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Old 27-12-2016, 15:50
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No one can decide when your Christmas ends - they can't come round your house and take down your decorations, or stop you watching christmas tv, playing christmas music or eating christmas food. The shops make their decisions purely on a commercial basis (people don't buy Christmas stuff after December 25) but no one else has to.
This is the thing, people think Christmas is over after Christmas day because the Christmas adverts aren't on anymore and you don't hear Mariah Carey or whoever on the radio. But most of us still have our trees up and are munching away on turkey and chocolate and spending time with family and friends.

I think a big part of it is some people love it so much they cant bear to see it end, so they strip the decorations etc prematurely. A bit like when someone dies and you chuck out all their stuff 2 days later.
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Old 27-12-2016, 16:34
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I put our tree up on the 18th and I have the urge to take it down. I know I should wait until 12th night but I want my house back to normal. We don't have anything else planned now either as we did it all before Christmas this year. If we still had Christmas things to do I would probably keep it up though.
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Old 27-12-2016, 16:39
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When I worked in retail about 15 years ago, the shop would shut about an hour earlier than normal and we'd spend an hour taking down Xmas things and putting up New Year's Sales banners

So it's not a new thing and having endured Christmas since early November we were kind of happy to take off the Xmas Music off the the Store Music System

When I lived in the US it wasn't unusual to see an Xmas tree on the kerbside Xmas Day Night, especially if the refuse pickup was scheduled for the next day meaning the one after would be a week away
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Old 27-12-2016, 16:40
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This is the thing, people think Christmas is over after Christmas day because the Christmas adverts aren't on anymore and you don't hear Mariah Carey or whoever on the radio. But most of us still have our trees up and are munching away on turkey and chocolate and spending time with family and friends.

I think a big part of it is some people love it so much they cant bear to see it end, so they strip the decorations etc prematurely. A bit like when someone dies and you chuck out all their stuff 2 days later.
People think Christmas is over the day after Christmas Day because they're a bit dim to be honest.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:02
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People think Christmas is over the day after Christmas Day because they're a bit dim to be honest.
The local shops have taken down the decorations.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:06
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Always seems a bit sad that when we come into the office next Tuesday out first tasks will be to take down the tree and decorations and put them away in the store room for another 11 months
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:11
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I was just in Tesco and surprisingly they still had their Christmas banners hanging from the roof. Nothing that specifically says "Christmas", but things like giant snowflakes and gingerbread men. It was good to see.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:15
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I was just in Tesco and surprisingly they still had their Christmas banners hanging from the roof. Nothing that specifically says "Christmas", but things like giant snowflakes and gingerbread men. It was good to see.
Yes was in tescos myself today and noticed this. I found it odd, I thought they usually had all away at this stage
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:22
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Yes was in tescos myself today and noticed this. I found it odd, I thought they usually had all away at this stage
Let me guess, they had them up because it's still er Christmas? If I recall, they take their decorations down on January 1st. Still to early. But there we go.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:23
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The local shops have taken down the decorations.
The local shops are a bit dim too.
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:38
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When I was younger I remember Christmas lasting for a week, Now it seems as soon as Christmas day is over.:
Since the late '80s and early '90s.

Sunday opening, Bank Holiday opening and multiple TV and radio channels have increased the hours we work and given us more time to spend in the shops.

As a result family time is compromised. Welcome to the 21st century.
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Old 27-12-2016, 18:00
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What country do you live in? It's nothing like that round here.
It is round here, I went into Currys and while there I asked where their decs were and they said they took them down xmas eve.
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Old 27-12-2016, 18:26
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People think Christmas is over the day after Christmas Day because they're a bit dim to be honest.
So they're dim because they don't follow the Christian ideas about the holiday? Many people celebrate a more secular Christmas, so they can decide for themselves when it's over. Christmas has been a mishmash of many cultural and religious celebrations/observations for a long time. Christians do not "own" it or get to decide how others celebrate it.
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Old 27-12-2016, 18:31
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It is round here, I went into Currys and while there I asked where their decs were and they said they took them down xmas eve.
Yup as I said, on Xmas Eve our shop would close a couple of hours early but we had to stay to take down the decorations and put up the Sales signs
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Old 27-12-2016, 18:35
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This is the thing, people think Christmas is over after Christmas day because the Christmas adverts aren't on anymore and you don't hear Mariah Carey or whoever on the radio. But most of us still have our trees up and are munching away on turkey and chocolate and spending time with family and friends.

I think a big part of it is some people love it so much they cant bear to see it end, so they strip the decorations etc prematurely. A bit like when someone dies and you chuck out all their stuff 2 days later.
There are also many people who are sick to the back teeth of it dragging on and can't wait to get back to normal.
These days, most people take the decorations down before 12th night as it all looks a bit wrong once new year is here.
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Old 27-12-2016, 20:23
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There are also many people who are sick to the back teeth of it dragging on and can't wait to get back to normal.
These days, most people take the decorations down before 12th night as it all looks a bit wrong once new year is here.
Your ignorance is astounding. Most people?
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Old 27-12-2016, 22:30
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OP definitely has a point. I've seen Easter stuff already and a lot of the decorations have come down and been replaced with Sale signs which only used to happen in January. We're always being hurried up now ... it's depressing. We don't live in the moment.
During the run up we get Christmas rammed down our throats ... come Boxing Day it's all but over. It did used to last longer and the shops and businesses were closed for longer too.
It'll be all fitness and dieting soon. Ugh .. we're being fast forwarded and encouraged to have the attention span of a gnat.
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Old 28-12-2016, 20:56
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The local shops have taken down the decorations.
If you feel that Christmas should last longer than it feel it does, then do it. Just because some local shops have decided to take down their decorations doesn't mean that you have to follow them or lose the Christmas spirit..They're a business so they will do whatever to reign in the money.

That said it you feel that Christmas is long enough, then do that too.

The local shops are a bit dim too.
I'll go along with this. I feel Christmas should last until the slog back to reality - the full return to work/school/college/uni/etc - kicks in. Luckily for me most of the shops around me that had the decorations up before Christmas still has them up there, plus there is still the Christmas specials on TV, radio, etc.
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Old 28-12-2016, 21:34
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If you feel that Christmas should last longer than it feel it does, then do it. Just because some local shops have decided to take down their decorations doesn't mean that you have to follow them or lose the Christmas spirit..They're a business so they will do whatever to reign in the money.
Bizarrely I now have the choice of buying Christmas Themed Roses tins at cut price or pay full price for Heart Shaped Roses tins liveried for Valentine's Day
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Old 28-12-2016, 21:44
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What country do you live in? It's nothing like that round here.
Its not like that in London either.

For many, not including myself, Christmas is just one day. I know of a few people that have already taken down their tree.

For me, Christmas lasts a week & I intend to keep it that way.
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Old 28-12-2016, 21:51
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The only shops that should be open boxing day and new years day are the small independent .
The convenience shops are open Christmas day & every other day of the year where I live, many of them are actually open 24 hours a day.
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:12
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Cinemas are not covered by the legislation. Shops are. And there is zero political will among any of the major parties to change it.
Only shops over 3000 square feet are affected by Christmas day opening legislation.

You will find (in London especially) many convenience shops, restaurants, Ripleys...are actually open on Christmas Day as they aren't affected by the rule.
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:36
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The local shops have taken down the decorations.
Mine haven't. They still have a Christmas tree and a few decorations hanging up in the shop. Not much left in the line of Christmas food though apart from a few leftovers but no Easter stuff yet either.
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Old 28-12-2016, 22:49
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When I was younger I remember Christmas lasting for a week, Now it seems as soon as Christmas day is over, Christmas is finished. Music channels which think it's fine to play Christmas songs none stop from the start of November vanish as soon as the clock strikes 12 on Boxing day, Just went to the local shop, all the decorations are down and the staff informed me head office have told them to pack Christmas away and get the Easter eggs out !! Who on earth wakes up on Boxing day and thinks "oooo I must buy my Easter eggs today"


I have been moaning for years about just how obvious retailers have become , ok in some streets that have them the lights will still be up and in shopping centres the decs will still be up inside the communal areas but in the actual stores and this is mainly the large chains Christmas decs are being taken down before they finish work on the 24th and the sale signs put up, all signs of Christmas are gone for the few that make much effort these days , they have become much less over the years.

Now we know they want sales we know the 25th is Christmas day but surely they could leave the decs up until New Years day, the whole period is Christmas and I am sure the kids whilst being dragged round shopping would be happier if it was still Christmassy.

But whilst we know that of course they want our money and that is what they are there for do they have to be so blatant that they could not give a stuff about the season people are now in that they have been shoving down our throats.
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Old 29-12-2016, 07:48
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I find it all very sad really. From 1st November we are bombarded with adverts kicking of with DFS and this continues right through until 5pm on Christmas Eve, retailers trying to sell us a dream that this Christmas will be fantastic. Then they drop us like a sack of shit on Christmas Eve and it's onto the sales.. it's like a middle finger, we sucked you in again and you fell for it ha ha and Christmas is forgot about.
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