It`s to early for christmas.

[sharonr]

Whilst on holiday near Ayr in Scotland last week we went into a Doobies garden centre and they already have christmas cards and some decorations in stock
IT`S TOO EARLY!!!!!!!!
I want to get the summer holidays over with before I even think of the dreaded C word.
Also QVC the shopping channel have already had a weekend of christmas stuff on.
Why do they have start selling stuff so early, we`ll soon have Easter eggs in the shops.

[squashysu]

NO NO NO !!!!! I DONT WANT CHRISTMAS TO COME - where has summer been and we not had autumn yet!!!!

[rustylady]

I agree completely Sharon! Went to our local Co-op today and they're taking off the summer stuff and promoting Anti-freeze. For goodness sake can't we enjoy the seasons while they are here and stop being pushed forward by months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jacob marley]

the answer to your question YES YES and YESand even more YES'S jacob marley

[Jardiniere]

I have a recurring Christmas nightmare which i have had for years but which has got a lot better since i moved to france.During October/ November/december i dream that its Xmas Day tomorrow and i havent done anything at all.....no cooking...no preparing....no shopping...nothing.Its awful.......

[rogesse]

Christmas doesn't get a look in until 2-3 weeks before the day......my son threatens me with Childline every year

[bubblewrap]

Can we ban any thing about Christmas on this site till the beginning of December PLEASE!!!!!!

[MrsC]

I'll make a hasty departure then lol! Onlywhile the kids still believe though, son is probably on his last year of this, going to make the most of it. Promise I won't talk about it too much

[lynda66]

i love xmas when theres good films on ...... other than that, i don't DO xmas, son goes to his grandma's with his dad on boxing day, and comes back on 3rd Jan, the day after his dads b/day his gran always does a big dinner for about 20 of them, so i've never actually cooked xmas dinner, we just have a buffet whilst watching films. so other than a present for son, and OH, that's it, no decorations, cos son can't be bothered to get the tree out the loft, i don't even send cards.

[Rhona]

You can talk to me mrsc2b - I can feel the first tingling of excitement! It'll be our first Christmas with our little baby girl so my DH's worried I'll actually explode with excitement. We don't decorate or properly shop until the week before, but I get secretly excited from about now...

Promise I will try not to mention it either then. But I may respond in a glittery and tinsel fashion if someone else does.

[coomber]

I looooove christmas I get more excited than my daughter, I have to wake her every xmas morning because I can't wait to see her face when she opens the prezzies!! My OH just lets me get on with it and thinks i'm mental

[Winged one]

I'll be another who will join in quietly!! I love Christmas too and have been starting my preparations for a while now, but I do hate to see decorations and cards and Christmas wrap in shops so early (I am getting ahead on putting away pressies in sales, making lots of preserves and crafty gifts, and growing Christmas dinner - and OH has actually - unprompted - booked accomodation for us too as we have to go down to both families this year).

I hope that by doing the more organising bits now, I can ENJOY Christmas when it comes, and not be the mad one dashing around 2 days before buying everything in sight. Instead, we'll be bringing the toddler to see Santa on a steam train (booked) and hopefully having a few nice walks in local forests and parks to enjoy the season. And getting to a few carol concerts this year too (well, that might be more me than the toddler) and having our own one with the guitar.......

[lynda66]

now we did xmas when son was little, he went to bed xmas eve, and came down to the tree up, with a snow scene under, decorations up, and lots of balloons, and all his prezzies. the story was the xmas fairy had been, and decorated, it was fab seeing his little face light up.

was quite sad when he realised there was no faries or santa, though he did hedge his bets for a couple of years 'just in case' cos santa doesn't come if you don't believe.

[Winged one]

OOh that sounds lovely Lynda. I couldn't wait that long tough - I have my own tradition (from when I used to be in charge of all the rest of my bros and sis's when mam and dad had various dinners to go to coming up to Christmas) of taking one of those evenings and going into the sitting room on my own, where the tree was (as long as it didn't interrupt tv in the playroom, I was never disturbed!!). Fix myself a beverage (alcofrolic for many years, but now often just nice lemonade - but always something nice and special). Turn on tree lights and turn off all other lights, leaving curtains open to see the stars (if any noise on, tis a peaceful music -either carols, classical or general chillout - from stereo). Sit on floor, drinking and quietly contemplating (life, the season, all the big questions and littluns too!) and just take a timeout for me. I still really love to get a chance to do that for myself - nowadays, I usually do it the night of OH's office do once the toddler is in bed.

[squashysu]

its not that i dont like it, i looooooooove it, i do the full xmas works or dinner, this year will be with own veg, so even better! but, it is the earliness i dont like, i havent even had my birthday yet and that means it is really early.

I so love the lights, the decs, the pressies, everything about it, seeing as i have 3 kids and they are excited too, but it will be a sad one this year without my sis for the first time ever x