Christmas tree

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When

In November
1
6%
1st week of December ( 1st-6th )
4
25%
2nd week of December ( 7th -13th )
5
31%
3rd week of December ( 14th - 20th )
3
19%
4th week of December ( 21st - 24th )
2
13%
Don’t put anything up
1
6%
 
Total votes: 16

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johnh
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NottinghamWhite wrote:My earliest recollections of Christmas was the Old Mother Riley movie every Christmas Day morning. Arthur Lucan who played OMR was married to co-star Kitty O’Shea. I watched a biopic on them & she definitely wore the trousers. Seen a few of these biopics including Hattie Jacques who came over as a nymphomaniac, Hughie Green who was a serial cheater & Tony Hancock was came over as a very sad man.
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Re: Christmas tree

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Just back from my walk around the estate & there’s loads with decorations up, trees & lights it’s only December 1st :roll:
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Selby White
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NottinghamWhite wrote:Just back from my walk around the estate & there’s loads with decorations up, trees & lights it’s only December 1st :roll:
Just done the same and seems more than ever.
As you say its early but suspect some of it has to do with people been at home through Covid.
Next week we will do ours.
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Just put our outside lights up, got the decorations down from the loft and off out to get a tree this afternoon.

Too early, my whatsit :D :D :D
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I'd put them up in the last week if I could, but we did it last Friday :crazy:

In my defence, there is a long running (since 1962) Friday night chat show on RTE television called the Late Late Show. Every year since 1974, they do the Late Late Toy Show. Kids adore it, adults are nostalgic for it. Wife wanted the decorations up to create an atmosphere for my 2 little ones.

It worked. They normally fall asleep, but for the first time they managed to yawn their way to 11.45pm - special treat staying up that late for it.
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Warning signs are here in our house. Walked in to smell Cinnamon Christmassy smells from sachets on the radiators. Only a matter of time before the "You need to get the tree down!" statements start. I can usually get a few days out of those before having to act. STA for tree now set for Saturday.
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We had to abandon ship on getting the tree this afternoon, our usual place had sold out :shock:, thankfully, they are expecting more from their farms tomorrow.
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I've seen lights at quite a few houses going back 3 weeks when driving around at night. Won't be putting ours up for at least another week although Mrs BW made the Christmas cake over the weekend.
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Next week at the earliest for us, and that’s too soon for me. Bah humbug.
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Our tree and decorations are a week old today, so many houses had theirs up well before ours.
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