To think your life must be pretty empty if you're celebrating Christmas already?

[MerryMarigold]

Maybe it's me, but I think 2 weeks before Christmas and one week after, is ample time to have your tree/ lights up, be watching Christmas films (if you're that way inclined), listen to Christmas songs, have Christmas nights out/ dress up in Christmas jumpers etc. This weekend my Facebook has been inundated with 'Look at my lovely tree' statuses and today I've just driven past about 30 Santas power walking, my kids are begging me to get a tree up (which will be dead by Christmas). I just think you need to enjoy life now and not always be looking forward to the next celebration.

AIBU and a miserable git, or do i have a point?

[Laiste]

''Your life must be empty if you're putting up xmas lights earlier than some other people ....''

I seriously don't see the logic here.

[LooksBetterWithAFilter]

My life is far from empty but my (real) tree went up yesterday as every year and it lasts all the way to new year.
I love Christmas and it’s nit the one day I get excited for it’s the whole month. The children’s Christmas party at school, visits to Santa, catching up with family we don’t get the chance to see very often.
We are so busy the rest of the year and life is filled with stress I love the twinkling lights and preparation. Life would be dull if we were all the same. You do your thing and me and my very full life will do mine.

[JassyRadlett]

AIBU to think people’s lives must be pretty empty if they spend time on any hobby or interest or thing that they enjoy that isn’t of immediate interest to me?

Come on, OP. Let us know what your hobbies and interests are, and those that love to have a full month of full-on Christmas have a pop.

[SoyDora]

We did our Christmas tree this morning as it’s our last free weekend before Christmas (we’ve got weekends away/family visits/going out with friends etc booked at weekends from now on). We also have baby number three due at Christmas and for various reasons it may come early so we’re trying to be a bit prepared. Yeah, my life is completely empty .

[ChristmasWrappingTheWaitresses]

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/too-early-for-christmas-trees-say-people-who-police-the-behaviour-of-others-in-their-own-homes-20151201104354

"IT IS too early to put up your Christmas tree, according to those who believe they can dictate what you do in the privacy of your own fucking house.

The self-appointed festive police, who also decide when Christmas products are allowed to be sold, have announced that decoration of any kind must await their approval."

[Groovee]

We have 3 birthdays before Christmas so it fits round them.

[OldBrownShoe]

It’s a season. Each to their own. I quite like seeing peoples trees and decorations and the joy it brings them and their children.

I usually put mine up the 1st Sunday in December but this year due to a combination of weekend shifts and an 18 month old who is all set to be a demolition man when he grows up, we will be waiting until the 16th.

[PositiveVibez]

I think people who want to be grumpy are fine. But to start a thread to be grumpy about people doing thing that make them happy, is pretty pathetic.

I have my tree up as my 9 year old is really excited and also, it looks really pretty.

I am now booked up for the next few weekends, meeting up with family and friends, panto and a concert, so it was an ideal time to start the festivities this weekend.

If you don't like it, draw your curtains and take the first 2 weeks of December off work. Don't leave the house and just sit there fuming and festering over people enjoying themselves.

Bah humbug!

[81Byerley]

My niece put hers up on November 21st. She says it will come down on Boxing day. Mine will go up in a couple of weeks and come down on 12th night, January 6th, Horses for courses, I suppose!

[LadyMacbethWasMisunderstood]

We put up 2 real trees and one artificial one yesterday. And lots of lights. Whilst listening to Christmas music.

Made pudding and cake a couple of weeks ago.

Each weekend between now and Christmas we will do one Christmassy themed activity (next Sunday making a wreath). Nothing extravagant. Just relaxed.

We are not yet “celebrating” Christmas. But we are getting in the spirit of things. All 3 children (2 teenage daughters and a 7 year old son) enjoy the lead up.

We none of us live empty lives. I work full time in a job I adore. All 3DCs have hobbies and interests and social lives. Last year DD1 had been very sick and was not long out of hospital at Christmas. So we are extra thankful. But we have always put up our decs early December.

Enjoying the Christmas spirit (if that is your thing) does not mean your life is empty.

[SnuggyBuggy]

I don't get taking it down on Boxing day TBH

[Processedpea]

I agree with you op the madness starts earlier each year

[MsTSwift]

Due to our excessively full lives this is the last free non work day we have so tree today it is

[Laiste]

So OP, lets think. Perhaps you are correct and we're all wrong - these people you're convinced have empty lives - do you scoff at them openly? ''Te Hee - how empty their lives must be compared to mine'' sort of thing?

What fun.What a lovely person you are! You must be so proud. Getting angry about xmas lights and thinking everyone's lives are emptier than yours and how miserable they must all be ... must be great being you ... or .... no actually it seems it's you who's bitter and twisted either way you look at it! Sorry

[PinkHeart5914]

Blimey some serious kill joys on here sometimes, stop be miserable op.

People are just having a bit of fun what’s wrong with that? Do you never enjoy anything?

[Hedgehogblues]

Advent is an important part of my religious year

[purplemunkey]

Yes, you really are miserable.

We put our tree and decorations up yesterday after opening day 1 of the advent calendar. Countdown to Christmas has begun for us and we love it! I really don't care when anyone else puts theirs up and haven't put thought into any correlation between when they do and how full their life might be. Because that would be a bit odd.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's lights on my way home from work as they go up over the next few weeks.

[justforareply]

From a practical POV it would be hard to have all Xmas work do!'s in space of 2 weeks
Also other Xmas do's - friends, volunteering, scouts, political party etc- all very different groups that it's nice to have social thing with. I'd be on my knees if I had to do it all in 2 weeks!

[brizzledrizzle]

So, is it never too early to get a tree up?

Absolutely never too early. My tree will be up in January.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Sometimes we put ours up on the 1st December. Sometimes we put ours up on 24th December. Mostly it’s somewhere in between.

Has our inconsistency confused you as to the fullness of our lives OP?

[BettyDuMonde]

I usually put our tree up on the Saturday nearest December 15th.

We’re doing it early this year because my 6 year old daughter was diagnosed with an incredibly rare life threatening illness at the end of September.

She turned 7 in October, but I’d stopped rounding her age up in the lead up (no more ‘about to turn 7’ or ‘7 next month’ just ‘she’s 6’).

So yes, I agree with living in the moment, OP, but when you are faced with the real prospect of not making it to the next big celebration, bringing some of it forward might not indicate an empty life in the way you are assuming?


Plus, some people just like glitter and little lights more than others. No big deal.

[MerryMarigold]

at the Daily Mash!

[BakedBeans47]

I don’t think it means people’s lives are empty but it does seem to get earlier and earlier every year. There was loads of people with them up more than a month prior to Christmas. I like Christmas but actually at Christmas time ie late December and over th holidays til new year not in bloody November and then all down on Boxing Day.

[bluetit101]

I think people who worry about/get angry at people putting decorations up in their own home must have pretty empty lives. I love Christmas. Our tree goes up last weekend in November and yeah we watch Christmas films and I play Christmas music and we all get excited, and we visit Christmas markets and garden centres and we bake and do Christmas crafts. We definitely do not have empty lives. I couldn't care less if someone put their tree up in September! Their home, their decision and absolutely none of my business.

[BatsAreCool]

I guess those that hate them will have to walk around being miserable or with their eyes closed because you cannot stop people doing what they want in their own house.

I don't 'do' Halloween but I don't think people who make a big thing of it have empty lives.