Argh people are already smothering their houses in outside christmas decorations

One just up the road from me has got fully decked out and lit up front yard christmas decorations already and it's still a month to go!

I'll be lucky if I even had a tree unless it's a really small one that's easy to pack away.

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VeronicaJane

Christmas for the large part has been completely commercialized. Stores had decorations and such out even before Halloween. Then immediately afterward several houses started putting lights on their houses. (I totally get putting them up before you're freezing your fingers and nose...) Now many have lights on houses, yard decorations and fully decorated Christmas trees in their windows each evening.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@VeronicaJane So much so that what has become called "Halloween", with all its pumpkins, plastic spiders and bats and conical hats, has nothing at all to do with Hallowe'en. Christmas is going the same way.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@ArishMell You can debate until the cows come home about what Christmas 'means'. Religious people will argue till they're blue in the face about the true meaning based on their Christian, Islam or other branded religion's 'doctrines', while most people accept it's a 'time for family'. For a lifetime shiftworker like me, holiday seasons mean very little since normally I have to work through them. Halloween, Christmas, Valentines Day, Easter, etc. are all gross in my view because of the mass hyper-commercialisation that 'drives' them. Valentines in particular is a massive affront to everyone who is *not* in a deep, loving, romantic relationship as a couple (and who might be married) and for those who are they are 'told' that they 'must' celebrate and demonstate their love on Feb 14 only when the rest of the year is 'irrelevant'. It's about as toxic as how weddings are 100 pct about the bride and 0 pct about the other person. There's another hyper-commercialised 'trend'.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@zonavar68 Oh, of course I realise the point about "meaning".

What I see is any sort of original meaning or any other attachments such as that "time for family" submerged in the growing flood of commercial dross you point out.

I am also well aware many people have to work through such festivities, or at least be on-call. Very close to home too, as my brother-in-law is an undertaker, and yes, he and his colleagues have occasionally to visit newly-bereaved families on Christmas Day.

We do, largely, agree!