AIBU to be pissed off at having to remind everyone that it is still only fecking OCTOBER

[MaryZed]

and that 13 discussion in aibu about Christmas in the last week (in addition to the ones mnhq have moved) is too many. Not to mention that of the 96 threads with Christmas in the title in the last week, more than 45 of them are outside the sodding Christmas topic . And "Christmas" has appeared in more than 500 posts since the beginning of October.

And I was in my local M&S today, and the entire Christmas stock of cards decorations and sundry tat was set up and squishing the Hallowe'en tat into the aisles.

It's getting ridiculous.

frasersmummy, it was actually M&S that finished me off. I couldn't believe it, the whole shop was Christmasified, I'm sure it's even earlier than usual.

In all seriousness the shops have had a shit summer so be prepared for them to try and hit Christmas loud and early!

I've started my shopping already - I like to have it all done by early December.

YANBU Maryz.
To all you Christmas freaks, there's Halloween threads on the go, then there'll be bonfire night ones.
And we can all have our yearly arguments about trick or treat turning our children into beggars, or the danger of fireworks.
Then, after November the 5th we can start the Christmas threads.
That is the way the MN calendar should work.

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YANBU

HTH

I hate Halloween and bonfire night so will quite happily ignore threads on them

Sorry,
I started my wrapping today!

Whew, I have a few agree-ers

I'm already in a bunfight thread about trick or treating (though it started on October 6th, I think, which is really a tad early).

And I'm shocked and horrified at Worra. I really am. I am going back to the cleaner thread to agree with the op [discusted and apauled]

Ba humbug. can we have some christmas smilies please MNHQ?

Wrapping [baffled]. What on earth do you all do on Christmas Eve if it isn't drunken wrapping?

YANBU. My personal bugbear is people who go on about Christmas incessantly from September onwards, put their trees up in November, and then take them down on Boxing Day and post photos on Facebook saying "Ahhhh, got my lounge back at last".

YABU, last year I had finished all my christmas shopping by now and was stress free. This year though I've only just started looking, but am aiming to be finished within 6 weeks

Oh, yes Keith.

Very annoying that.

"Frankly, if it takes you several months to organise and pay for one day, you're doing it wrong and spending too much."

Bit harsh, I've started now as everyone is getting hand made gifts from me this year as I'm so skint. DS is 8 and told me he doesn't want much this year but could I knit him a blanket, he's not daft and is aware we're struggling. We pick things up in the sale and put them away for him.

YANBU really MaryZed, if you don't need to plan early etc it must be tiresome to have it jammed in your face so you're sick of it by the time it rolls around. Perhaps I could fashion you some festive ear muffs to drown out the early carols when you're shopping

In that case I apologise MaryZee

Oh and Happy New Year

Well, that's ok Charlee, if you wouldn't mind just fecking wandering off to the C-word topic to talk about it.

This is a NOT-CHRISTMAS thread, you know. Where we can talk about things that are NOT CHRISTMAS-Y.

I'm in Dublin, where we are still waiting for summer to start

YANBU

Although to me the holiday season starts with Rosh Hashana, even if I am not a practicing Jew and then slides merrily downhill towards New Years Eve, bumping into Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving (damn Americ...oh wait...) and Christmas.

But put it in the right topic, people!

See, I am 'avin' a baby sometime in december so I refuse to deal with cs any later than Nov 1st. That said, I am still not contributing to any cs threads whether in the right topic or not. Except this one of course.

Which isn't, of course, a c*s thread Pascha. Congrats, btw.

PunkinDublic. You are knitting a complete Nativity scene?

Simply stating my reason for me saying YABU

@MaryZed

No I haven't Dildo

This is a threads about IT NOT BEING CHRISTMAS YET

And if Olivia pops up and moves it to the Christmas topic I will.... I will... well, I'm not sure what I will do, but it won't be pretty.

YANBU OP, I agree entirely. It's getting on my tits too.

The thing is, the Christmas topic needs a hook.

If, say, there were Christmas smileys in there all year round, we happy, gentle, non-angsty Christmas folk would never feel the need break out all over the other boards.