Comments on: Where Decatur's Christmas Trees Go To Die

By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:31:16 +0000

Not just retailers. My mother-in-law gets her (artificial) tree up the week after Halloween, which made my jaw drop the first time I saw it. TOO SOON. And yet she still makes fun of us for keeping our tree through January.

By: Tarnation

Tarnation — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:06:48 +0000

As an old retailer, I understand Russ’ feelings.

Yet, I think it is equally as funny that retailers proclaim when the beginning of Christmas season occurs….seemingly the day after Halloween, according to their own merchandising beliefs.

By: Rus

Rus — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:18:22 +0000

I work in retail advertising so my Christmas starts in July. You had better bet that I’m ready for the end of MY Christmas season January 2nd! I think it’s funny how some people like to proclaim the “official” beginning and end of the holiday based on their own secular beliefs (as if that as if that somehow makes it applicable to everyone else).
But if you must drag religion into it… the REAL end of the Christmas season is Candlemas on February 2nd. Lets see how crispy the tree is by then!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:44:20 +0000

Rus, you heretic! :^)

By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:39:45 +0000

Oh, and the actual OFFICIAL end to Christmas is not New Year’s, but today. January 6th is the 12th (and final) day of Christmas, also known as the “Epiphany,” the day the wise men arrived in Bethlehem.

It also happens to be my wife’s birthday. You think YOUR Christmas shopping is tough!