Start of the Christmas Season [Archive] - Merry Forums of My Merry Christmas

AuntieMistletoeDear

08-23-2006, 02:58 PM

:cool: I shop throughout the year and think Christmas everyday and have learned to let the spirit shine even if it means jeers and evil glares from co-workers and family members. The family members don't look at me that strange anymore. They are thankful that I have found a few Christmas forums to unleash my Christmas joys so they don't have to hear as much about it year round.
I chose December 1st though because that's around the time I decorate for the holidays and start finalizing my Christmas shopping.
The Canadian Thanksgiving is the first Monday in October and there's still Halloween to come before decorating for Christmas. So I guess I "kick into high gear" the first weekend in December.

dvdguy

08-23-2006, 03:01 PM

I have christmas music downloaded on my treo. I play it at work & make people cry :lol:

sheepsnot

08-23-2006, 09:13 PM

Why do they cry? Are you singing along with it?

mrshfromjersey

08-24-2006, 06:59 AM

OH...he's got a beautiful voice. I met him at a karaoke bar!!

He wears a Santa hat to work from Thanksgiving until Christmas.

sheepsnot

08-24-2006, 07:31 AM

Was he singing or was it the monkey?

mrshfromjersey

08-24-2006, 07:34 AM

Good question. Maybe it was a ventriloquist (sp?) monkey

dvdguy

08-24-2006, 07:36 AM

no ventroliquism, theres no place to stick my hand(wait a minute...) monkeys are just to pick up chicks not sing

Ervserver

10-14-2006, 10:58 AM

i addressed this on another thread recently. cant remember which one. i stay in holiday mode year round. am at this moment working on three different xmas craft projects.

xo

what are they? I work on Christmas projects year around, listen to Christmas music year around. Even pop in a Christmas dvd anytime of the year.

dominick

10-14-2006, 11:02 AM

Yes, we need more posts on holiday decor! Erv and I are getting lonely down in the decorating section.

If I had to pick from the list above, I would choose Halloween. Usually I get the bug at the end of September, though.

elfworks

10-14-2006, 11:16 AM

i am usually knitting and crocheting stocking stuffers for friends and family. i do lots of things with ribbon. and lots of things with bells. and am always making a wreath of some sort.
i dont have the space to do muych of anything that involves power tools. this makes me sad.

xo

dominick

10-14-2006, 11:23 AM

Not everything I do uses power tools. Heck, sometimes I'm just too lazy to even go out to the garage. It may not be the most macho thing in the world to admit to, but I've gotten pretty good at and actually kind of enjoy cross stitching, though my patience for it wears thin easily. My girlfriend two years ago bought some really elaborate Care Bear Christmas kit and soon realized she had no idea what she was doing and gave up. After reading the instructions I gave it a go, and I've done a little on it here and there. It might even get finished one day. :lol:

elfworks

10-14-2006, 11:29 AM

almost every single crafty thing i do requires nothing more than keeping the cats off the sofa while i am doing whatever i am doing. as long as the remote , a beverage and cigs are handy, i am good to go!!

:D

xo

dominick

10-14-2006, 11:32 AM

Nothing wrong with that. :wiggy:

Ervserver

10-14-2006, 12:25 PM

elfworks

10-14-2006, 12:38 PM

yes youre right. remotes can be hazardous to ones health. i once broke a nail while struggling with a remote.

xo

mrshfromjersey

10-14-2006, 12:39 PM

Not to mention the pain of sitting on one by accident
:o

Ervserver

10-14-2006, 12:40 PM

Not to mention the pain of sitting on one by accident
:o

now there's a new way to channel surf

:???:

sheepsnot

10-14-2006, 07:59 PM

When my son lived at home our remotes never worked cause he stole the batteries to run his portable cd player. Bonehead.

dvdguy

10-15-2006, 07:54 AM

must kill boy
did he at least put the dead batteries back in the remote?

sheepsnot

10-15-2006, 02:45 PM

No, just left the carcass laying there for me to fix.

dvdguy

10-15-2006, 03:37 PM

oh well then kill the boy

sheepsnot

10-15-2006, 04:01 PM

That's a good one. If the wife had been sleeping, I'd be in trouble now. You can't kill them for such things. Something about the law.

Ervserver

10-15-2006, 04:27 PM

I thought the south was lawless

dvdguy

10-15-2006, 05:54 PM

blah blah
alright just beat him

sheepsnot

10-15-2006, 09:07 PM

Consider it done. I threw in some mean statements concerning a possible adoption and homelessness. We'll see how that goes over. Since he lives on his own now, I suspect it was a waste of time.

Ervserver

10-18-2006, 11:08 PM

threats on life er limb don't mean much to kids these days, threaten to take away their iPOD and that's another story

dvdguy

10-19-2006, 04:20 AM

if you have kids, a good way to mess with them is to flip the circuit breaker off for about an hour. do it as soon as you see them try to charge something

Ervserver

10-20-2006, 05:13 PM

I used to do this to my dad, he works for the city electrical dept and it was funny to watch him fiddle with the wires and stuff for a long time before he figured it out

ChristmasFanatic

10-21-2006, 02:47 PM

I don't think I'm ever totally out of the Christmas spirit, but it usually begins coming back with a vengeance in October. I still find time to enjoy Halloween and then Thanksgiving, but the need to watch classic TV films and specials is strong.

We usually get the Christmas tree on Black Friday or that Saturday and put it up and decorate the tree on that Sunday. Decorations are brought out and those that have never been put away and are always on display, seem a little more comofrtable when surrounded by fellow decorations. :D

Ervserver

10-21-2006, 02:59 PM

I think they should move Halloween to September

mrshamm

10-24-2006, 10:43 PM

We get our Christmas shopping done early but I always start getting really geared up for Christmas right after Halloween.

ChristmasFanatic

10-25-2006, 04:35 AM

We get our Christmas shopping done early but I always start getting really geared up for Christmas right after Halloween.

I'd love for us to finish our shopping, early, but we are usually picking up layaways and finalizing the shopping a few days before Christmas. Nothing last minute in the way of a full blown panic, but I still love to be out and about enjoying that holiday spirit among shoppers...if it hasn't turned ugly!

Christy Carol

10-25-2006, 06:35 AM

I think they should move Halloween to September

I think so too. Plus I am ready for it to be over this year. I am already Halloween'd out.

Ervserver

10-25-2006, 09:12 AM

I'm not into Halloween as I once was and I thought this was a trend but I heard the other day on the news that candy sales and Halloween supply sales are going up so someone is still into it.

HollyJells

11-26-2006, 08:33 PM

actually a few days BEFORE halloween. I will pull out all my christmas stuff and start seperating and making piles of christmas all over my living room. Joe knows to stay out of there until there is a path to the couch and he always makes sure he has to work the night the tree goes up. I will decorate it then when he gets home he has the honor of putting the topper on and placing the ornaments he picked a few days before on the tree. He absolutely loves it though. ANd we make it a couple affair to decorate the outside of the house on an offday for him. He never complains and is always cheerful when I go into my christmas OCD spell.

sugarplum fairy

11-28-2006, 08:18 AM

I am a year-round Christmas person. I shop, listen to music, and watch Christmas movies all the time. I guess I am weird like that.

kelly88

11-28-2006, 10:34 AM

I usually think about Christmas all through the year but really get into it around October-ish. Then we put the decorations up usually the last week of November which really starts Christmas for me. I don't think it ever ends for me though :D

kidzrme

11-30-2006, 02:56 PM

I HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ALL YEAR LONG, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC, WATCH THE MOVIES ETC... HALLOWEEN IS WHEN I REALLY START TO GET INTO IT! :eek:

devOn

12-01-2006, 04:50 PM

I celebrate it around Halloween but I set up the decorations between Halloween and Thanksgiving.

Crimbo_Spirit

12-02-2006, 09:01 AM

My 'crimbo' begins on 1st dec , as that is when my true spirit erupts ;)

fabrizio

12-05-2006, 03:27 PM

Personally I start feeling Christmas at the beginning of December, before Halloween and Thanksgiving distract me too much.

Best,

Fab.

RickWilliams

05-11-2007, 11:07 PM

We actually never stop planning (I should say I) for Christmas. Nothing but Christmas CD's in the truck, and hundreds of MP3's in the laptop.

I physically start decorating November 1st and the lights go on the day after Thanksgiving.

Jeff Westover

05-12-2007, 09:44 AM

Wow Rick -- you sound like one of us!

Merry Sage

05-12-2007, 10:36 AM

I enjoy Christmas year round, but officially, I start getting really antsy round about October 31st. Halloween is a fab holiday, especially because it heralds the 8 weeks or so up to Christmas. :D

MarthaK

05-30-2007, 12:03 PM

I'm also always thinking about Christmas and preparing for it.
My official "start" to the Christmas season depends on who I'm talking to or what I'm talking about.

At work: It's safer to just say Veteran's Day - and/or the day Rockefeller Center puts up its Christmas tree - just to avoid the ribbing. (Who's going to argue with Rockefeller?)

My close friends know that Christmas is in first gear from February-April, second gear in May & June, third gear in July, fourth gear in August, and breaks the sound barrier from Sept - January. Honestly, if I didn't start on my new display in February, once the previous year's display is put away, I would NEVER get it finished.

Merry Sage

06-04-2007, 05:44 AM

I forgot to add, the tree has to be up by the first weekend in December or my husband sulks. :busy: Overgrown kid that he is.

Minta

06-07-2007, 08:06 AM

I voted for Thanksgiving but that is when we really start decorating.

I shop all year long for gifts. Checking out sales. I have gotten some good deals on clothes for my mom.

I go through my receipe books all year long looking for new receipes. I will make test batches through the year to see what new ones I will add to my holiday baking/cooking.

Around Oct we start testing our lights and planning on how we are going to decorate. It changes every year since we are constantly buying new decorations trying to improve until we achive what we want.

We used to wait until the weekend after Thanksgiving to decorate but a couple years ago that changed. We have a small Christmas tree for the kids bedroom. Depending on our daughter's behavior will determine when she can put the tree up and decorate it. Last year it was up 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and had it all decorated by Thanksgiving. For every good deed she could add another ornament.

This year I am off Thanksgiving week and we are hosting it for the first time so I will start decorating early.

Merry Sage

06-07-2007, 10:34 AM

Good golly, what with the weird weather over here, it could start any time. The last week of May was cold and wet. It warmed up nicely after that, but today its back to overcast and chilly. Welcome to the British Summer.

sarahelizabeth

06-15-2007, 05:27 AM

Halloween is a joy for me because I know not only that night I will be munching down on candy... but that once the clock strikes 12 on November 1st, the Christmas season has arrived! If you pay attention closely, the second it's November, people start thinking about Christmas, stressing about it, and some people get in the spirit. I was at the mall last year with my Grandma a couple days before Halloween and the entire mall was already decorated for Christmas. That definitely is the holiday season for me! :D

gameshowguy2000

06-21-2007, 10:01 AM

For me, it starts on Halloween (considering that lasts one day, and when the clock stikes midnight, the Halloween stuff gets marked down big time, and in comes the holiday merchandise).

Though really, I begin shopping in the summer (not just in honor of Christmas in June/July). I mean, 7 years ago, my family and I were shopping at Garden Ridge in the summer, and we bought some Christmas signs for the front lawn (and the front of the store was just filled with Christmas stuff). This has also happened at a Dollar Tree in September of last year.

caseydbell

07-18-2007, 12:14 PM

Im always geared up but officially start decorating the week of thanksgiving but I personally hit full force Nov 1

Billy Battles

07-18-2007, 01:51 PM

I pretty much am into Christmas all year round. It slowly builds all year round it reaches its apex around Thanksgiving

Sunshine73

07-24-2007, 10:03 PM

I start getting geared up for Christmas right after Halloween but, to me, the Christmas season officially starts on November 20 (the day after my birthday)!

Head Elf

07-24-2007, 10:43 PM

I agree with you! But I start mine after my birthday the 25th..... But either way we both agree, could Christmas get here quicker or do we really love the build up to it?

JanaBanana

07-31-2007, 11:34 AM

November 1st for sure :) All my Halloween stuff comes down and all my christmas decore goes up... :)

Jeff Westover

07-31-2007, 03:31 PM

November 1st for sure :) All my Halloween stuff comes down and all my christmas decore goes up... :)

You sound so hesitant, Jana...

JanaBanana

07-31-2007, 08:12 PM

:merry:
Oh yeah thats me, miss hesitant... NOT! hehehehe It drove my MIL nuts for years that I decorated so early... she would complain in her own little way.. now the woman tries to decorate before me some years LOL!

HouseElf

09-07-2008, 04:54 AM

Dawnfletch

09-14-2008, 02:08 PM

1st Dec is the start of Christmas when you can really start to countdown to it all.

Snowfall

09-15-2008, 06:01 PM

I chose Thanksgiving, but technically it's the day after that I really start gearing up. I put up the tree and decorate then.

Although I agree with many others here. I'm always in the Christmas spirit!

Holiday

09-15-2008, 06:41 PM

I put Halloween, but it's actually like 2 weeks ago!! :lol: So I guess the 1st of September...days are getting shorter, air is getting cooler, sky is looking more "winterish"....I'm so excited!! :merry:

snowytree

09-16-2008, 06:46 AM

I start decorating the house the day after Thanksgiving, but other than that I start thinking about Christmas around July or August.

yolie8174

09-16-2008, 09:27 AM

My day is after Thanksgiving, and thinking about christmas in the start of the year

YellowSnow

09-16-2008, 10:34 AM

I voted for "Thanksgiving Day', but in reality it would be the day after Thanksgiving, like so many others have stated.
Of course I'm thinking of it now since I came here, but starting the 'season' (decorating, music, movies, etc.) starts the Friday after TG.

YS

sqrocker1

09-16-2008, 11:13 AM

:rudolph:

I chose Halloween too, but I am in holiday mode all year long as well.

cheesy

MsChristmas

09-16-2008, 12:07 PM

I choose December 26th meaning that day after Christmas Im already thinking about the following Christmas lol. I do buy stuff sometiemes right after Christmas for the following year. I guess in reality even though I think about Christmas all the time I decoarte the weekend before Thanksgiving. This year my Mom is having surgery on November 17th so I am going to try to talk her into letting us help her decorate her house the 15th and 16th of November then as long as all goes well with her surgery my house will get decorated November 22nd and 23rd!

:tree::rudolph:

trackrebel

09-16-2008, 12:27 PM

I voted December 1st, as it was the best option of the bunch for me. cheesy

I really enjoy Advent, and we observe that in our home. On 3rd or 4th Advent (depending on the placement of Christmas Eve) we will go and chop down our tree and begin our 'Chrismtas' celebrations/decorating

are You from Germany?....cos we celebrate the Advent over here....I never knew the States do that too....that´s why I´m asking.

OleStNyck

09-16-2008, 02:13 PM

I listen to the music all year round but my wife makes me wait till after Thanksgiving to put up Decorations.

Christmas Snow Angel

09-22-2008, 06:46 AM

I'd love to be able to shop all thru the year for Christmas gifts...the only issue with that is...I'D FORGET WHERE I HID THE GIFTS Ha!! :snowball:

Faithmom6

09-22-2008, 11:17 AM

I'd love to be able to shop all thru the year for Christmas gifts...the only issue with that is...I'D FORGET WHERE I HID THE GIFTS Ha!! :snowball:

ME TOO! Or the kids would find'em all!!:cry:

CharlestonNole

09-22-2008, 07:48 PM

I chose Halloween, but just like all the stores, it gets earlier and earlier for me.

BritneyBug

09-22-2008, 08:45 PM

When do you start getting geared up for Christmas?

I start secretly gearing up for christmas after Halloween is over.
I start listening to christmas music when I'm by myself right before thanksgiving, and I start making my boyfriend listen to christmas music usually the 1st week of december.
=)

joyful

09-23-2008, 04:09 AM

I start planning and thinking about Christmas in September but that option wasn't on the poll. But decorations go up outside in Nov. on any warm day which could be the early part of Nov. Lights go on Thanksgiving night. Tree goes up day after Thanksgiving except for the year I surprised my neice at Thanksgiving.