As I’ve begun celebrating the solar and mid solar holidays the creeping of Christmas has gotten so much more irritating. Let the solstice celebration happen at the solstice. I don’t want to deal with winter solstice themed stuff while I’m celebrating Mabon and Samhain. It screws with the sense of connection to time and seasons.

[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, and that's not even accounting for how insanely corporatized those holidays are. I guess that you're supposed to have fun and enjoy the celebration but after a certain point it feels like these solstice holidays have become ads.

[–] Supervivens@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Become? Santa as we know him was litterally a Coca Cola ad.

[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Become, because I imagine they didn't start that way.

[–] amtwon@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

The Night before Christmas is from 1823 tho

[–] Neirin_D@feddit.uk 27 points 11 months ago

Christmas is extremely profitable, so corporations want to extend it as much as possible. In the UK, shops sell christmas stuff in august now. It's ridiculous. Also, everything has to have festive packaging, even products that have nothing to do with christmas.

[–] Cockmaster6000@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

Ho Ho Ho motha fuckas

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

sorry i can't hear you over mariah Carey rn

[–] chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Ugh sorry about that; she's in heat. We keep meaning to get her fixed, but can never find the time!

[–] smellyfis@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago

I agree unless you are an avid maker. It tends to take 1 month to make something holiday appropriate and you need to get supplies for it so a craft store carrying things two months ahead of a holiday isn't that bad. But yea simple yard decorations and music can wait till their season .

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

In Canada, we'd need a FOURTH lane for labor day in September. In September we see Halloween stuff in stores.

One the bright side, most DGAF about Thanksgiving so no merch in stores in September... so far.

[–] June@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

I’m trying to create balance by going the other way. I started my Halloween decorating in September and it’s staying up through Christmas. And I’m having a Halloween Christmas from now until I die since my ex-wife doesn’t have a say in it anymore. I actually found some Halloween tree ornaments at Michael’s yesterday and gobbled up a few packs. Next year I’ll try to snag a Halloween tree too depending on how the new cat treats the Christmas tree this year.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks to the whole Nightmare Before Christmas thing, we Samhainers will go ahead and shanghai the entire season if the devil hasn't been paid His full due.

[–] Emptiness@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Underbart >:)

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As a Canadian who ate 🦃 tonight, November??!!

[–] DannyMac@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I wish the US celebrated the same day as you all. It makes more sense since all the food is harvested right now. Why wait until late November? With climate change, however, maybe or ancestors unknowingly planned for the future...

[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

You have a vast country in terms of latitude. Maybe that's why...