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What marks the start of Christmas for you?

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  • 04-12-2011 3:07am
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    nimrod86
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭


    For me, It's the Coca Cola add and Ian Dempsey playing Fairytale of New York!

    Anyone got any obscure ones?


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    Dotrel
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    This thread.


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    billybudd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭billybudd


    yeah people turning into rude, barging, demanding and nasty f88kers


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    gustafo
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    xmas eve when i do a bit of shopping and as soon as the 2nd of the new year comes good luck and thanks for another year.


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    gurramok
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    The reason i do not watch TV! But unfortunately I cannot avoid Xmas songs when I go shopping so when I shop and hear Xmas songs that says Xmas is here. Maybe i'm an outcast in society and this Xmas lark, ffs, its only a day in the year which is heavily commercialised!!


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    hondasam
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    When ever the tree goes up, start of Christmas for me.
    Christmas eve is my favourite day.


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    Hank_Jones
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    That feeling I get inside knowing that I'm going to struggle to buy half decent Christmas presents.

    Oh joy.


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    LighterGuy
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    When the Christmas tree gets put up.


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    Kojak
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    The start of Christmas is the 26th of December - only 364 days left until the big day.......


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    Chuck Stone
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    Whenever the thing is where you have to recognize that everyone is just going to be the way things should be.

    Sometimes I just think to myself 'heck' that's how things are and I don't even try to worry about stuff.

    So that's what I have to say about the whole thing.


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    sidneykidney
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    Same as yourself OP with the Coca Cola advert.


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    OneArt
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    Nothing says Christmas more to me than when Mother starts loading the rifle and Father mans the rooftops. Nothing is more festive than the preparation for Robot Santa's attack on Christmas Eve.


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    gustafo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gustafo


    LighterGuy wrote: »
    When the Christmas tree gets put up.

    Anybody got there xmas tree up yet ?


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    kowloon
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    Used to be when everyone started panicking about getting everything ready for Christmas. Arguments about how the house has to be spotless or Christmas will be completely ruined. Luckily everyone has calmed down and relaxed a bit.


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    3hn2givr7mx1sc
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    The 8th of December.


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    Snowie
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    crimbo eve when i go in for the last shop i don't need anything but i think theres a wonderful sense of atoms fear people in train stations and airports people getting home its just brilliant every one looks like they've got some were else they want to be but at the same time really happy

    i just love taking that kinda stuff in and nothing beet wishing a ransomer merry christmas :D


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    nimrod86
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    baz2009 wrote: »
    The 8th of December.

    That's when we give in and put up the decorations!


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    Dotrel
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    When the first Festivus card arrives.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7-jcsB_WQ


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    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    nimrod86 wrote: »
    For me, It's the Coca Cola ad...

    tut...


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    astonaidan
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    For me its the budweiser ad, Christ I love that ad, Oh and the drive to Galway to get presents


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    The 8th of December. When Advent starts.


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    stacexD
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    Walking down patrick street at 5pm freezing cold in the dark and its still buzzing with people, music blasting out of the speakers by gentlemans quarters and the (sh*tty) christmas lights glowing away.
    Even though it's cold, dark, cheesy music and sh*tty lights theres no denying it's christmas time and you have to smile


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    IvySlayer
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    Guinness Christmas ad :D


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    HovaBaby
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    When you're in town and you hear "So this is Christmas" by John Lennon over the speakers, and then you step outside and it's a bit cold :)


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    El Horseboxo
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    Whenever the desire to stick Die Hard on occurs. Should be soon enough.


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    #26
    CliffHuxtabel
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    nimrod86 wrote: »
    For me, It's the Coca Cola add and Ian Dempsey playing Fairytale of New York!

    Anyone got any obscure ones?

    For me its when they put up the street Christmas decorations in Galway.....so I guess 2 weeks before Halloween


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    Azureus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,130 ✭✭✭Azureus


    Christmas kicks in at a difference time of year eery year for me. This year is was yesterday, strolling around the shops (getting accosted by angry shopping grannies and women with buggies) with friends, going in to get a hot chocolate and headin to the cinema to see Arthur Claus.
    last year was going to the xmas market at the docklands. I always put up my decoartions when im feeling Christmasy, so I guess I know what Ill be doing today :)


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    LordSutch
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    nimrod86 wrote: »
    What marks the start of Christmas for you?

    Last Sunday (Advent).


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    #29
    emeraldstar
    Registered Users Posts: 5,383 ✭✭✭emeraldstar


    When I get home :)


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    merengueca
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭merengueca


    Soon as I finish work and head up for the boat to get home for Christmas.

    Car loaded with pressies and singing along to 'driving home for christmas'.

    20 sleeps to go...


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    Palytoxin
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    A small bit at the start of Advent (as in a bit more tolerance for people obsessed with Crimbo/Xmas and pressies, but still very little tolerance).
    After Midnight Mass, you have the chat outside the church, then you know it really is Christmas:D, and you couldn't give a fiddlers about what the general populus (see above) are doing from then on, because IT'S CHRISTMASSSSSSS:pac:


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