They used to get in their Christmas ornaments in July. I'm sorry, but that ruins it.
Now, they decorate the mall starting 1 November, the day after Halloween. The pumpkins come down and the Christmas lights go up. Ridiculous.
Over here in my town they have a public ordanance that Sinterklaas (see my other comment) is not allowed to appear before the 5th of December, so therefore all Christmas ornaments will pop up around the 6th of December. Including Christmas cards ect ect. Some shops do start a wee bit earlier, but mostly a bit more hidden in the shops. Sinterklaas is still a big event here, so we have extra shopping days on Sunday (yes in this part of the country all shops are closed on Sunday) to buy gifts (which I haven't done for years, but well Kevin's first Sinterklaas... yay!) What they start to do aroudn October though is putting lights up on the city square (the largest in the Netherlands), so that is really atmospheric when the days start to shorten.
Oh! That's right! It'll be his first Christmas! How precious; I hope you post lots of pictures? *hopeful grin*
Oh yes!
I told him this and he laughed. (Laughed in a good way!) He wants me to ask you if you follow NHL hockey or another league. (Sorry...the man is a hockey junkie; you might have opened a can of worms with this one!)
Well I passed on my review for the Gift. :)
LOL I used to watch NHL hockey almost daily around I think 1992-1994. My dad loves it and he made me enthusastic for it (Eric Lindros, Mario Lemieux, Pavel Buren, Dale Hunter, John LeClair were heroes, and I still think I have my Toronto Maple Leaf jackets somewhere). But then the television hot shots decided that, due to commercial gains, that they wouldn't broadcast any american sports on the channel we watched or could receive over here. But now we have digital television and much to our delight they recently added ESPN. Hubby loves to watch baseball, so that is what I so far saw of it. What I heard was that the NHL has been crippled by salary strikes the past years, so if everything is back to normal I hope to see exciting games from the Eastern & Western Conferences.
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Date: 2006-08-29 07:06 pm (UTC)Now, they decorate the mall starting 1 November, the day after Halloween. The pumpkins come down and the Christmas lights go up. Ridiculous.
Over here in my town they have a public ordanance that Sinterklaas (see my other comment) is not allowed to appear before the 5th of December, so therefore all Christmas ornaments will pop up around the 6th of December. Including Christmas cards ect ect. Some shops do start a wee bit earlier, but mostly a bit more hidden in the shops. Sinterklaas is still a big event here, so we have extra shopping days on Sunday (yes in this part of the country all shops are closed on Sunday) to buy gifts (which I haven't done for years, but well Kevin's first Sinterklaas... yay!) What they start to do aroudn October though is putting lights up on the city square (the largest in the Netherlands), so that is really atmospheric when the days start to shorten.
Oh! That's right! It'll be his first Christmas! How precious; I hope you post lots of pictures? *hopeful grin*
Oh yes!
I told him this and he laughed. (Laughed in a good way!) He wants me to ask you if you follow NHL hockey or another league. (Sorry...the man is a hockey junkie; you might have opened a can of worms with this one!)
Well I passed on my review for the Gift. :)
LOL I used to watch NHL hockey almost daily around I think 1992-1994. My dad loves it and he made me enthusastic for it (Eric Lindros, Mario Lemieux, Pavel Buren, Dale Hunter, John LeClair were heroes, and I still think I have my Toronto Maple Leaf jackets somewhere). But then the television hot shots decided that, due to commercial gains, that they wouldn't broadcast any american sports on the channel we watched or could receive over here. But now we have digital television and much to our delight they recently added ESPN. Hubby loves to watch baseball, so that is what I so far saw of it. What I heard was that the NHL has been crippled by salary strikes the past years, so if everything is back to normal I hope to see exciting games from the Eastern & Western Conferences.