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Christmas out of season 2019
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Runs off to the weather forum to see if the Annual White Christmas thread is live yet... :pac:
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058007595
The winter thread is, always a good read if you're a weather fan...
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Three things:
1. A month ago, my friends' children found that their elves on the shelves had mysteriously returned and were hiding at the bottom of their mother's wardrobe. They were told that Santa made them come back to make sure the kids were still behaving, because he had heard some unpleasant reports and he wanted to investigate.
2. I was in a café at lunchtime today, and they had a rake of Christmas decorations up (garlands made with pine cones with snow, fake fir, fake red berries, fake holly, fake snow frosting and even gold bits). When asked, they said they're up all year and they most definitely weren't Christmas decorations. Yeah, right. :rolleyes:
3. Apparently Tubbercurry will be covered in Christmas decorations very shortly, as they're going back to film another bit of "Normal People". I don't know what the heck they're gonna do with all the leaves in the trees, but I sincerely hope they'll be removed "photoshoply" and not stripped.0 -
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DelBoy Trotter wrote: »The Christmas thread in AH has made me realise it's time to follow the Christmas forum again.....so hi everyone
He who dares wins Del Boy.... He who dares!! :pac:
And welcome
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Littlehorny wrote: »I live in Ashbourne too washiskin, Happy Christmas
Get in quick so, before I have them all bought!
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Its really starting in earnest now. Seeing/hearing Christmas related things on a regular bases now.
When does the 'out of season' period end (for regular folk, not us Christmas junkies!)?
I think the social media age, made it acceptable to celebrate Christmas Season from Nov 1st to Dec 26th. It dies a death very quickly after Dec 26th tho
So I do feel even for the normies that Nov 1st we are no longer out of season.0 -
It dies a death very quickly after Dec 26th tho
This bugs me so much! I asked my sister in law once on Dec 27th if her kids would like water or cordial and she replied "water, Christmas is over" :eek::eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::mad:
What's wrong with hanging on until Jan 2nd at least? I literally cling to it with all my might!0 -
I think the social media age, made it acceptable to celebrate Christmas Season from Nov 1st to Dec 26th. It dies a death very quickly after Dec 26th tho
So I do feel even for the normies that Nov 1st we are no longer out of season.
True, I hate the way Christmas is 'over' after St.Stephen's day and its all about New Years. Maybe I'm just bias as New Years is not a big deal for me.0 -
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CheerLouth wrote: »This bugs me so much! I asked my sister in law once on Dec 27th if her kids would like water or cordial and she replied "water, Christmas is over" :eek::eek::eek::eek::mad::mad::mad:
What's wrong with hanging on until Jan 2nd at least? I literally cling to it with all my might!
Here. Here. Lets start a petition to keep Christmas till at least 2nd Jan 0 -
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Always a bug bear of mine that Christmas nowadays appears to end at the stroke of midnight on the 25th. Even the crimbo music on the radio stops & we're back into regular stuff. Always loved as a child & growing up how the christmas 'event' lasted up at least until new years day/Jan 2nd. Nowadays it seems to start earlier & end earlier too, theres definitely been a 'shifting' of sorts.
I think it's because it starts earlier that people are keen to see it end asap.
Pretty sure Christmas didn't really get started until around the 3rd week in November when I was a child and we were not allowed to go into Navan on shopping day from the start of November until Christmas Eve in case we asked Santy for something different to what we had on the list.
Also, I saw the Christmas at Centre Parcs ad last night. It looks magical, if the ad is to be believed. Small print said children from €18 iirc but I presume that's to see Santy only. I suppose it would be a nice, but not necessarily cheaper, alternative to Lapland.0 -
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I think it's because it starts earlier that people are keen to see it end asap.
Pretty sure Christmas didn't really get started until around the 3rd week in November when I was a child and we were not allowed to go into Navan on shopping day from the start of November until Christmas Eve in case we asked Santy for something different to what we had on the list.
Also, I saw the Christmas at Centre Parcs ad last night. It looks magical, if the ad is to be believed. Small print said children from €18 iirc but I presume that's to see Santy only. I suppose it would be a nice, but not necessarily cheaper, alternative to Lapland.
I'd agree with this, when the advertising etc starts so early some people are keen to see the back of it. It ruins it for some that it is so drawn out over the year. Not for anyone in here obviously :pac: but I can understand that it dilutes the whole occasion for some people.
I'm pretty sure we only ever got a tree (real) a week before Christmas and one year when my dad was very busy with work* we didn't get a tree until Christmas Eve :eek:
*I think they just didn't have very much money to spare and he could get it at a discount on Christmas Eve.0 -
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For me, it's over December 30th, when I have to go back to work. And there's silence instead of Christmas FM on my commute.
But, the decorations stay up until 6th January- I'm not mad, like! :pac:
Depending on how annual leave pans outs, I'm going to try and stretch it this year till 5th Jan. The later you go the sooner it is till the following Christmas 0 -
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For me, it's over December 30th, when I have to go back to work. And there's silence instead of Christmas FM on my commute.
But, the decorations stay up until 6th January- I'm not mad, like! :pac:
New Years Day is the end for us, usually because we're back in work the next day. Hard to keep the jovial feeling when back in work in miserable January.
I (like everyone else in here) enjoy the build up immensely, especially so from Nov.1st when the adverts start, decorations up the toy show weekend & we're off, but we havent ever kept the decorations up until the 6th Jan, just cant face having them up when back in work.
edit. Just copped I'll not be heading back to work until the 6th, am taking 2 full weeks off (I did the same last year & loved the extra long break). The Mrs is back on the 2nd though so the tree & decorations will still come down as usual on NYD or I'll take them down with the kids on the 2nd Jan"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens
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New Years Day is the end for us, usually because we're back in work the next day. Hard to keep the jovial feeling when back in work in miserable January.
I (like everyone else in here) enjoy the build up immensely, especially so from Nov.1st when the adverts start, decorations up the toy show weekend & we're off, but we havent ever kept the decorations up until the 6th Jan, just cant face having them up when back in work.
I'm the opposite I'm back to work on the 2nd which is a Thursday I love leaving the decorations up, it gives me some cheer for when I'm coming home from work in the evening. It helps beat the miserable January feeling for as long as possible.
I'll take then down the 5th that Sunday as there's no way I could face into it on a Monday evening after work and a full week of work ahead!! 0 -
I'll take then down the 5th that Sunday as there's no way I could face into it on a Monday evening after work and a full week of work ahead!!
I can see your point on leaving them up and wish I could take the same level of enjoyment from them that first few days of January, but I find the best way to help avoid my post christmas blues is to throw myself into accepting that christmas is over for another few months & just look ahead with as as positive an outlook as I can. The fact my Mrs prefers to get them down & give the house a good clean to start off the new year doesnt help either:)
Anyway, enough chat about it being over, we've still all the build up to come yet!!;)"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year" - Charles Dickens
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