Holiday Decorum

[Relique du Madde]

If I had my way and wasn't living at home (cause of my serious lack of funds) I'd start decorating while I'm setting up for Halloween and would have a Nightmare Before Christmas look.

 

[delericho]

Heck, some of our stores started stocking and selling holiday decorations right after Halloween.

You're lucky. In Scotland, the supermarkets had their Christmas decorations up in mid-October. Before we had even reached November, I was already sick of hearing about Christmas.

I think the UK needs to steal Thanksgiving. Hopefully, that would slow some of the stores down.

 

[Pbartender]

My wife works as the "Signing Specialist" at our local Target store... Essentially, she's solely in charge of putting up all the poster signs and decorations you see hanging around the store.

Standard store policy now is that all the winter-season decorations have to be up by the weekend after Halloween. The artificial Christmas tree and decorations display goes up the week before Thanksgiving.

 

[jaerdaph]

Heck, some of our stores started stocking and selling holiday decorations right after Halloween.

Sadly, that's not new, but it's still overkill. I think it comercializes Christmas more and more and makes it easier for the true meaning to get lost for people.

I think the commercial Christmas season shouldn't be allowed to start until Santa gets his fat butt onto his float at the Macy's Day parade.

But the true spirit of Christmas should live in our hearts each and every day.

Sorry if that sounds kinda sappy.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Sadly, that's not new, but it's still overkill. I think it comercializes Christmas more and more and makes it easier for the true meaning to get lost for people.

I think the commercial Christmas season shouldn't be allowed to start until Santa gets his fat butt onto his float at the Macy's Day parade.

But the true spirit of Christmas should live in our hearts each and every day.

Sorry if that sounds kinda sappy.

*hork*

I completely agree. Except for the float... but that's your standard upstate New York anti-NYC thing.

 

[hafrogman]

My mom in law is a seasonal decorator, and some wintery stuff comes out in november*

*of course since it snowed today, it's hard to criticize that.

There we go, no Winter decorations until it snows. I like this rule.

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See you next ice age?

 

[Huw]

I think the UK needs to steal Thanksgiving. Hopefully, that would slow some of the stores down.

Wouldn't work. Halloween and Bonfire Night have already merged into one 5 day event which seems to be called "setting off fireworks all night". Adding another event in November would just extend it further.

Besides, it wouldn't feel right eating a turkey in November

 

[jaerdaph]

I completely agree. Except for the float... but that's your standard upstate New York anti-NYC thing.

My parents live in upstate New York now. I find it funny how they've adapted that philosophy now too.

Perhaps Christmas shouldn't begin then until some Wal-Mart greeter says "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" and Hannity proclaims they've declared war on Christmas again?

 

[JediSoth]

I have managed to resist decorating before certain dates. For Christmas, I don't start until the day after Thanksgiving. If I decorate the outside of my house, I will light the decorations from the day I decorate (ALWAYS after Thanksgiving) until New Year's. I'll then take the outdoor decorations up once the weather is reasonably decent after New Year's (i.e., not snowing, or dangerously cold, etc). The indoor decorations I leave up until the epiphany, then I take them down as soon as I'm able.

JediSoth

 

[Relique du Madde]

There we go, no Winter decorations until it snows. I like this rule.

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See you next ice age?

How long would the decorations be up if there was a freak snow fall?