Christmas

Quite. The thread’s clearly entitled Christmas. If you don’t want to discuss Christmas yet you’ve still clicked and discussed, perhaps it’s not the OP being silly or not having enough to do…

Though I’ve just clicked on a thread entitled Best SARMs for Bulking for Skinny Fat Guys2, so who am I to comment?

Seems the OP didn't return, I wonder why?

Maggiemaybe

Quite. The thread’s clearly entitled Christmas. If you don’t want to discuss Christmas yet you’ve still clicked and discussed, perhaps it’s not the OP being silly or not having enough to do…

Agreed

GrannyGravy13

TillyTrotter unfortunately it’s not unusual on GN at the moment, there appears to be a lot of pent up anger and frustration which is vented on all sorts of friendly threads.

Well said. This poster asked a reasonable question, some posters did not like it because it disagrees with their views.
I know I don't do Christmas until December but I don't object to people who post and do things differently to me.

I can’t even think of Christmas until after family birthdays early in November. My card list has shrunk in tune with the postage price increases!

In the spirit of the OP’s original question:

My ‘sending’ card list has shrunk, mainly due to bereavements.

I still do C stockings for my very adult DCs! - so I pick up bits and bobs throughout the year, whenever I see something appropriate and on offer/reduced in price!

One does wonder quite how rude some might be were they in a face to face situation. Those who pour scorn and make snippy remarks hiding behind a pseudonym must be a little warped.

About fifty as usual. I might have to rob a bank to pay the postage.

Joke.

Love Christmas and love looking forward to it and planning the (quiet) fun.

Following a comment about Easter yesterday, I coincidentally had an e-mail from a well know High Street retailer saying their website was being re-vamped and from mid Sept there will be a different way of purchasing goods. All current stuff reduced. So of course, I had to look and I bought Halloween stuff and Easter stuff. Spent under £20 and will receive a lot of cr*p which, when the time comes will cause lots of amusement. Apologies, this is veering off the original post but wanted to share.

Grandma70s

Norah

None. We hand deliver.

Do you only send cards to people who live locally, then? Mine go all over the country, and some abroad.

I’d like to stop sending cards, but it’s not easy. People I rarely see will think I’m dead, or at least not well. Also, I like getting them!

Same! A good many of ours go abroad.
We hand deliver to a few neighbours, but there are never many locally, except for a few ex colleagues.

Crossstitchfan

How can you even think about Christmas? It’s the end of August! 😱
In answer to your question, I shall only be giving cards to my youngest grandchildren. As a family, we agreed ages ago that we did not intend to pay the exorbitant price Royal Mail are charging. All my friends and neighbours feel the same, if their actions last year are anything to go by, when most of them refused to send any. Royal Mail had better watch out!
My hairdresser told me this morning that she is already dreading the time between now and the big day as most of clients are talking about it already, some have been for a week or more. She said it’s hard to chat about something that’s 100 days away! I couldn’t agree more.

I work in a small newsagents. We had Christmas magazines start coming in middle of August.

It seems to get earlier and earlier every year.

I have reduced the card giving to immediate family.
To be honest, I love the Christmas decorating and follow a few facebook groups on the subject.
🌲🌲🌲

Christmas has become just a commercial fest. I detest it.
Yes I did it all by the book for several decades, but now, I cant stand it.
I no longer send cards. They’re unnecessary and the cost with postage is exorbitant, only to be disposed of a few days later.
If I could escape it, I would.

It is early to think about Christmas,although as I type this it is the last day in September,and this a little closer.
I am new here by the way so I hope it's ok to just post like this.
I want to ask if any of you will be spending Christmas alone,and if so ,how do you intend to spend it? Will you just act like it's any other day,do the ironing or whatever chores await,or will you put up decorations and cook something special ?

I am seriously thinking of not sending Christmas cards this year.

Catgrann I will spend most of Christmas day by myself so I will get up late, do the absolute minimum of housework, have a nice lunch and then go for afternoon tea with DCs and the GCs.

I don't bother with decorations as it is just me.