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i went out for a meal for my birthday on friday and there was a little christmas tree wiv lights on owt on earth is goin on its only october!and y do shops sell christmas stuff in september its well weard?

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It does seem a bit too early for things like trees with lights. I have to post to US before end of October and I find it difficult to start feelign Christmassy this early.

By Dec 25th we'll have overdosed.

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if only you had my job you would realise that more and more people are actually xmas shopping alot earlier every year cause now they realise the expence and when you shop early you dont get disappointed.
I work in a toy shop and im a last minute shopper my kids usually get what no one else wants (hee hee) im that last minute ive not managed to do my xmas food shop twice honest ask my mum n dad.lol

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I shop early for presents because I send some abroad and want to catch the last dates for surface mail. Present buying isn't the same as having trimmings up or a Father Christmas.It just gets a bit much when stores start too early because it takes all the magic out of the season.

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I also have stuff to go abroad so tend to sort those things out early. I rarely do a food shop as working Xmas day gets me out of doing the dinner. I have used this tac-tic for 17 years and have never had to do the meal yet. Honestly, not only does it work like a charm but it also gets you out of the washing up...:D

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Well we have just put our Christmas POS up and have been told by the powers that be to play our Christmas tapes. I'm sick to the back teeth of Christmas already.:D

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It's cheaper for me to send the wife back to Accy in November to do the Xmas shoping, give out the prezzies, than to buy the prezzies in Germany and send them over!

Anyway she likes seeing her Sister and her Mum!

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Pity it doesn't work out the same with the USA for me, it would make a nice pre-Christmas trip.;)

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there will b a time when july rolls around and shops and stores will start advertising crimbo stuff

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Thinking of doing my xmas shopping at the weekend to get it out of the way! The worst thing is getting the food shopping around xmas - the shops only close for a couple of days and you'd think we'd all starve the way we all stockpile! I think I'll be buying online the week before Christmas - it's got to be easier than trying to get round the carpark at Asda!

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Done all my xmas shopping already, dont bother fighting in asda for food, hell its only shut for two days tops for crying out loud. Order all food from butchers, get it deliveryed to work the week before xmas, jobs done easy :P

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always buy easter eggs after easter, always buy xmas chocs after xmas.

these supermarkets always sell off the xmas branded goodies at low low prices when the "big" days is over.

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I've noticed that too. I always buy my Xmas cards, wrapping paper and gift tags in January. They are half price or under in January. I put them away and use them the following Xmas.:D

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Saw my first Christmas tree today, before anyone asks it was not in a shop. It was in someones window.

Finished my Christmas shopping and also wrote my cards. All i have to do now is my food shop and wait for Christmas to come.

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Sigh...I only wish I could be that organised.:)

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It's not that i am organised Pixie, just that i don't know when i will find time to do it otherwise. Trouble is it always costs more, because you can say great i'm finished but always find something else i think kids would like.

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I was like Lettie and bought my cards and wrapping paper and gift tags at half price in the January sales....... but blow me, when Christmas came round couldn't find the blasted things......had to go out and buy more.......when I had bought them I found the cheapie ones........serves me right!

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I buy stockingfillers and b/day gifts in the sales all year round.
Also buy paper,cards and decco's in the january sales.
And this year i have loads of wrapping done as well.

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i usually purchase my gifts online wherever possible, and if its done in the xmas season you quite often can get free or cheap gift wrapping on your items.. Ahhh its so easy to be lazy :P

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Just got the last of family pressie's, only three dogs to buy for now.