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.

Working doesn't mean it's not christmas........

The parties, presents, meals out are over so Christmas is over for us for another year and we then look forward to the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
We were lucky as we were on holiday and spent Christmas Day on the beach so a special day.

Holiday, gifts, eating out, beaches.......lovely; whatever you do, Christmas ends on 12th night.

This thread demonstrates that people celebrate the Christmas holidays over different dates - no one is wrong - we all have different customs and traditions.

Well yes....but that's like saying if you celebrate your birthday on the weekend following it, your birthday is a different day!
There is a huge difference between the date of something, and when and how we celebrate.

Christmas Day is Christmas Day but people celebrate the Christmas period over different dates - in our house 1-25 December and other people different times.

It's not personal choice; the celebrations are, but the Christmas period is the Christmas period; you can sit on a beach eating mince pies all year if you wish, but Christmas is not just for you. Happy New Year......!

Christmas day varies by Christian sect. Do you think December 25th is universal?

Admit to not having RTFT but I kid you not there were Easter eggs in my local supermarket between Christmas and New Year. Don’t know why it annoyed me so much but it did.

For our family Christmas Day is 25 December and the celebration period is 1-25 December but some posters don’t accept that different families celebrate in different ways. For us Sinterklaas is the biggest celebration of the Christmas period.

We also celebrate Sinterklaas at the beginning of December but it's just our immediate family, and in the UK, so very low key. No general Christmas or winter decorations, just some paper boats, St. Nicholas and other themed decorations, a meal and a few tiny token presents in shoes.

More difficult to source Sinterklaas chocolates since Hema closed in the UK.