeah, should get my christmas shopping done soon.

Seriously though, I really like to get it out of the way early.

AlmightyCushion

Does this mean that meteor are going to start doing those stupid 'It's November' ads again. I was never so glad to see the 1st of December before in my life.

Ruu_Old

bluewolf wrote:

I always hated that song.
And it's everywhere!! :mad:

Oh I know!








/me tosses Fairytale of New York single with 'Happy Holidays, bluewolf' label attached in bin.

marco murphy

Lets make a Happy Xmas post loll

Sinfonia

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Does this mean that meteor are going to start doing those stupid 'It's November' ads again. I was never so glad to see the 1st of December before in my life.

It's ok, we've got another month!!

Unless they make an "It's October" one...but they couldn't do that, could they? COULD THEY?!?!?!?

mcR

AlmightyCushion wrote:

Does this mean that meteor are going to start doing those stupid 'It's November' ads again. I was never so glad to see the 1st of December before in my life.

I love the meteor chirstmas ad's, they always get me in the mood for christmas but it's waaaaay to early for the them now

dame

We got the Byrne's World of Wonder Christmas Toy catalogue through the door last saturday!

mcR

And I got the smiths toy catalogue last week
"it's getting earlier every year" as my mother would say

Fooz

Christmas stuff has been in Marks and Spencer (Liffey Valley anyway) for about a MONTH now. Plus am trying to book the work Christmas party at the mo and it's a nightmare. Friday nights are booked already! ****e!!

AlmightyCushion

SumGuy wrote:

It's ok, we've got another month!!

Unless they make an "It's October" one...but they couldn't do that, could they? COULD THEY?!?!?!?

You don't know how truely evil meteor are if you believe that.

mcR wrote:

I love the meteor chirstmas ad's, they always get me in the mood for christmas but it's waaaaay to early for the them now

How could you like any of their ads? They are easily the most irritating thing to have been ever created in the history of the world ever.

patrickc

I like most of the meteor ads too.

Lidl have christmas stuff in also

AlmightyCushion

patrickc2006 wrote:

I like most of the meteor ads too.

*spits*

You make me sick.

mcR

Don't diss the meteor ad's, most of them are good!
The normal ones suck

MooseJam

Happy Christmas everyone

patrickc

AlmightyCushion wrote:

*spits*

You make me sick.

get your arse into the bar and never mind ditching meteor....:)

patrickc

MooseJam wrote:

Happy Christmas everyone

happy new year moose

AlmightyCushion

mcR wrote:

Don't diss the meteor ad's, most of them are good!
The normal ones suck

I think it's just their stupid little jingle that pissed me off the most hence everything it touches I despise.

AlmightyCushion

Yup, I heard something on the radio earlier on today advertising Christmas stuff.

AlmightyCushion wrote:

I think it's just their stupid little jingle that pissed me off the most hence everything it touches I despise.

If there's one jingle I hate it's the Tesco one. Perhaps that's due to having worked there in the past. Still, it's incredibly annoying.

mcR

AlmightyCushion wrote:

I think it's just their stupid little jingle that pissed me off the most hence everything it touches I despise.

WHAT!, The jingle is the best part.

I can't wait for the coke ad, then you know it's really christmas

MagicMarker

I can't wait for xmas this year, because i'm moving to Canada and there'll be SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

North&South

Just 2 minutes from my front door is a shop called 'hartes'.....

It's known locally as the Christmas shop & sells xmas decorations all year round - you get some good bargains in June/July!
But the carols are playing out, lights flashing, dancing snowmen - madness!

The one thing I don't like about the shop is the blackboard by the door for the Xmas countdown..... quite disconcerting when you pop in for a nosey & you see 'ONLY 351 days to Christmas!' :eek:

mcR

North&South wrote:

Just 2 minutes from my front door is a shop called 'hartes'.....

It's known locally as the Christmas shop & sells xmas decorations all year round - you get some good bargains in June/July!
But the carols are playing out, lights flashing, dancing snowmen - madness!

The one thing I don't like about the shop is the blackboard by the door for the Xmas countdown..... quite disconcerting when you pop in for a nosey & you see 'ONLY 351 days to Christmas!' :eek:

That must ruin the whole christmas feeling for you, I would hate to have a clock reminding you that far ahead of christmas

AlmightyCushion

Myth wrote:

If there's one jingle I hate it's the Tesco one. Perhaps that's due to having worked there in the past. Still, it's incredibly annoying.

Same as. I don't even remember if I hated it before I worked there.

@mcR: Yes the coke christmas ads are brilliant. Does anyone else think that all the new coke ads are rubbish and that the old ones were great? Maybe I'm just getting old.

patrickc

my girlfriend worked in coke for the summer, and anytime you'd ring her the coke jingles were mostly old ones and ones i'd never heard.. they were all good.

i hate the xmas bud ads

North&South

mcR wrote:

That must ruin the whole christmas feeling for you, I would hate to have a clock reminding you that far ahead of christmas

No.... what it means for me is that every year when hubby brings the christmas decs up from the cellar, he always says.... 'where did all these new ones come from?'... hahaha, answers on a postcard.......!

Christmas is going to feel a bit strange this year, because we're moving over in 2 weeks - and I have no idea about Irish christmas traditions! Some serious googling is called for soon, I think!

patrickc

North&South wrote:

No.... what it means for me is that every year when hubby brings the christmas decs up from the cellar, he always says.... 'where did all these new ones come from?'... hahaha, answers on a postcard.......!

Christmas is going to feel a bit strange this year, because we're moving over in 2 weeks - and I have no idea about Irish christmas traditions! Some serious googling is called for soon, I think!

much the same traditions id imagine.. except maybe different dinners.. turkey and ham the main xmas dinner here

AlmightyCushion

North&South wrote:

No.... what it means for me is that every year when hubby brings the christmas decs up from the cellar, he always says.... 'where did all these new ones come from?'... hahaha, answers on a postcard.......!

Christmas is going to feel a bit strange this year, because we're moving over in 2 weeks - and I have no idea about Irish christmas traditions! Some serious googling is called for soon, I think!

I doubt it differs much from England.

Fooz

Well we do have St. Stephen's Day instead of Boxing Day!

mcR

Yes , yes i think the old coke ad was much better than the crap they have now, it was basicly the same when I was growing up and now the new one suck

I love the really old bud ad, with the horses in the snow.... is that bud? I can't remember

I don't think theirs any irish traditions in my house, all we have is we always have a big glass of cream soda and put ice cream in it and let it fizz and drink/eat!

AlmightyCushion

mcR wrote:

I love the really old bud ad, with the horses in the snow.... is that bud? I can't remember

Yep that's the bud one.

North&South

ok - so you get up early in the morning, open pressies, spend ages cooking food & eating it.... the kitchen looks like a bomb site while you play silly games with the family & get drunk??

Cool, same as here then )

patrickc

North&South wrote:

ok - so you get up early in the morning, open pressies, spend ages cooking food & eating it.... the kitchen looks like a bomb site while you play silly games with the family & get drunk??

Cool, same as here then )

totally

mcR

yep that's how we do it, well I don't get up early anymore. The christmas morning buzz is gone with my childhood but the ad's help bring it back but for oct it's way to early, I saw people setting up the decorations in dunnes and I was shocked

Irish Wolf

Heehee.. the best (worst) Christmas jingle's gotta be...

Penny's - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas - Got a lot for the fammmmmillllyyyyyyy...

Lalala-la-la.. lalala-lalalala..










My work here is done...

mcR

I haven't heard that in years! that used to annoy me along with dunnes's cool for school ad's

The boots ad's were good, i can't remember them but my head says they were good

mcR

mcR wrote:

I love the really old bud ad, with the horses in the snow.... is that bud? I can't remember

yeah
budweiser: made from fresh horses

EdgarAllenPoo

Irish Wolf wrote:

Heehee.. the best (worst) Christmas jingle's gotta be...

Penny's - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas - Got a lot for the fammmmmillllyyyyyyy...

Lalala-la-la.. lalala-lalalala..

You need shootin for reminding me of that ad:D

Not strictly tv related but if I don't have my christmas shopping done before I hear Fairy Tale of New York on the radio for the first time (I hate that song with a passion) then I don't bother my hole, shops are always too crowded.

August and September are the best time to do it.

Am I alone in despising the An Poist Chistmas ad, I've hated that every since I was a kid. The guy who sang it must be in his 40's by now. It makes my skin crawl.

piskins72

yeah he was on the telly some time ago, cant remember on what tho!

bronte

RUU wrote:

Oh I know!








/me tosses Fairytale of New York single with 'Happy Holidays, bluewolf' label attached in bin.
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Aww bless!:(

Genghiz Cohen

Happy easter everyone!!!!

mcR

Yeah I hated that on post ad, such a annoying song. I hate that "another blooming chirstmas" santa song, can't remember if it was just a ad or a song

Now that were talking about these ad's I can't wait to see them!

Ruu_Old

Irish Wolf wrote:

Heehee.. the best (worst) Christmas jingle's gotta be...

Penny's - Got a whole lot of things for Christmas - Got a lot for the fammmmmillllyyyyyyy...

Lalala-la-la.. lalala-lalalala..










My work here is done...

I'll see your Pennys ad and raise you..

Holidays are comin'..Holidays are comin'..Holidays are comin'..or the one from An Post with the flying snowman.

ericl

Ruu wrote:

the one from An Post with the flying snowman.

We're walking in the air
We're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly.

Drepressing song when youve no funds at crimbo.