To not get why Christmas now starts on the first of November

[Whatthe777]

Was in home bargains today and they were playing Christmas music

I think that you are right but it's a bit of a mistake in terms of the psychology to go right from Halloween into Christmas.

People need a bit of downtime between holidays in order to get the most out of that dopamine hit. Those few weeks between Halloween and Easter are a time of increasing darkness, but I think there is a way to embrace that for what it is and then the anticipation of the next holiday deepens.

And if the holidays are totally over over January 1st, that leaves a good few months until Easter in what can be, in some regions, quite the most unpleasant port of the year. If Christmas stretches to Epiphany or even to the end of the Epiphany season, on the other hand, it gives you a celebratory mood though until Spring is really on the horizon.

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I quite like it.

We have too many children and always host several family on the day too, so I join the bargain threads in January and pick up little bits all year round, for super prices. By July I'm quite the way through and by Nov 1st it feels like I've been in Christmas prep for ages and it's nice to see the odd bits start in the aisles.

I don't want the atmosphere/ambience necessarily, Christmas songs too early get irritating. But I do quite like the appearance of Christmas bath bombs, candles and treats roundabout now...I can pick up some bits and pieces for the table display in advance. Prep is key for me.

December is one child in this Nativity, another in that play, one at their club's Christmas party, at least two school birthday parties, church services, everyone broken up and needing childcare from about Dec 14th. No time for anything. It's actually rather nice to be able to walk around the garden centre and choose some new decs at my leisure in November instead of trying to cram it in to December somehow.

I can wrap earlier, get ahead, and actually have some semblance of enjoying December where we're spread very thin across all of the social stuff, if I have the ability to start before.

Personally, I don’t really celebrate Halloween and whilst the admin of Christmas starts in September/October I don’t do decorations until the first weekend in December and Christmas songs or snacks until 1st December. I have plenty of downtime and I’m not chasing the dopamine.

I also don’t celebrate Christmas until Epiphany because I like my tree to be put away before the New Year starts. It’s nothing to do with how early decorations go up because in years when we’ve done it later, I feel the same. It’s about going into the New Year with everything in order (for me) and feeling positive about the year ahead. Stretching Christmas to Epiphany for me doesn’t make me feel celebratory, it makes me feel behind. I don’t need Epiphany to feel celebratory for spring because I can recognise that by the amount of light as I’m going to and coming home from work. By mid-February I will be noticing it is not as dark as I leave for work and I will know spring is on the way. That won’t work for everyone though and some people will celebrate Valentine’s Day as a break between Christmas and Easter.

I understand why people embrace Christmas from the 1st November, even if I don’t it personally. People are allowed to do what works for them because we’re all different. Some people need downtime to get the most out of a holiday and some people don’t. Some people might find it overwhelming to go from a lot of downtime in November to full on tinsel in December. If someone is chasing the dopamine it’s probably because life is pretty bleak for a lot of people and so I don’t really blame anyone that wants to stretch that out.

Thanks for answering @Kirbert2 - I have 2 of my dc with December birthdays - poor planning on our part!