Christmas out of season 2019

Postgrad10

I was working right up to Christmas last year. Finally got relaxed on the 25/26th and Christmas was over. I said happy Christmas to someone in the shop and i was corrected oh you mean happy new year , no I meant Happy Christmas, it’s Christmas until Jan 6th !!

Loughc

And so they should be :pac:

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

And so they should be :pac:

I think Halloween is the only thing stopping some stores from going full Christmas much earlier!

CheerLouth

I quite like Hallowe'en. I don't go full tilt for it now, I save that for Christmas. But we do put up a few Halloween decorations and go to the pumpkin patch etc. I find it just breaks up the autumn/winter before the Christmas season starts. Plus once I take the Halloween stuff down, I know it's only a month until I can put up the Christmas stuff

Toto Wolfcastle

I have minus interest in Halloween, but I like that it allows Christmas stuff to trickle slowly into the shops. It’s much more exciting to see the Christmas departments grow slowly than it would be if they just appeared overnight.

DvB

Halloween wasnt much of a thing for me until the kids came along. They love it & insist we put up the decorations & do the trick 'r' treat bit etc. and I must admit I enjoy it also as we usually end up making an effort to socialise too. We head away every year for the bank holiday weekend too (just down the country for a night or 2) and its become a bit of a tradition that when we come back from that we're into the real countdown to Christmas & start to ramp up the organisation. As we're hosting again this year we'd normally start into that straight after halloween, but with all the work still going on in the house looking like stretching into mid November we'll have to put some thought into how we do things this year.

TRS30

My wife is much more into Halloween then me, she loves putting up decorations, getting dressed up etc. I do like seeing the kids enjoying it and there were old enough last year to go trick or treating so that was fun (they only got to eat about 10% of the stuff they got).

DvB

TRS30 wrote: »

M(they only got to eat about 10% of the stuff they got).

LOL, ours were the same, some of what they brought back was recycled & given back out to late callers to our own house as all our earlier 'stores' had been depleted, and some of it was re appropriated by mum & dad

Our two were not impressed with their final haul in comparison to what they had brought back!!

TRS30

DvB wrote: »

LOL, ours were the same, some of what they brought back was recycled & given back out to late callers to our own house as all our earlier 'stores' had been depleted, and some of it was re appropriated by mum & dad

Our two were not impressed with their final haul in comparison to what they had brought back!!

If we'd let them eat even 50% of it, they wouldn't have slept till Christmas with all the sugar!

Toto Wolfcastle

Yesterday in Smyths.

TRS30

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Yesterday in Smyths.

Got the middle one for my Dad last year as an early birthday present and he loved it. The kids wanted to open them all when we were over so think I’ll get one for us this year as well. Also cuts down on the chocolate starting too early (for them mind, never too early for us adult!)

Jude13

I always loved halloween. In Dublin it was for fireworks and bonfire building. We also had for as long as I can remember trick or treating.

Then as I got older we used to frequent a pub in Wexford where there was a costume competition. Loved it all. used to love it more than Christmas, there I said it.

DvB

Saw selection boxes for sale in Dunnes over the weekend, and christmas wrapping paper in next also. Methinks 'out of season' will be coming to an end soon!

otnomart

DvB wrote: »

Methinks 'out of season' will be coming to an end soon!

Methinks so, too !

Jude13

What's the end date for out of season?

TRS30

Jude13 wrote: »

What's the end date for out of season?

2nd Jan

Loughc

Jude13 wrote: »

What's the end date for out of season?

I'm guessing officially it's November 1st. I like to think of the season is when it's socially acceptable outside of here to talk about Christmas :pac:

Loughc

I need this.

freshpopcorn

I hope it's gingerbread with a bite!

My favorite bakery for gingerbread men/tree's closed a weekends ago!

xeresod

Lidl in Virginia have their Christmas goodies in store - panettone, biscuits, sweets, chocolates and a loads of lebkuchen including a tin that's also a wind up music box.

miamee

Someone ahead of me was buying a Panettone in my local Lidl yesterday I think all of the Lidls have some Christmas stock now.

chuckles30

Yep - Lidl in Shannon had all that stuff last week too

Toto Wolfcastle

Scott Mills just played his first Christmas song of the year! Mariah!

Loughc

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Scott Mills just played his first Christmas song of the year! Mariah!

Love it. I bet that angered twitter haha.

TRS30

Loughc wrote: »

Love it. I bet that angered twitter haha.

Queue more irrational moaning. I was forced to listen to it, forced to I tell you......... :rolleyes:

Toto Wolfcastle

I think it was all down to listener demand to be honest. He always plays the first Christmas song at this time of year and people seem into it.

TRS30

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

I think it was all down to listener demand to be honest. He always plays the first Christmas song at this time of year and people seem into it.

Good to the hear we are not alone

otnomart

"Mansfield's (in Nottinghamshire) festive lights are already hanging above one of the town centre's shopping streets.
Every year the council begins hanging its lights up at the end of September to ensure they are ready for when the festive season is underway.
Apart from some tests, the lights will not be turned on until mid-November "

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/christmas-lights-already-gone-up-3363464

Posy

This is the time of year wires and cabling start to appear.

Toto Wolfcastle

Penneys is smashing it this year with Christmas jumpers in the shops already. And L’Occitane has advent calendars.