The Christmas Commercial Insanity Everyone's Lost Their Marbles Thread 2024

[Drago]

22nd October and I've spotted the first Christmas lights of the season in the next street

 

[Alex321]

I saw the first Christmas things in the shops at least a month ago.

But no houses with Christmas lights on yet. Most of the ones who would still have pumpkins or witches stuff up. Those will be switched out for Christmas stuff next week I expect.

 

[FrankCrank]

Some shopping malls here are now decked out, started about a week ago.

 

[fossyant]

22nd October and I've spotted the first Christmas lights of the season in the next street

Sure it's not Halloween. We've got two neighbours with stuff out since end September

 

[Drago]

I've been seeing halloween stuff fora good month, daft imported American rubbish that it is.

many moons ago walking the beat in a less than salubrious neighbourhood I once spotted christmas decorations on one house at the tail end of august.

 

[Beebo]

many moons ago walking the beat in a less than salubrious neighbourhood I once spotted christmas decorations on one house at the tail end of august.

A few houses never take them down.
They just don’t turn them on.

 

[stephec]

I saw the first Christmas things in the shops at least a month ago.

Spot on - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/i...alloween-stuff-for-sale-last-week-but.299114/

 

[oldwheels]

A local group have been advertising Hogmanay celebrations but since they are 21 miles away I am not going to look for decorations which is just an extension of Christmas stuff.
When I worked as a postman I had a half day off on Christmas day after doing my normal morning delivery.
How things change.

 

[Alex321]

A local group have been advertising Hogmanay celebrations but since they are 21 miles away I am not going to look for decorations which is just an extension of Christmas stuff.
When I worked as a postman I had a half day off on Christmas day after doing my normal morning delivery.
How things change.

I don't ever remember post being delivered on Christmas day, so that must have been a LONG time ago.

 

[T4tomo]

I don't ever remember post being delivered on Christmas day, so that must have been a LONG time ago.

mid 1800's I believe

 

[T4tomo]

I have various light in my garden all year round, but they aren't Christmas or any other festivity specific.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I'm sure as we were in Sheffield yesterday evening, I spotted 'tinsel from the ceiling' & a tree, in an office block we passed!!

 

[Beebo]

When I worked as a postman I had a half day off on Christmas day after doing my normal morning delivery.
How things change.

That’s almost Dickensian.
My mum was a midwife and always used to work, but babies don’t know what day it is.
No one needs post on Christmas Day.

 

[gbb]

It's almost like a disease (the desire to buy stuff for the kids)
We have already agreed, there are going to be far less presents for the two grand kids living with us (and the rest of them tbf). Why ?. Because there's a box of toys in the spare room we've all agreed needs going through and sorting out, there's probably 50% + of them that have had very little or no use, some have not even been opened since last Xmas (it's been a funny year for the girls, very disjointed so perhaps not surprising)

My wife is terrible for it, Temu et Al, a lot of it is just garbage.

And (imho) kids just don't play with stuff as much nowadays, it's like you get that immediate excitement and fun from a new toy...but it now fades very quickly.

 

[Drago]

When I worked as a postman I had a half day off on Christmas day after doing my normal morning delivery.
How things change.

Blimey, they were soft on you in your day.

In my day I still had to my my shift down the pit, then go back down a second time to dig out some more with which to cook my Christmas gruel.