Christmas, Christmas everywhere...Didn't we just have Halloween

I started some discussions on Christ the other day similair to yours! Yes they start over doing Christmas and it seems to get earlier and earlier every year! I feel Thanksgiving gets overlokked more and more every year thanks to that! I lost my Christmas spirit partly because of the stores pushing Christmas! I know I can't stop it and I shoudn't get so upset over it! Unfortunely I go through this every year! I just things were diffent and less crazy!

Done with Christmas shopping? Are you kidding? I have not started. I started to think about it the other day and decided it was too soon to even worry about. I do not have any young children in the house, so I do not care what the latest must-have fad might be. The only people I buy things for are adults and they are always pleased, so I guess I get it right most of the time. One year I gave everybody (every single one) a MagLight flashlight. They are great and they last forever. I see them in handy places when I go to their house so I know they appreciate it. Sure made it easy to make a list that year.

yup! but since christmas makes up most of the retailers year and money of course they are going to get a jump on christmas items plus, i am a crafter, so i am already looking for christmas things.
i am about 75 percent done! yay! now to wrap!

Well, I most certainly am not through with my Christmas shopping yet, but I have bought a couple of Christmas gifts. However, back in the day, when I had a regular job, it was not unusual for me to have almost everyone checked off my list by now.

That was because I did all of my Christmas shopping throughout the year from the clearance racks. It was especially fun when our state had the inventory tax to businesses. This made the businesses want to move that old stock off the shelves by the end of February. This made it easy and needless to say inexpensive to do my Christmas shopping extremely early. LOL

But, nowadays, I am lucky to even buy for everyone, let alone have all of my Christmas shopping done this early.

Bah Humbug! It is way to early to start playing that sappy music all over the place It is even way to early to start thinking about Christmas presents. Why are companies so eager to get me to spend what little money I have?

I've had Christmas thrown in my face since early October. There are Christmas adverts on television, adverts in newspapers, supermarket leaflets being shoved through the door and some people even have outdoor decorations flashing at night. I think Christmas comes far too early, it shouldn't be mentioned until at least late November and as soon as the Christmas music starts on the radio I'll be switching it off because I don't want to feel "Christmassy" until at least mid December. Sorry if I sound like Scrooge but although I don't totally dislike everything about Christmas I'm always tired of it well before the actual day.

I feel it is too early to start playing Christmas music. It seems like to me that a lot of people tend to forget that after Halloween is Thanksgiving. The stores have started decorating for Christmas and this disturbs me. I haven't even put much thought into Christmas yet although my husband and I have established a limit on how much to spend. Other than setting the budget, we have not started shopping yet.
I know that my niece and nephews have started singing Christmas Carols (the oldest one is 7 and the younger ones are 4) and they do not know any better. My mom will be helping the kids make homemade gifts for their mom.

I am actually most of the way done with mine. I learned from my mistakes a couple of years ago. I kept procrastinating and putting it off until I realized I had two weeks left and 18 people to shop for. That was the most rushed I have ever felt. There was NOTHING left worth anything, and the stuff that everyone wanted had had the prices raised online. I was in bad shape. Ended up giving everyone gift cards except the kids. I will never make that mistake again.

I have started my Christmas shopping but I have a long way to go, I guess.
Yes, Christmas is fast approaching and soon we will be busy with the parties, the get-togethers and gifts. I too have heard some Christmas songs playing on the radio and I have to admit, for a second or two, I feel panicky.
Cheers!

Here in the Philippines, Christmas starts as early as September. As soon as the "ber" months kick in, some people trot out their Christmas trees and lights and stuff, and then stores and malls begin selling Christmas decor. The radio starts playing one or two Christmas songs a day and start doing the Christmas countdown. It's funny because when October kicks in, Halloween stuff are displayed beside Christmas stuff. Personally, I don't like it. The Christmas holidays begin in December for me. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate Christmas, I love it, and we celebrate it, but seeing it that early, I don't know, it just doesn't sit well with me. I can't really explain it, but when people do that, it annoys me LOL!