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It always bewilders me how people feel the need to celebrate Christmas for over a month. They put the decorations up in November, take them down as late as February in some cases. Sometimes they get left up all year round.
WHY?
There is absolutely no need. Do we celebrate Halloween from September to December? No. I saw some public decorations up on about the 20th of November this year, and though "Jeez...what's the need?" - I got home and lo and behold, my next door neighbour had lights on one of their garden trees.
I think decorations should only be allowed at maximum a fortnight before and a fortnight after (still totalling a month, remember), because there's just no point to having them up longer. Christmas is one day. As far as I'm concerned, the world would be a better place if people asked themselves "Why?" a lot more often.
WHY?
There is absolutely no need. Do we celebrate Halloween from September to December? No. I saw some public decorations up on about the 20th of November this year, and though "Jeez...what's the need?" - I got home and lo and behold, my next door neighbour had lights on one of their garden trees.
I think decorations should only be allowed at maximum a fortnight before and a fortnight after (still totalling a month, remember), because there's just no point to having them up longer. Christmas is one day. As far as I'm concerned, the world would be a better place if people asked themselves "Why?" a lot more often.
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Well i dunno, what happened
G®åpô²ºº² wrote:
> mine just went up, i was talking to a 14 yr old
i don't get it. explain
> mine just went up, i was talking to a 14 yr old
i don't get it. explain
SHEEPY wrote:
> When I was on holiday in Spain in July they had Christmas music on in
> a shop... beat that.
>
> Messed my head up it did
Maybe they didn't know they were Christmas songs? They are Spanish, after all.
There's a house I see on the way to town that has stupidly garish decorations every year. Masses of them. You can't see any brickwork, windows or roof. And recently there's been a house near it that looks as if it's trying to compete, but it isn't quite as 'good' yet.
> When I was on holiday in Spain in July they had Christmas music on in
> a shop... beat that.
>
> Messed my head up it did
Maybe they didn't know they were Christmas songs? They are Spanish, after all.
There's a house I see on the way to town that has stupidly garish decorations every year. Masses of them. You can't see any brickwork, windows or roof. And recently there's been a house near it that looks as if it's trying to compete, but it isn't quite as 'good' yet.
mine just went up, i was talking to a 14 yr old
true story
our one went up friday
Nobody in my street bothers with stuff outside the house, except maybe a picture of Santa or something in their front room window
Our tree is up!
Bloody people across the road, they have lights in their car for crying out loud. And a big, scary flashing Santa.
No, not that kind of flashing.
Bloody people across the road, they have lights in their car for crying out loud. And a big, scary flashing Santa.
No, not that kind of flashing.
We put ours up today, we don't bother with much inside the house though.
And what we do put outside, we like to make it a bit of fun. We made our own decoration instead of going out and buying some cheap plastic rubbish. It also means it's a new challenge to add something else to it every year. This year was loads of super bright LEDs in the middle of the tree. All the lights flash using code we made ourselves too. It evolved from one simple star :-)
http://www.toms.area.btinternet.co.uk/Front.jpg
It's so much better if you make it yourself too, the fun is in making it really.
Wonder what we'll add next year :-)
And what we do put outside, we like to make it a bit of fun. We made our own decoration instead of going out and buying some cheap plastic rubbish. It also means it's a new challenge to add something else to it every year. This year was loads of super bright LEDs in the middle of the tree. All the lights flash using code we made ourselves too. It evolved from one simple star :-)
http://www.toms.area.btinternet.co.uk/Front.jpg
It's so much better if you make it yourself too, the fun is in making it really.
Wonder what we'll add next year :-)
My dad's putting ours up as I spe- ... um, type
Don't know why, I stopped caring about Christmas eons ago, and I'm the youngest in the house!
We stopped getting real Christmas trees recently too, they're too much hassle. I wouldn't bother getting anything at all, not even a fake one, but hey, I'm just a good ol' Scrooge at heart
Don't know why, I stopped caring about Christmas eons ago, and I'm the youngest in the house!
We stopped getting real Christmas trees recently too, they're too much hassle. I wouldn't bother getting anything at all, not even a fake one, but hey, I'm just a good ol' Scrooge at heart
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