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PA_jen

(1,114 posts) Sat Dec 24, 2022, 08:54 AM Dec 2022

I just need to say this. [View all]

I am tired of Christmas starting in OCT and all the marketing and then Dec 26th everything is taken down and stops.

Dec 25th is the FIRST day of the 12 days of Christmas not the 12th day.

I remember a time when this time kind of slow down. Holiday parties and get togethers. I remember being at events with family friends who are Jewish, even agnostic it was the idea of common goodwill and just being together.

I am just so tired of the season is no longer a season but a marketing and run up to 1 day then that's it.

Happy Holidays However you choose to or not to celebrate.

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I just need to say this. [View all] PA_jen Dec 2022 OP

My take from an early age... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #1

I agree purr-rat beauty Dec 2022 #2

I totally agree Siwsan Dec 2022 #3

Your middle paragraph was the Christmas of my youth. Once the grandmother hlthe2b Dec 2022 #15

I just found some old picture albums and put them on the coffee table Siwsan Dec 2022 #30

This year is a 'no tree' event for me also. Butterflylady Dec 2022 #29

well that soup sounds fantastic.... bahboo Dec 2022 #36

Under capitalism everything boils down to consumerism and profit. Laffy Kat Dec 2022 #4

Great to have the family together. Food is wonderful. twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #5

Most of my remaining cousins live on the west side of Michigan, or out of state Siwsan Dec 2022 #31

Agreed! I prefer to start after Thanksgiving and keep going til about Jan 6 Maeve Dec 2022 #6

Same with birthdays for us. A birthday is a week long. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #23

I couldn't agree more! llmart Dec 2022 #7

I saw one store start to set up Valentines Day already JI7 Dec 2022 #8

About 10 years ago, eBay stupidly thought Dec. 26 pertained . . . John1956PA Dec 2022 #9

LOL hlthe2b Dec 2022 #13

+1 Rebl2 Dec 2022 #28

Same. This nonstop holiday shit is just commercial. ananda Dec 2022 #10

It's Evolution HAB911 Dec 2022 #11

I think that is why I do so much less for Christmas than in many years past... hlthe2b Dec 2022 #12

Agreed! The merchants have ruined it for the rest of us FakeNoose Dec 2022 #14

Christmas is for kids, I don't let any of the rest bother me, enjoy what you can in your own life Shanti Shanti Shanti Dec 2022 #16

I'm glad when it's over because it seems to start around Halloween But that's me mucifer Dec 2022 #17

Every holiday is what YOU make it. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #18

This! nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #21

🎄🦄🥂 LakeArenal Dec 2022 #22

Or maybe in the airport? Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2022 #34

Perfect. ☺️🎄🤶 LakeArenal Dec 2022 #42

I'm with you! And back acha! Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #43

I decorate but no one ever makes the time to see it. LakeArenal Dec 2022 #44

I have three neighbors who don't decorate. Each of them goes to Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #45

"Decorate the tree together!!!???" 😲😱 LakeArenal Dec 2022 #46

Lol! To each our own. Scrivener7 Dec 2022 #47

I wish it started in oct Javaman Dec 2022 #19

I do not like the commercialization of the holiday nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #20

Good points Marthe48 Dec 2022 #24

Christmas is a Twelve Day Feast IbogaProject Dec 2022 #25

This. Plus the whole "Christmas is all about the FAMILY" thing... TygrBright Dec 2022 #26

Thank you. Boomerproud Dec 2022 #35

It has to be how you live it. Hortensis Dec 2022 #27

Agreed. Here are our 12 Days: Tommymac Dec 2022 #32

Holidays makes me think of my USMC drill instructor NoMoreRepugs Dec 2022 #33

TV Christmas commercials this year are awful. Chipper Chat Dec 2022 #37

American capitalism llashram Dec 2022 #38

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: usonian Dec 2022 #39

heh Skittles Dec 2022 #49

Buy your Valentine's Day candy now. Sneederbunk Dec 2022 #40

UK TV up until the early 1990s reinforced this somewhat. mwooldri Dec 2022 #41

As a general rule, I start celebrating the day after Thanksgiving (and have for my entire life) Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #48

I'm over it. Iggo Dec 2022 #50

Yup. TreasonousBastard Dec 2022 #51