Those who put up Xmas decs very early

[Blackjack Davy]

Never understood the folk who put their decorations up mega early like in November, prattle on about Xmas on FB the whole time right up until Xmas, then pack them all away on Boxing day and claim they are done for another year.

I put my tree up on the 23rd Dec last year and took it down on 3rd Jan.

It is a bit silly isn't it. Its the same with the xmas ads incessently hammering us since the first week in november than come boxing day bam its sales and new year stuff and xmas is last years news.

They're both originally religious events. Neither of them are christian in origin (both predate christianity), but they did start off as being religious.

Io Saturnalia!(*)

Also Yule

 

[Droolinggimp]

The rule for Christmas has always been 12 days before hadn't it and always supposed to be down by 2nd. Seen a few with a them up personal preference though I guess but for me it's waaay to early

I was told the 12 days was putting the tree and decorations up on Xmas eve and take down 12 days after. That's what my late vicar friend told me.

Edit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

 

[goldy6660]

Fair, forgot the 12 days after bit but makes sense. I know the wife will went then up at the start if December, probs down by the 2nd. Cheers for the reference tho!

 

[subbytna]

You make a lot of whinge threads.

He really does. Joined 4 months ago and 800+ posts already...lots of threads started about things to moan about lol

 

[dirtychinchilla]

He really does. Joined 4 months ago and 800+ posts already...lots of threads started about things to moan about lol

Aren't they female?

 

[subbytna]

Aren't they female?

 

[Blackjack Davy]

I was told the 12 days was putting the tree and decorations up on Xmas eve and take down 12 days after. That's what my late vicar friend told me.

Edit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

Twelve days of Christmas used to be the most important festival of the year with festivities and a twelth night cake to end it which was fine in a primarily agricultural community when there was little to do by that time. The day after twelth night was Plough Monday when people would trudge out into the fields to begin the agricultural year all over again.

With the industrial revolution all that changed and employers saw no reason why their workforce should be idle for 12 days and christmas become almost a forgotten fesitval. The victorians esssentially reinvented christmas into the form we know today wiith xmas cards and and a tree that was a newly imported tradition from germany but was mostly xmas day and boxing day if you were lucky as a usually unpaid leave. The Scots with a strongly calvinist tradition who didn't traditionally recognise xmas transferred their festivities to new year instead and celebrated hogmanay as that had no religious overtones which the english seem to have semi adopted as an addition to christmas.

 

[Feek]

You make a lot of whinge threads.

... and hit and run threads.

 

[Dis86]

Aren't they female?

No. There are no girls online