I've seen my first tree...

[ed_pete]

...Christmas Tree.

Decorated and lights on - house opposite dry cleaners on East Dulwich Grove.

[Salsaboy]

Bah, humbug.

[Robert Poste's Child]

I think Christmas was more fun and meaningful when there wasn't a three or four month build-up to it. The Dutch are now thinking about Sinterklaas and get onto Christmas after that. In the US Thanksgiving does the same thing. We need a new holiday around the end of November.

[StraferJack]

3 or 4 months? Isn't there 6 weeks to go?

[Robert Poste's Child]

Some shops started getting Christmas stuff in late Aug / early Sept. If you add on the Jan sales period, there are people out there who'll have been eating mince pies and family tins of Quality Street for five months by the time supplies finally run out (just in time for three months of Easter eggs).

[LadyNorwood]

Harrods, Selfridges et al usually have their Christmas departments from mid-August - they're after the tourist dollars, yen, dirham, roubles etc etc... There's a Christmas shop in Sausalito CA open all year round - nobody seems to mind as they know it's (again) aimed at tourists....

[Seabag]

My sister had a tree up in October once

Sad cow, but it was for 'the kids' she told me

Mind you, isn't there some guy somewhere, who has christmas 365 days a year

[El Pibe]

He's called Santa Claus..duuhhh!!

[Jeremy]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> eating mince pies and family tins of Quality

> Street for five months

I'm trying to figure out what's bad about that...

[DulwichFox]

Yes. Christmas starts in August..

Christmas Day can then be reserved and made special for a good family bust up :)

Foxy

[Seabag]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> He's called Santa Claus..duuhhh!!

:))

[Sue]

The Christmas decorations were up in North Cross Road before 5 November :(

[jctg]

11th November is definitely the winner for having a Christmas tree up. It's all about the silver medal now.

[Laur]

I also noticed the same Christmas tree there yesterday ...if you look closely I think they have 2 Christmas trees up! ...maybe they've been left up from last year.....?

[MrsMcC]

The Christmas Shop on Tooley Street, London Bridge is open all year!

http://www.thechristmasshop.co.uk/index.html

[LadyNorwood]

MartinRockey Wrote:

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> Christmas shops are almost everywhere. That is why

> in our house, we bring out the Christmas

> decorations as early as October, we have already

> bought Christmas wreaths and artificial flowers

> last September.

shameless plug by a first time poster!

[ianr]

.

[ianr]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > eating mince pies and family tins of Quality

> > Street for five months

>

> I'm trying to figure out what's bad about that...

You don't have to just sit and gorge. Close the curtains and tune in to the True Christmas channel. Available 24/7.

[Earl Aelfheah]

If it's a real tree, it'll be dead by Christmas.

[Salsaboy]

Saw a set of xmas deccies in a house in Penge today.

Bah Humbug.