Hi everyone - I suppose I could have said this a week or so ago, but today I REALLY felt like Christmas was on our shoulder when I popped into Home Bargains! There was a full isle (both sides) FULL of their Xmas stuff, plus another isle full of festive gifts!
I’ve noticed more this year that Halloween stuff gets put out at the same time as the Christmas items but I’d go a tad further and say some stores have MORE festive items than Halloween!
I love this run-in period - and I’m now nailing down Christmas Market dates around our area because we love to go for a wander around things like that - even if we don’t buy anything.
We currently have our house for sale and I’d love to be in somewhere new for Crimbo - in fact when I’m looking at houses I’m thinking where we could put our tree and other Christmas decs!
We’ve saved hard for Christmas this year - the present costs are about covered but this year I’d like to get out on a few family meals and sample some festive menus around Nov/Dec time!
We normally put Christmas lights and trinkets up towards the end of October - and truth be told we have at least one tree up by Halloween!
I’m getting SO excited now - and it’s nice the weather is changing because I love dark nights sat in front of the tv watching every Christmas film I can with a nice apple-cinnamon candle burning away while the fairy lights are twinkling! Heaven! Especially with a glass or two of mulled wine! 🎄🎄🎄