John Lewis online Xmas shop open - yay!!

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AIBU that I am just a little bit joyful that this is already open? Especially on a such a rubbish weather day when it feels like autumn has just arrived with a bang...? Just brings a little bit of sparkle and joy in this house.... and stops me looking at nametapes....

I saw this the other day and thought it was left over from last year!

I wish there was a little more detail though so I could start to feel really Christmassy.. Its four months until the big day - not nearly enough time!

Thank you for posting this! Definitely the perfect day for it

I enjoyed browsing the JL Christmas shop the other day! Slightly odd themes this year though... Their notions of Impressionist and Renaissance art are very different from mine

Seems they're following the same batshit themes as yesterday, bunch of bananas, trainers or a monkey for your tree?

I like the snowflake fairy lights, hurry up winter!

Yesterday?! Last year..I hate this bloody phone!

I love the idea that there are people out there though who say "you know what this room is missing? Llamas and avocados. They just scream xmas!" I wish I was more whimsical, sigh x

I am completely into the Bloomsbury lamp. I love the crackers stuff.

I'm not going to look just yet, I'm saving John Lewis Christmas shop until my day off!

Now the Shake for Gin snowglobe is a think I never knew I wanted....

Love the Japan theme esp the kimono and fish

I love John Lewis decorations! I really need an outdoor christmas koala decoration!

And Matalan's, I noticed this morning. Flamingo Christmas bath mat, anyone? spoiler: it isn't even REMOTELY Christmasy

Having had the benefit of a thorough look through both JL and matalan, it is hard to choose between JL's "post impressionist grass" (it is a bundle.of fake grass) and matalan's triceratops christmas tree topper (irritatingly just labelled as a dinosaur, when I'm convinced that anyone keen enough on dinosaurs to buy such an item would be able to recognise a triceratops).

Oo but you see I liked that triceratops. Not as a tree topper , but I decided it just needs a pair of wire cutters, a crocodile clip and a glue gun...
The ‘art themes’ at JL just made me cross.

I was so excited to see it live but a little underwhelmed. I like traditional tree decorations and there wasn’t that many in that style. Some of them are definitely from last year as I bought them.

Some of the colours might look better in real life. I’ll be crossing my fingers Liberty’s are as good as normal.

I'm very tempted to do a rainbow tree this year 🌈🎄

Blue i would love a rainbow tree, but it wouldn't fit all my much love mismatched decorations.

I'd love a rainbow tree but like Stompy it wouldn't work with all the ones I've collected over the years!

Well out of all the themes Bloomsbury is probably most like the style I like. I like the "owl in wreath" decoration

I like the Bloomsbury theme best too, the colours are sumptuous. I have added the tree ornament in the shape of a stack of books to my wishlist - it doesn't match my other ornaments at all, but I can't resist it.

What you need, everythingisginandroses, is ANOTHER TREE

This made me so happy! Please can we update whenever we spot another Christmas shop open! I absolutely love all of the art of Japan range, and also love the Bloomsbury stack of books!

A Renaissance octopus bauble is truly the item I never knew I needed .

I'm probably going to stick to traditional red green gold etc this year. My oh would kill me if I got any more decs lol he might just let me get away with some nice babys first xmas for our little girl if anyone spots any nice 1st xmas stuff it would be appreciated! X

MrsElf- you are completely right another tree is required when you run out of branches for decorations I'm up to 3 trees now and will need to move in the next couple of years so we have space for a 4th