I don’t even own one!
Sorry. With nothing else to do. Ours is up.
Normally reserved for the 1st December.
However… We’ve cancelled holidays, missed important family events, said goodbye to loved ones on Skype, and risked losing jobs. My girls, my Wife and soon myself have had our birthdays in lockdown… If sticking some tatty tinsel and fairy lights up is what we’ve done to try to lift spirits, so be it.
But… I draw the line at uploading my Christmas tree to SM.
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Mine too, usually goes up on the weekend of 1st December but I’m working nights the next 2 weeks so Mrs @daws1159 informed me we were doing it today.
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You guys all put it up far too early normally. 24th is when you would put the decorations up ready to start the 12 days. Mind you I’ve had to compromise with the wife and we normally do it around the 15th
Advent Calendar starts on the 1st December so that’s when it goes up!
That’s the other thing that annoys me. Advent rarely ever starts on the 1st.
But I’m just a massive Grinch that hates everything to do with the capitalist love fest that Christmas has become. I know I’m in a minority though and try to hide my feelings for the kids’ sake.
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I don’t.
If we had kids they would know the truth about santa from day one
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I’m all for the capitalist love of Christmas.
I would do a shameless plug for my business here selling Christmas items… but I like saying what I think.
We’re Festivus celebrators around my parts.
Amen, Mince Pies, Mulled Wine, pots of Twiglets and Cheeseboards with every meal.
What’s not to love?
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Sadly I heard Buble today… whilst it did bring a smile to my face, it does mean Christmas has officially started in the household.
We don’t do a tree or decorations. Don’t celebrate Xmas think it’s over rated
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Advent starts on the Sunday closest to December 1st.
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Miserable sod.
We managed to keep it going until our youngest got to 10, by which time it was getting hard to make the older 2 keep quiet. Although we did and still do a bar of chocolate or similar from Father Christmas.
We’re looking forward to grandchildren so we can get the magic that is what Christmas should be about. Our daughters do something together on December 22nd/23rd, their boyfriends have never got it. it seems after their teeny Father Christmas pah, they went back. We reckon they’d do a grotto with their kids and surprise Santa when they sat on his lap. Mind you we didn’t do “Santa Grottos” as the gifts were crap.
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And proud.
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"Kettle, this is Pot, message over.
Pot, this is Kettle, send message over.
Kettle, this is Pot: You’re Black."
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Alex smashes children’s illusions…
Gather round kids…
Now you know santa…
Yes papa
Well.
Yes papa…
He is just a social construct, mainly built around the advertising campaign for a soft drinks company called cocacola. Therefore effectively a mechanism through which the capitalist pigs control our lives. Down with the pigs.
Oh thank you papa, before this we only had joy, now we have truth… down with the capitalist pigs
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Is Mrs Alex on board with this?
She doesn’t like kids… So this situation will never arise
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Exactly. But lazy advent calendar makers can’t be bothered to change it annually.