What's your stance on Christmas music and decorations before Thanksgiving (US)?

[smahala1991]

I don't really mind it in small doses starting in early November. I do kinda group Thanksgiving as part of the Holiday Season. However, personally, I would start most holiday festivities such as decorating and related stuff the weekend before Thanksgiving.

[Aerissa_Jade]

Doesn't bother me, since I stream my own playlists... for music that is. As for decorations, its all good to. Put them up while it is still warm rather than waiting until it is butt ass cold after Thanksgiving. Ever try staking Christmas Decorations into frozen solid ground?

I have lights, that are blue tooth I put up at end of September and then program a Halloween theme, nice for Halloween then a toned down Thanksgiving theme and then a Christmas theme, then a new years theme... it has all kinds. Even has valentines, and st paddy and more, I just take them down after new years.

[Summeroflove]

Yeah I understand that. Long as you don’t forget about Thanksgiving.

[Aerissa_Jade]

@Summeroflove I can't forget it, but I'm not big into it, seems to be the glutton holiday.

[Summeroflove]

Oh. Lol. I see what you mean. I just love food.

[AmandaYVR]

I never decorate or celebrate before Dec. 1st and I'd prefer that retail didn't either. But retail is based on sales and most businesses make the bulk of their sales at the end of the year, so I can understand why they get seemingly greedy and keep pushing it. But jeeeez... Christmas decorations up before Halloween? Give me a break. Or, after American Thanksgiving seems a good custom. (Canadian Thanksgiving is around Oct. 9th so that would be hella weird.)

[Summeroflove]

I won’t lie I might listen to Christmas music on my own once in a while before Thanksgiving. Because I like it.

But. I like to enjoy Halloween and Thanksgiving. I think it’s crazy. It’s earlier and earlier every single year.

Used to. Christmas was pretty much the season was after Thanksgiving. But. It was after Halloween and. Boom already Christmas time. Then it’s before when Halloween. Hell sometimes even July. Soon it will be Christmas all year round

[nolabels]

I've come to accept it as being the way it is, but I'd say that December 1st is more appropriate.

The way it is these days, I tune it completely out.

If it were introduced on December 1st, I might pay more attention to it.

[nightdrot]

Not even a close call. I am dead set against Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving.

We cherish special times, in part, because those times don't last. So we want to hold onto them and enjoy them while we can. This thing where we now extend Christmas from the 4th of July till the week before the 4th - that was a joke, sort of - goes way too far.

By the time Christmas rolls around the things that make Christmas special are just so much background noise. You don't care so much or appreciate them so much because they have been there all along. So you see the lights and the tree and all the rest and eh... been there, done that.

In fact, in my family, my mother's birthday is December 16th and so the Christmas decorations did not go up till the 17th. In fact, the other holidays for which we decorated - and which I still decorate for my own family now - had similar "time limits," so to speak.

The Halloween decorations go up the week before he holiday and come down day after. The Thanksgiving decorations went up the Saturday before the holiday and came down the day after. In my house, the Christmas decorations go up on the first day of winter and come down the day after New Year's Day. (My brother waits till the day after Epiphany, which in the our Catholic faith is the Sunday after New Year's Day.) The Easter decorations go up the Saturday before the holiday and come down the Sunday after the holiday. (Oh, and we make a point of decorating fairly elaborately for each one, plus making sure to put the flag out at sunrise on Independence Day and Memorial Day and taking it down at sunset.)

This may all seem a bit rigid, but it has the effect of making you value the time that the decorations are up and the holidays are being celebrated. You sort of know that you have only so long to enjoy the holidays and so you value you them.

[MrOracle]

I can understand stores putting things out the week of Thanksgiving - because it's a ton of work and because they shouldn't have to work on Thanksgiving - but seeing Christmas stuff on November 1st pisses me off.

[Summeroflove]

I see what you mean. But before Halloween? Lol

[MrOracle]

in my opinion, there should be a law preventing Christmas stuff being put out before Nov 15th.

[exitseven]

November first is late, This year it was right after Labor Day

[Bethany22]

I listen to Christmas music year-round! Not traditional music though, more so Christmas pop rock songs written by modern singers

[Summeroflove]

I understand. Christmas music sounds good. I fight the urge but give in sometimes myself.

[Bethany22]

@Summeroflove Nice!

[Summeroflove]

Lol. Yeah I love Christmas music. New and old.

[Nikki1989]

I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving or Christmas, so I find it all annoying.

[24_7_Amazing]

No Thanksgiving? No Christmas? 😱

[LivingExample]

I do Not know when Jesus was Born because the Bible does Not say, but I do know it was Not December 25. God would Not have His Son Born on the same day as a pagan sun god. For those reasons I Celebrate Jesus and Christmas Everyday by keep my Christmas Tree up all year!

[Batsy01010101]

It was march April or may during the spring equinox. Most likely march or April

[Summeroflove]

I guess you can do that

[WarrenH]

I think Christmas celebrations/music/decorations should commence in the days following Thanksgiving. Before that, it is too obnoxious (oh yeah, let’s celebrate a holiday that’s still six weeks away... NOT!)

[Summeroflove]

Yeah. People forget about Thanksgiving too

[Sevenpointfive]

i enjoy the Christmas vibe but it should be done after Thanksgiving. the native americans find it rude to start a new holiday before they get theirs

[Tiptoetamm]

Not before Thanksgiving I will start in early December

[Summeroflove]

Yeah. I like to enjoy Thanksgiving myself

[Tiptoetamm]

Same

[PamelaRivers]

Too early, after Thanksgiving is plenty of time.

[Summeroflove]

True. Christmas time is special. So is Thanksgiving though.

[PamelaRivers]

@Summeroflove I agree

[Summeroflove]

Yeah. This is my favorite time of year. I can’t wait until Thanksgiving it is right around the corner. I’m so excited

[TroyDT2]

If there were no market for it then stores would not do it. I also admit that I am somewhat at fault. I already put up some lights and started setting up my displays in the house.

[smahala1991]

Growing up as a kid even in malls there was really no talk of Christmas stuff until maybe the week before Thanksgiving. Now it's months ahead

[TroyDT2]

This year I saw stuff in Kohls in September.

[kitty71]

I hate it they just do it for commercial purposes that is all not that they really care abput the spirit really

[Summeroflove]

I see what you mean

[DancingQueen16]

I haven't put my Christmas tree up yet but I have already started singing Christmas songs

[Summeroflove]

I know. I should wait until after Thanksgiving. But I give into that urge sometimes.

[exitseven]

I am surprised that the storekeepers don't start after Labor Day

[Summeroflove]

It’s earlier every year

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Hard to say will decorate, but we play some Christmas music

[Summeroflove]

Yeah. I love Christmas music. Sometimes even in the summer.

[Summeroflove]

But. I like to enjoy Christmas after Thanksgiving leading up to New Years

[Blackcupcake]

I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving and I won’t be celebrating Christmas this year either since I have no days off from work

[Havthrills]

What do you do that you will be working on Christmas?

[Blackcupcake]

I work at a supermarket currently

[Havthrills]

Oh. Yeah. I worked at Walmart DC once. They offered a bonus if we helped at the store on those days.

[Blackcupcake]

and did you?

[Havthrills]

I didn't. But here, I've been working holidays. Here is double time plus holiday pay.

[Blackcupcake]

that sounds both good and bad

[Havthrills]

Lol. It can be. I work a lot. Going to cut back soon. I need a new place first.

[Blackcupcake]

that sounds like a good plan… lol

[misfittoy]

i dont celebrate holidays, but if it makes someone happy go nuts

[Sixgun77]

I dislike it. It's pure commercialization that eclipses the celebrations those holidays are actually supposed to be about.

[Summeroflove]

Yeah for sure.

[CateM]

No Christmas music before Thanksgiving. For fuck's sake Thanksgiving is a holiday too

[Agape93]

I don't want to hear shitty Christmas music, the same every year, two months before the damn holiday

[Mtbgirl]

It’s too early. In Canada sadly Christmas overshadows Remembrance Day. That’s really sad.

[Guanfei]

I'd say nothing should be up before mid-november.

[Summeroflove]

Same here man

[legalboxers]

Christmas begins at the stroke of midnight on Nov 1st.. Fight me on that!

[Havthrills]

I don't mind it at all.

[smahala1991]

Hey, stores roll out Halloween in Early September

[Havthrills]

I know. It's crazy but it's good to get it early. Lol.