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One my way home this evening, I passed about twenty houses whose Christmas lights and decorations were up already! Some of these houses had their decorations up since mid October. This begs a question.... WHY? It's not Christmas yet! It's not even December. Why don't Argos and those other town centre shops that start commercialising Christmas in September take their tinsel and stick it? I hate this! Don't you all know what time of year it is? Don't the rest of us have rights not to have to put up with all this crap? Yeh by all means put your cheap decorations up at Christmas and not now! *Grumble* And they're always rubbish decorations too! Inflatable santas and flourescant snowman and other assorted crap.
I apologise for this rant...

You should steal the snowmen and hide them somewhere. People need to wait until at least the night after Thanksgiving to think about Christmas.

Commericialism, my friend. Corporations push Christmas time further and further ahead. People see Christmas junk in Wal-Mart, they think, "Gee, I guess Christmas is coming up apparently. I'll buy some of this neat stuff and put it on my lawn." We're gonna be having Christmas in July before you know it.

Don't some places have St. Nicholas' Day instead of Christmas Day for the gifts and such? Dec 6th?

This is Thanksgiving month, aka Christmas: Part I.

We're gonna be having Christmas in July before you know it.
I think there was a furniture store in Ohio that had a "Christmas in July" sale. I have never felt a stronger desire to punch the owner of a furniture sales company during the summer before or since.

You should steal the snowmen and hide them somewhere. People need to wait until at least the night after Tanksgiving to think about Christmas.

We could put them in amusing and highly amoral poses?

I saw advent calenders on sale in morrissons in september. I hate Christmas. It's just so forced and fake. I only ask for socks for Christmas. I always get socks. I'm never disappointed.

Yah, they started running the Christmas commercials right after Halloween here.

This is Thanksgiving month, aka Christmas: Part I.
Oh yes... so it is. We don't celebrate it ....

As a practical matter, some of the folks in my neighborhood have already wound lights into their shrubs because if we get a ton of snow, as is likely, it will be impossible to do it when December 1 comes around.

That said, they aren't actually turned on yet. If they get turned on before Thanksgiving -- at the very earliest -- I'm going to have to rethink my position on vandalism.

I saw advent calenders on sale in morrissons in september. I hate Christmas. It's just so forced and fake. I only ask for socks for Christmas. I always get socks. I'm never disappointed.

Well I hate morrisons. Shitty shitty morrisons with their disturbing lack of pizzas...

We could put them in amusing and highly amoral poses?
Yes, that would work well, but you have to watch in case the tricky buggers buy replacement snowmen because then you'd have to steal those too. At some point around Christmas you should return all of the snowmen you stole, and then pose them, of course.

Thanksgiving and later is fine. I saw my first Christmas ad of the year on 1 November...that's ridiculous.

I'm not a Christian and thus don't celebrate the holiday, but I love watching Christmastime cartoons. My favourite is A Charlie Brown Christmas, and Linus' speech about the true meaning of Christmas is by far the biggest highlight of any animated media ever.

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
It's amazing how something so innocent as a Christmas cartoon can yield so much intelligence.

Don't some places have St. Nicholas' Day instead of Christmas Day for the gifts and such? Dec 6th?Decembers 5th.
And sometimes they also have christmas. Thanks to US influence.
Double presents for the kids, w00t :p

actually, it might be 6th in Belgium. it's 5th in the Netherlands

I saw advent calenders on sale in morrissons in september. I hate Christmas. It's just so forced and fake. I only ask for socks for Christmas. I always get socks. I'm never disappointed.

Come to our house and party. It's not forced or fake. You won't get any socks, either.

Yes, that would work well, but you have to watch in case the tricky buggers buy replacement snowmen because then you'd have to steal those too. At some point around Christmas you should return all of the snowmen you stole, and then pose them, of course.

I think I get what you're saying... torch their houses and disfigure their children!

Linus's blanket teaches him the deep meanings of the universe. Every time Charlie Brown is moping around at that wall which belongs nowhere, Linus comes up and explains the entire problem in a single sentence.

Decembers 5th.
And sometimes they also have christmas. Thanks to US influence.
Double presents for the kids, w00t :p

actually, it might be 6th in Belgium. it's 5th in the Netherlands

Yes thats true. In Spain they give presents out at Ephiphany.

I think I get what you're saying... torch their houses and disfigure their children!
Indeed, you have learned well my young apprentice. Soon you may join* me on the Dark Side.

*Spiritually join me, obviously, I'm not about to pay for your plane ticket over here.

Indeed, you have learned well my young apprentice. Soon you may join* me on the Dark Side.

*Spiritually join me, obviously, I'm not about to pay for your plane ticket over here.

*grumbles*miserable stingy dark lords.....

I am guilty of the early Christmas thing, after Black Friday it is a Christmas free for all at my house. :D

My parents used to put our lights up in the early fall while the weather was nice, but we wouldn't turn them on until after black friday, and we never did the cheezy snowman stuff.

I am trying to de-commercialize Christmas at my house this year, as a Christian it is bothering me that my 4 year old keeps calling it "Santa Time" :mad:

I am guilty of the early Christmas thing, after Black Friday it is a Christmas free for all at my house. :D

My parents used to put our lights up in the early fall while the weather was nice, but we wouldn't turn them on until after black friday, and we never did the cheezy snowman stuff.

I am trying to de-commercialize Christmas at my house this year, as a Christian it is bothering me that my 4 year old keeps calling it "Santa Time" :mad:

For shame. "Santa Time?" .... Maybe we should call easter "crucifixion time." I feel a letter to the pope coming on...

One my way home this evening, I passed about twenty houses whose Christmas lights and decorations were up already! Some of these houses had their decorations up since mid October. This begs a question.... WHY? It's not Christmas yet! It's not even December. Why don't Argos and those other town centre shops that start commercialising Christmas in September take their tinsel and stick it? I hate this! Don't you all know what time of year it is? Don't the rest of us have rights not to have to put up with all this crap? Yeh by all means put your cheap decorations up at Christmas and not now! *Grumble* And they're always rubbish decorations too! Inflatable santas and flourescant snowman and other assorted crap.
I apologise for this rant...
I can't say this for certain, but I suspect those are the people who would love to see Christmas all year. Gotta admit that some folks get a large charge out of the whole "peace and goodwill" thing. :)

For shame. "Santa Time?" .... Maybe we should call easter "crucifixion time." I feel a letter to the pope coming on...
My inlaws did it. I am trying to undo it. I didn't want to do the Santa thing at all, something about outright lying to my kids bothers me, my husband and I have decided to phase him out.

My inlaws did it. I am trying to undo it. I didn't want to do the Santa thing at all, something about outright lying to my kids bothers me, my husband and I have decided to phase him out.
Fair enough. I don't like him much either, glaring out in giant inflatable foam over our local town hall. Our attempts to have it taken down in the interests of good taste have been trodden on...

My inlaws did it. I am trying to undo it. I didn't want to do the Santa thing at all, something about outright lying to my kids bothers me, my husband and I have decided to phase him out.
My ex and I agreed [ shocked look ] to not promote the whole "Santa" thing to our kids. If they decided to "believe" in Santa, that was their own decision, and we neither advocated them doing so, nor dissuaded them from the notion. Eventually all of them decided that Santa was just a nice story and nothing more. :)

My ex and I agreed [ shocked look ] to not promote the whole "Santa" thing to our kids. If they decided to "believe" in Santa, that was their own decision, and we neither advocated them doing so, nor dissuaded them from the notion. Eventually all of them decided that Santa was just a nice story and nothing more. :)

I told my much younger brother that Santa was a fat and evil doll who murders small children with suffocation, by blocking their airways with pieces of coal. I do feel quite ashamed that I spoilt his childhood...

I told my much younger brother that Santa was a fat and evil doll who murders small children with suffocation, by blocking their airways with pieces of coal.
and if phasing him out doesn't work I will keep that in mind, and maybe point out that Santa is just satan with mixed up letters









(just kidding, I wouldn't knowingly traumatize my kids, they go through enough trauma just having parents anyway)

I told my much younger brother that Santa was a fat and evil doll who murders small children with suffocation, by blocking their airways with pieces of coal. I do feel quite ashamed that I spoilt his childhood...
LOL! You're evil, evil I say! :D

LOL! You're evil, evil I say! :D

No Im not! I just.... erm..... um... *runs*