"Well it's October, lets get the lights up!"

[SomethingUnrelated]

People are missing the point of Christmas. It's pretty much become a commercial event, with businesses taking advantage of people. A crap-load of money is spent on trivial items that will have been forgotten by next Christmas.

Don't get me wrong, i'm a fan of "the true spirit of Chirstmas", and presents are noice and all, but this is an example of the fact that people don't get it for what it really is.

Rant concludes here.

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

I find it OK to leave your christmas lights up all year 'round... so long as you live in the deep south... *banjo music*

 

[siege_1302]

Why exactly does anyone care what other people do with their own lights, on their own property?

I can sympathise completely with the rage at the adverts starting around late october but seriously, if the people want to jump the gun a whole load and put up lights about now it's not a big deal. It just displays the fact they're idiots in bright, sparkling letters.

 

[wizzerd229]

ive seen X-mas decorations up in April.
AP-RE-FRICKING-IL

 

[Idlemessiah]

What they do here in Bradford UK is put lights up for Divali around september and just leave them there over Christmas till about march time. Way to go Bradford council for being cheapskates!

 

[wewontdie11]

Why exactly does anyone care what other people do with their own lights, on their own property?

I can sympathise completely with the rage at the adverts starting around late october but seriously, if the people want to jump the gun a whole load and put up lights about now it's not a big deal. It just displays the fact they're idiots in bright, sparkling letters.

Just as I said in my OP, for me seeing Christmas lights around so early detracts from the sense of occasion. The time of year stops being so special when you are surrounded by these things for too long. That's why it annoys me.

 

[Woodsey]

Ha, a few of the girls at school are panicking because they only have 2 months and like 5 days to buy presents.

Apparently my response of "Fuck that," was not well received.

 

[johnman]

Ha, a few of the girls at school are panicking because they only have 2 months and like 5 days to buy presents.

Apparently my response of "Fuck that," was not well received.

Hahha good show.
Couldn't care less about christmas until its about 4-3 weeks before.
I remeber last year we put our decorations up on christmas day....

 

[Godhead]

you're supposed to put up the decorations?! So that's why the community has shunned me. Oh well, anyway it happens all the time in grocery stores and the like, say christmas just ended, go to a grocery store HAPPY EASTER EVERYBODY!!!!! so yeah. *sigh* i hate holidays

 

[quack35]

Is this really that big of a deal?

 

[wewontdie11]

Is this really that big of a deal?

Not if you're talking on the scale of 3rd world debt or global warming, but surely you must find it at least strange that people would do this?

 

[quack35]

Is this really that big of a deal?

Not if you're talking on the scale of 3rd world debt or global warming, but surely you must find it at least strange that people would do this?

I guess, but I'm just not too worked up about it.

I mean, not to the extent that I think people who do it shouldn't be able to own homes.

 

[wewontdie11]

I guess, but I'm just not too worked up about it.

I mean, not to the extent that I think people who do it shouldn't be able to own homes.

As much as that was a joke, I do genuinely think people should be stopped from making their homes look fucking stupid to some extent. Not to mention the amount of electricity they'll waste making themselves look daft.

 

[jboking]

My lights go up the day after black friday. Always. It's how I insure decorations get put up in time and not too early. If thanksgiving is over, then it's time for Christmas lights.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Buddy, I live in Tennessee. The land where people don't even take down their Christmas lights. I do agree that putting up your Christmas lights this early is insane. Christmas shopping is one thing because this is before the crazy mall rushes but actually going out and putting up your lights this early is really stupid and only makes you look bad.

 

[happysock]

Some guy down the street has his lights up, but he's just too lazy to take them down

 

[SomeBritishDude]

You think thats bad? The council have started putting christmas lights all over canterbury (my home town). It's fucking october! Christmas has become too comercialised and is coming earlier every year. They're basically destroying christmas. They might as well decorate the town with santas guts and entails...

Ok, a little over board but you get the idea.

 

[Fbuh]

Elves are nothing. I work at a Dollar Tree, and we've had Christmas decorations and wrapping paper out for sale since July. You should see the store now: Halloween stuff has it's own two little shelves amid a mass of Christmas decor.

 

[EeveeElectro]

The tacky chavs in my city do it.
We don't put them up till first week of December.
It's stressfull anyway... all the lights tangled... the tinsel going up your nose... D;