November too early

Maggiemaybe

Chocolatelovinggran

Hmm - tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent has begun, so nothing to do with December being the start - that's for Advent calendars: just saying....

The first Sunday of Advent is next Sunday, 3rd December.

A day to light a candle of hope.

Hope, Peace, Joy, Love - the four Sundays of Advent.

There have been several Christmas films on TV already .....

Though it makes sense if you’re having a reverse advent collection to bring it forward, so there’s chance to give the donations out before Christmas.

Chocolatelovinggran

Golly - you're right Maggiemaybe. Our church has started it's reverse advent a week early. Dare I tell the minister this morning?

Oh dear, Chocolatelovinggran. Your services are going to be a bit out of sync!

I put mine up on Advent Sunday, usually. I used to do it later but I tend to take them down before New Year, so I now do it a bit earlier to enjoy them a bit longer.

Week before Christmas Day is fine for me and down the week after

We put up our outdoor lights last weekend, taking advantage of a dry,non-windy day. We have decorated outside for many years, and have it down to a fine art! They are switched on on December 1st.
We have a detached cottage, and put icicle lights ( plain white ), all around the low roof line, then add coloured lights over the bay window. It does look very pretty, and I love to watch people smile as they go past.
One neighbour says she knows Christmas is here when our lights are switched on!
The inside decorations will come out this week, and I aim to have it all done in 2 weeks, including the two trees. Unfortunately I no longer have the energy to do it all in 1 week, so do a bit at a time. The decorations stay up till 6th January.
We have a magnolia outside the front door which has lights all year round. It really brightens up our corner. We add coloured lights for Christmas.
I love Christmas!

Golly - you're right Maggiemaybe. Our church has started it's reverse advent a week early. Dare I tell the minister this morning?

When our children were young nothing went up before the week with the 15th Dec in it.
It was long enough for them to be excited.
Then it might go to the weekend before.
Since my H died it starts when family decide they have time to come and do it.
I have been out for a meal tonight and our municipal tree was installed and lit in our local park and it looked lovely.

Our outside lights have been put up today as it's our last free weekend before Christmas! They're not switched on yet though.

Chocolatelovinggran

Hmm - tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent has begun, so nothing to do with December being the start - that's for Advent calendars: just saying....

The first Sunday of Advent is next Sunday, 3rd December.

My birthday is December 6th and I don’t like decorations up before then. We usually put them up the following weekend - l would happily wait another week but am overruled by the rest of the family. I have been writing cards today, earlier than usual, because we have recently moved house and I am including our new address in many of them. Our oldest son is autistic and lives in a flat by himself. He has had two trees with lights and no other decorations since the beginning of November. It is common for autistic people to like and be comforted by lights and it is a dismal time of year, after all.

We’ve put ours up today, and it makes the place look lovely! Whether it all stays up with the cats around is another matter…

Hmm - tomorrow is the first Sunday of Advent. Advent has begun, so nothing to do with December being the start - that's for Advent calendars: just saying....

I love Christmas but would rather it didn’t start so early. Our local Christmas markets, complete with carol singers, have been on last weekend and this - I’d rather have had them to look forward to in December. DDIL suggested going to a local Christmas parade last week and got a scathing “No, because it’s still November” from DGS, aged 10.

Lights are different, imho. I’m happy for them to cheer up the dark nights. Our tree won’t be going up before mid-December though, and will stay up till Twelfth Night.

I’ve heard “In the bleak midwinter “on classic FM at least twice in two days.

GrannyRose15

Certainly shouldn’t be putting up decorations before the start of Advent. And I do wish we didn’t have to listen to Christmas music for most of November. By the time Christmas actually arrived I’m sick of carols.

Where have you been hearing carols before December? I heard just one the other day on Classic, but that’s been it so far. (I do mean carols, not ‘Christmas songs’.)

I like seeing other people’s but ours (real) won’t go up until some time in December. Might even be the 8th this year, v early for us, since Gdcs are probably coming for the weekend of 9/10th. But not expecting any guests after that - going to DD’s for 24th-26th.

The same here-love Spring.

Our outside lights will be on at the beginning of December but the tree only goes up a week before Christmas and comes down at epiphany.

Certainly shouldn’t be putting up decorations before the start of Advent. And I do wish we didn’t have to listen to Christmas music for most of November. By the time Christmas actually arrived I’m sick of carols.

Urmstongran

Our grandchildren are decorating their pre-lit tree as I write. It’s winter, the pretty lights cheer up their huge family room making it magical and cosy. The kids love it, their mum does because there are no shedding pine needles (as in previous years) and their dad is happy not having to trundle the twiggy remains to the council tip in January.

I’ve been sent photos and it looks wonderful!

Sparkly lights do look warm and lovely in dreary winter.

We begin stringing thousands of outdoor tree lights after right after 11 November. Have done for years and years, old lights now being replaced by smaller sparkly lights. All the trees behind our home - pretty. Father Christmas lives happily in our back garden full of lights and little children.

We put up an indoor live tree just before Christmas, decorations and lights. Decorations and lights are put away after Epiphany. Christmas and Advent are about Church holidays, for us.

Our grandchildren are decorating their pre-lit tree as I write. It’s winter, the pretty lights cheer up their huge family room making it magical and cosy. The kids love it, their mum does because there are no shedding pine needles (as in previous years) and their dad is happy not having to trundle the twiggy remains to the council tip in January.

I’ve been sent photos and it looks wonderful!

Where I live we had lots of decorated houses and parties for Diwali a week or so ago and I guess all our cultures and traditions are just merging and people will do as they like wrt the light decorations and Christmas

I tend to wait until December but I’m going to get the real tree tomorrow and leave it outside as they run out really quickly where I get it from

Don’t care what other people do fwiw 😂

MissChateline

My Christmas twig goes up on Xmas Eve and comes down on Boxing Day. That’s long enough for this consumerist shenanigans.

Only consumerist shenanigans, as you say, if you let it be so.

Fleurpepper

Far too early- DEcember is the month and not a day before. I am not religious, but it starts with Advent.

Absolutely agree.