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I see there's a town in Holland called Assen which bans Christmas until December 6th.

http://www.stnicholascenter.org/galleries/events/405/4/

Could we all do our shopping in less than 3 weeks?

I'm wating for Asda to get the 1kg jars of pickles in.....only do them for Christmas.

I don't want them for Christmas,I want them to eat now, they're just cheaper than the regular sized jars!!!!

When we got married - August 25 years ago - the hotel we had booked for the reception were in the middle of a series of "themed" weeks.

The theme for the week of our reception was Christmas. The room we had booked for our reception was superbly festooned with decorations and complete with a magnificent Christmas tree. The staff asked if we wanted them removed for our event - not a bit, we replied, would give a talking point. It certainly was. 25 years on people who attended say "oh yes, you got married at Christmas, didn't you?"

Not sure what our response to the hotel would have been if we had been married the week before - it was Mexican week!

And yes, I bought my cards and crackers in the sale just after last Christmas, and have bought the first Christmas present (a pair of socks embroidered with "stinky feet" - had to get those for my son and I mightn't see them again)

And yes

Quote: Originally posted by fran1000 on 08/9/2013

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When I'm in charge of the world and everything in it, it will be illegal to display any Christmas merchandise, marketing material, broadcast or publish Christmas-themed advertising or have Christmas decorations up before 1st December.

It goes on too damn long, and makes it boring when it should be fun.

I'd have similar rules for Easter, hallowe'en, Nov 5th and lots of other events that get hijacked by commercialism.

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Quote: Originally posted by Janx on 10/9/2013

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At first when I see all these things on sale I panic and then think to myself....get a grip....I only have about four or five people to buy presents for and I usually buy online anyway.

For a couple of years our family made Xmas cards for each other, it was great they were so different, my son (33) still does, he and his girlfriend make most of their presents too.

I wish people would think about the things that really matter in life instead of being swept into this 'material madness' that seems to be the way now.

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