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Christmas build up has started.
Last week I went to the hairdressers and there by the window in full blaze was an ornamented Christmas tree, and decorations on the walls. We hadn't even got to Halloween at that point.
Last edited by Margaret; 03-11-2013 at 08:15 AM.
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Pillar of the Community
OMG- Dismay. Where are the days when Christmas was begun on Christmas Eve and ran through until the 12th Night? (5th January) No trees went up before Christmas Eve or if they did in preparation, they weren't lit until then. The continent sees the real Christmas on Christmas Eve which is when church goers attend mass and then families and friends get together for a meal. Christmas day is very much a quiet affair. The big celebrations are for St Nicholas' Day on 6th December and 19th December which have very close traditions to those observed at Christmas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas_Day
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Sadly, these days it's like everything else; commercialised. What a world we live in!
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Pillar of the Community
We're doomed. Wouldn't children appreciate things so much more if they were not so indulged and Christmas magic was kept to the time scale reflecting what it is meant to be about? Believer or non believer, it is a Christian celebration and this is thus far still a christian country. When in Rome ...
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