When should the shops start decorating for Christmas

February

Deleted User wrote: »

1st of December.

I agree with this.

However its not going to happen. Too much money in the christmas business.

Shops in generally pay very high rents and rates and they need to make a profit amf seeing that Christmas is generally the busiest times in retail they need to cash in on it.
People always whinge when they see a tin of sweets out in September but they never moan about the shops recruit for seasonal staff from at the same time.
Brown Thomas and a lot of retailers generally pay large amounts of money to have their windows dressed and stock layed out during the year and it does have to be profitable and doing a Halloween window just wouldn't make sense financial sense.
They also need to use the seasonal floor space to the best and once the summer stock ends they've have to fill it with something!

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote:

Never, if I had my way. Hate the thing with a vengeance

If you had your way, I'd hate you with a vengeance

As soon as Halloween is over, fair game after that I say.

Early November is fine.. I don't get excited for christmas until early december so don't really take much notice of the decorations in november tbh

Well the council have already put the Christmas light things across from each building on Talbot Street. They're not switched on but are there.

Apologies for the American answer, but not until after Thanksgiving. The first sight of Santa Claus should come at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and no sooner. At least, according to my mother. She'll still try and cover my eyes so I don't see Christmas decorations in the shops if it's before Thanksgiving and I'm 35 years old.

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Shops in generally pay very high rents and rates and they need to make a profit amf seeing that Christmas is generally the busiest times in retail they need to cash in on it.
People always whinge when they see a tin of sweets out in September but they never moan about the shops recruit for seasonal staff from at the same time.
Brown Thomas and a lot of retailers generally pay large amounts of money to have their windows dressed and stock layed out during the year and it does have to be profitable and doing a Halloween window just wouldn't make sense financial sense.
They also need to use the seasonal floor space to the best and once the summer stock ends they've have to fill it with something!

Blah blah blah, they'll start the sales before Christmas. They should wait till 1st December