Yes, it starts earlier every year, but I don't mind. Thanksgiving was never that big a deal to me or my family. Our big thing was Christmas. My Mom is obsessed with it--the food, the tree, the decorations--everything, which might be a bit strange, because we aren't religious. We just love it. I put my little tree---our first Christmas in our new house. I wanted to get everything done before Hubby's friends came over this weekend for Friendsgiving. Poor old fake tree is rather the worse for wear after all these years. Took me all day but I got it decorated. Didn't use garland or ribbon because I just didn't feel like it. Got the Doctor Who wreath on the door and the stockings up. Now I just need to figure out about putting some lights up in the yard or something. I would like to put lights on my house but hubby won't have it. So, show us your Christmas stuff! A tree, lights on your house, a wreath, whatever.
Started seeing Christmas decorations in stores before Halloween even. This is because we have our Thanksgiving in October, and therefore after Halloween, we don't have a buffer between that and Christmas.
In the retail world, it definitely started Nov. 1st. Thanksgiving doesn't mean anything in that respect and it doesn't take long to move out all the Halloween stuff.
That’s a great looking tree and I bet it’s cozy with the big light off. Nothing more Christmassy than multi coloured lights. My mum puts lights outside around the downstairs windows which doesn’t need a ladder but thankfully has never put lights on the roof eaves. I would be worried sick every year if they did that.
This could be one of the last Christmases with my father, so I intended to enjoy as much of it as possible.
I'd argue that Remembrance Day is the buffer. At least for some of us in Canada. There is some disagreement on the point.