Mundesley Village Norfolk, has had Christmas stuff in shops for a month already, Now is that sad or wot,, not counting Holt which has a Christmas shop all year,Honest
I deliver home shopping for Waitrose, and to-day I saw an advent calendar, tomorrow we're sending Christmas crackers out. I flppin' hate Christmas. Bah Humbug.
When I worked in the garden centre Christmas used to be spoiled for me, because the place was stuffed with xmas tat and artificial trees from September onwards. I used to escape outside at the back, where the plants had taken refuge, whenever I could...
I now have a 3-year-old granddaughter, who thinks the lighting and tat display is absolutely wonderful!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
There should be a rule.... When I was a child I used to hate the fact that in the first week of the summer holidays, shops had displays saying 'Back to School'. And now I think shops should keep from putting the stuff out till maybe the last week of November. Perhaps if consumers stopped buying the stuff early, they would stop displaying it. Our garden centre (much as I love it) had a tree advertising their Christmas dinners in September I think.
I've already done my Christmas shopping. All the ingredients for 3 large and one small Christmas cake, 2 medium pudding, several jars of mincemeatand including the essential bottle of brandy. I've also purchased the red wine for the gallon of Tomato soup I make, I roasted and froze the last of the tomato crop, the pint of cream will have to wait until later.
Have any of the grumblers about early Christmas stockists ever thought about it from some other peoples points of view? If you want to send cards or gifts long distance overseas by surface mail you've almost missed the boat - it needs to go out NOW!! Also, for many people there are only 2 more pay days between now and the holiday - buying a little each week may help those on a tight budget. Some firms will pay people their January wages before Christmas - just think what that does to new year and January? Not everyone can afford time or money to wait till December. Yes, there are times it drives some people mad, but for some the possibility of getting things sent at all is the difference between being able to send to say Australia by surface mail, and not being able to afford air mail - maybe think a little before sounding off?
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I'm not saying the C word until at least November.
I deliver home shopping for Waitrose, and to-day I saw an advent calendar, tomorrow we're sending Christmas crackers out. I flppin' hate Christmas. Bah Humbug.
Arghhh!!! Hate the C word, and far too early for it in the shops
Lets get Halloween over first at least LOL!
When I worked in the garden centre Christmas used to be spoiled for me, because the place was stuffed with xmas tat and artificial trees from September onwards. I used to escape outside at the back, where the plants had taken refuge, whenever I could...
I now have a 3-year-old granddaughter, who thinks the lighting and tat display is absolutely wonderful!
There should be a rule.... When I was a child I used to hate the fact that in the first week of the summer holidays, shops had displays saying 'Back to School'. And now I think shops should keep from putting the stuff out till maybe the last week of November. Perhaps if consumers stopped buying the stuff early, they would stop displaying it. Our garden centre (much as I love it) had a tree advertising their Christmas dinners in September I think.
A card shop in my town had Christmas cards in stock at the end of July! I'm not joking....
The large garden centres around here have had Christmas stock on sales since the end of August!! There really isn't much 'garden' about them.
I've already done my Christmas shopping
. All the ingredients for 3 large and one small Christmas cake, 2 medium pudding, several jars of mincemeatand including the essential bottle of brandy. I've also purchased the red wine for the gallon of Tomato soup I make, I roasted and froze the last of the tomato crop, the pint of cream will have to wait until later.
Have any of the grumblers about early Christmas stockists ever thought about it from some other peoples points of view? If you want to send cards or gifts long distance overseas by surface mail you've almost missed the boat - it needs to go out NOW!! Also, for many people there are only 2 more pay days between now and the holiday - buying a little each week may help those on a tight budget. Some firms will pay people their January wages before Christmas - just think what that does to new year and January? Not everyone can afford time or money to wait till December. Yes, there are times it drives some people mad, but for some the possibility of getting things sent at all is the difference between being able to send to say Australia by surface mail, and not being able to afford air mail - maybe think a little before sounding off?
I care no more about Christmas than I do about Yom Kippur or Ramadan, or Passover.