Why talk about xmas in September!

I shouldn't look at this thread, it’s making me crave Christmas pud and cream.??

Baileys!

Jaxjacky

Never succumbed to the ‘perfect’ Christmas, why would you. But I do plan ahead and buy bits weekly from now on, I’ll probably get Advent calendars in the next couple of weeks, quality street box bought along with some cranberry sauce and wine box. The night before Christmas book will be found in its storage box.
I love Christmas, always have done, anticipation is nearly as good as the event.

ut so many do succumb, often getting themselves into massive debt on the process.
People, especially young people, can't help but be affected by their external environment, aggressive marketing etc which can gradually chip away at the tone of an occasion and end up changing it totally.

It's our British media once again hyping things up causing chaos prone example is the fuel situation this is all media lead my husband is s hgv driver there has always been a shortage of hgv drivers due to the low pay and poor working conditions if the media had not been involved this whole mess would never had happened

Don't worry about it, it'll soon be Easter eggs!

Some people love it but have to budget it for it all year, no harm in talking about it whenever they want to. If you don't like it, just scroll on by, change the subject, walk away, change channel etc etc

Our Christmas is blissfully simple just us 2 and our dog. We put a tree up, have a good dinner, lots of yummy snacks, only do presents for the dog and I've wrapped most of those this morning. We love that it's quiet & simple and enjoy it all the more I think.

Have to admit with all the shortages, I'm thinking of making my christmas cakes, and puddings when I can get hold of the ingredients!

I agree with Witzend here. I don't mind the C word stuff in September I will watch the C films on TV all year.

I hate all the Brexit/Tories/Labour/Election in fact any politics posts and pages. As far as I am concerned all politicians are tarred with the same brush and they all shaft the hard working people who try to provide for themselves.

I have to think about it now to afford it tbh, a present a week into the Christmas Bag. Otherwise, I would be ill all Nov/Dec about costs

Our tesco has a Christmas aisle with the notice STOCK UP EARLY. An invite to panic buy.

I am fed up with it already. I wish I could hibernate until January....

It's not really September is it because next week we will be in October and that is when the weeks start to fly. I need to plan things and start thinking about what are my priority buys.
Tbh it is each to their own but my month of December puts me in my Christmas bubble and no one can burst that come what may I have my traditional Christmas and love everything about the season.

I have always started planning for Christmas early! When my children were young and the budget tight, I would start looking for stocking fillers in about July to spread the cost. Now, I love the Autumn season and for me early anticipation and planning for Christmas is part of the joy! It also gives me a head start and as I am by no means well off I can plan my budget and start the process of present and food buying etc. And it all brings me such happiness and something to look forward to. I realise there are many people who do not share my view- my mother was one of them, ‘just a DAY’ she used to say! My two younger children are ‘whatever, not YET’! However I am blessed in that my elder daughter is just the same as me; we can cosily talk Christmas in August! (She has four children so needs an early start!). My ex-husband used to scoff and moan at such things. Possibly that why he’s my ex-husband!

Bah! Humbug! I love Christmas and I start buying Christmas presents as soon as the January sales start….just 90 days to go!! Woohoo!!

Why talk about xmas on the Chat forum instead of the Christmas forum unless you want to draw attention to it.

A few years ago, l was walking by harrods on a hot September afternoon ,people were dressed in summer clothes, sandals, shorts,summer dresses. I saw an army of people putting up Christmas decorations, trees ,green swags,baubles covering the interior of the shop. I don't think there was one person who didn't throw their eyes up to heaven at the sight. Far too early.

I find if I start earlier just picking up bits and pieces then takes the stress off nearer the time. I always wanted sorted by December so then I can go to Christmas lunches, shows and markets and enjoy the run up to it without worrying about standing in queues and items maybe being out of stock. Give me standing in a Christmas market with a mulled wine in December to queuing in a mad busy shop any day.

Theoddbird

I am fed up with it already. I wish I could hibernate until January....

I’m with you on that…

We've just booked a hotel stay in Oxford near son's home. Booked Pantomine for Christmas Eve and pub lunch Christmas Day, all already getting booked up!
Also already shopped summer xmas clothes gifts for relatives in Australia as it will be 30/40° there. I love to be organised

For me (being a poor pensioner!) I often shop in September sales for Christmas presents. I've just bought a beautiful cashmere scarf for one of my DILs which was over a hundred reduced to fifteen. The trick is to buy classic colours and styles that could have been bought yesterday. I have an enormous under the bed storage basket I put all my prezzies in for wrapping when the tree's up. I'm also not above giving a piece of the lovely jewellery I inherited but never wear to someone special. If this makes me a weird Mrs. Scrooge type person, I don't care. I'd love to still have the money to go out two weeks before the big Dayand splash out on the people I love like I used to, but I can't.

Don't even mention the 'C' word to me!!! I've worked in shops at Christmas and I cannot understand people who shop right up to closing on Christmas Eve, buying any tat that's still on the shelves. One lady, paying for goods, opened her purse to reveal at least a dozen credit cards. Absolute Madness. It's no wonder we have young people who think everything revolves around them.

For me, starting to buy gifts in September is partly habit - begun when my brother and sisters all had children (I didn't) and they all lived in different geographical areas. I used to visit each one (brother, sister1, sister2, and close cousin) and needed each weekend in December to do that, since I was working!
The children are grown up now, some with children of their own - so I don't need to do that now.
However, we moved to the very North of Scotland this year, and all gifts will need to be posted.
I enjoy looking for gifts, even though, because of distance, I no longer see my siblings and their children in person - so no longer know what they like, want or need!
Still have happy memories of those December visits, meals with all the family and gifts exchanged. Now, I have to ask if gifts were safely received and liked, and this was the situation even before we moved.
Still, I love looking for and buying gifts, though the list will become smaller as even siblings grandchildren become grown up and married.

Bea65.
Blame the supermarkets who hardly give us breathing space between 'festivities' ie Halloween /Guy Fawkes /Christmas /New Year before it all starts again Now? [hmmn]where was I ?

It makes winter longer by talking about C in September. Leave it in November/ December where it belongs.