Is it just me or are people putting up the Christmas tree earlier and earlier?

[ohbloodyhel]

Three people in our street have theirs up already
It's the 8th of November
Has anyone noticed it's getting earlier and earlier ?

Yes, and it makes me feel very old and Scroogey. My family used to do it about a week before Christmas, and my grandparents' one went up on Christmas Eve. There would be many raised eyebrows at the 1st December crew, but that is normal now, and November is becoming more common. Bah! Humbug!

Yep, some people put it up as soon as Halloween is over which is crazy.

I’ve noticed more of my friends/acquaintances do now too. One said today she’s putting it up this weekend. She never used to, we used to be flat mates so I know she would always wait until December before. If it makes people happy then it’s OK though!

I think it's utterly ridiculous and I do judge people for it. I love Christmas decorations, but part of that love is because they are so fleeting.

Because life feels a bit miserable at the moment and Christmas decorations give people a little joy. Mine aren't up yet, but planning on starting during the last weekend of November.

Bloody hell, that's mad. Ours (just the 2 of of here now) goes up on 23rd December! We take it down on 3rd January, after the family - kids, grandkids - have all been round

I answered a survey the other day which had the Christmas season as being 1 Nov - 31 Dec.

I rolled my eyes.

2008:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/christmas/643453-I-went-past-a-house-this-evening-that-already-had

2009:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/855267-In-thinking-that-its-way-too-early-to-put-your

2017: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3077096-christmas-trees-up-in-november

Just a tiny selection of Nov Christmas tree gripes.

People have been moaning about this as long as I've been on MN (two decades). It's like a Christmas tradition. See also, threads about shops stocking stuff too early, adverts being shown too early and so on.

Fa la la la laaaaaa.

The threads moaning about Christmas trees get earlier every year. 🌲 😆

I noticed one was up in my area earlier. Definitely the earliest I've seen one.

It’s madness they will be bored of it by Christmas Day!

Definitely takes the magic of Christmas away for me. It's yet another bane of plastics (the trees) that make this sort of crap possible. It goes very well with the decorations and presents from Temu. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

But hey, as far as bad life choices go, it's not the worst one 😁

Let people enjoy things FFS. It’s dark outside and the twinkling lights may/will help brighten some people’s moods over the next couple months. Ya bunch of Scroogey Nosey Parkers! 🎄

These same people will be moaning that Christmas goes on forever and will be sick of it by December.
What infuriates me as a real tree buyer is that they are being sold far too early and you feel you'd better get one before they are sold out and that just feeds the demand to sell them earlier.
Our local nursery used to sell them from the second week of December onwards. Now they start before the end of November.

@JingsMahBucket to be fair, I will be getting the fairy lights out soon 😄

It's a season not a day, let them get on with it.

That much is true. I remember my Grandpa getting one in too early (Two weeks early rather than a few days before Christmas) and to my Grandma's dismay, the tree looked like something out of Chernobyl by the Christmas Eve 😂

The earlier the shops sell the decorations, the earlier people will buy them. Joe Public is playing right into their hands.

One house in the road has been plastered with Christmas lights since last Friday, 3 November.

Yes, it’s a PITA.

I aim to put a real tree up the weekend before Christmas and keep it until Twelfth night.

They’re nearly all gone by then.

As a child we did it on December (feast of the immaculate conception-Catholic thing). In the US it’s right after TG for a lot of people. I’m still closer to Dec 8 usually.

We have full outside displays here though this past week! Because the weather is still mild.

😂

We got one in the first week of December in 2020 because we were so depressed by all that was going on. Never again, between a baby, cat and having the heating on loads because of maternity leave it was a stick come Xmas day.

I do get people saying ‘life is shit and it cheers us up’ but I don’t see that changing any time soon so there have to be some boundaries…

Why are you bothered about it OP?

It is earlier these days. Since Covid it seems.

I much prefer it to Halloween decor.

Indeed, leaving decorations up until Twelfth Night - i.e. the whole of the Christmas season - is a rarity now. Because they go up so early. A couple of decades ago you rarely heard of people clearing everything away on Boxing Day, but these days the instant gratification of decorating in November leads to rapid boredom. I even read on here last year of someone taking their tree down immediately after finishing their Christmas Dinner! It's so depressing.