Shops have been de-Christmassed

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And it's WONDERFUL. They must have had the elves in over the last couple of days because in both the Asda and Waitrose I was in this morning had no decorations, no festive aisles full of tat, no screeching Noddy Holder on the tannoy.

Fabulous. At last back to normal.

I understand those working in retail wanting Christmas to be over on the 25th. After being tormented with renditions of "Happy Christmas; War is over" and "Merry Christmas Everybody" for eight hours each day for at least six weeks, they should
be offered therapy, and the shops reported to the UN for subjecting staff to "cruel
and unusual punishment" more befitting a dictator's torture chamber than a suburban shopping mall.

Aldi take all their Christmas "decorations" down on Christmas Eve.

Aldi take all their Christmas "decorations" down on Christmas Eve.

And then guess what they have for sale in their 'magic aisles of surprise' on Boxing Day!

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It is the correct way! That's why council provided lights will stay up till the 6th. Because that is the day they are meant to stay up till.

It’s the correct way to you but many of us follow different traditions. There is no right or wrong!"

And what is also forgotten from "it's why the council take down on 6th January" is that they go on mid November - long before the 1st night. It's a mix match of traditions.

To be fair it was the OP who stated Christmas is over by now on the 27th Dec.
Also seeming to declare one correct way of doing things.

The grinches are out in force. I reckon it would be nice to leave up until at least New Year’s Eve.

You can buy hot cross buns all year round.

Ultimately it's a personal choice, if you love the Christmas vibes you are going to milk it for as long as you can, if you find the whole thing tedious you will clear out as soon as you can. A minority will be observing the accepted period for celebration for religious reasons/ tradition. Shops couldn't care less it's all about the money to get you into the store and spend. Not much demand for turkeys after Christmas so they move on to the next celebration.

Not in aus
The fruit buns they put out just dont taste the same - they dont seem to use same spice mix
Fruit bread dont taste the same

Drove down our main high st yesterday. Independent shops are still decorated. It’s just the chains that have these things dictated to them.

Ok, New Year is now here. I’m done with Christmas, back to work and day to day ordinary stuff. Spring cleaning is next!

Really this.

My local Tesco had replaced the shelf with their Christmas sherry trifles with Cadbury Crème Egg trifles.
As consumers we go with what’s offered. Supermarkets are not the upholders of tradition. We didn’t always have Christmas in the shops in October and Eadter in the shops before New Year…..

The society we live in is driven by money and consumerism, footballers and tv pundits are financially valued more than teachers, healers or the thousands of other people who work behind the scenes to keep everything going.
It is being driven by a few people and followed by a lot more. Does it work? For many people it does. If it works there is no inclination to change it.

Happy New Year, my decorations have always stayed up till the 6th, it feels a bit glum when they're taken down but now I've heard about Candlemass I might keep Christmas going a bit longer.🙂

It's come back to bite me in the arse today. 5 year old DD is refusing to wear anything other than a party dress because "you said it's still 12 days of Christmas. You said that Mummy. So I can wear a party dress"

I mean she's not wrong. But it's still annoying!

news.sky.com/story/easter-eggs-uk-supermarkets-start-sales-of-easter-products-in-december-12777938

The supermarkets are reporting that they start selling Easter Eggs early as that’s what the customers want.

Every year people go on about Easter eggs being on the shelves as soon as the Christmas stuff comes down. It’s been the case for at least 20 years now. Most supermarkets have a ‘seasonal’ section and after Christmas Easter is the next big thing. The shops will have had them in the stock room since at least November and want them out of the way.

They wouldn’t put them out if people didn’t buy them. People do. Often because they want to get the exact one for their DC but also so they can eat them in a moment of weakness and still have time to replace them.

The one thing that is very noticeable about Easter eggs (which possibly supports the theory of early demand for them) is that if you leave buying them until the few days before Easter Sunday, you have very limited if any real choice!

Exactly the same with Christmas decorations. I used to work in a very nice shop in a well-to-do town. We would start to display Christmas decorations in October. Once they sold out we wouldn’t get anymore in. Every year people would come in at the end of December and complain they couldn’t get the decoration they saw on October.

That to me indicates that it’s not the customer driving the demand, it’s the shop. The customer wants to buy the decorations just before Christmas and the shop is no longer supplying them. The fact that some people may buy them in October doesn’t negate the fact that others - many, the majority? - actually want to buy in late December.

@Krakenwakes I reckon you're right. Or businesses have just got a lot more canny about stock control and tend to err on the side of caution (aka under-estimate demand) nowadays, so hard luck to those who leave it late-in-the-day to do their seasonal shopping.

Thinking about it,

Well of course its over, its January. Consumers are concerned about Easter next.

why people are dictated or bothered by what what’s on display in the shops so much, is beyond me. Unless Christmas is highly triggering, then i just don’t get it.

Well of course its over, its January.

It is now, but this thread started on 27th December!

It's not an attitude; it's fact! The twelve days of Christmas, rooted in the historic pagan festival.

Clintons have the full Valentines display out Valentines Day comes before Easter.

We count the Christmas period as 1-25 December. It’s back to work on 26 December so definitely over then.