Does anybody else think Christmas lights are going up too early

They were probably Diwali lights

Its a new America now

It's a shame Thanksgiving gets passed up these days.

I have had mine up since Labor Day

I notice it is the same people that had Halloween decorations up before Labor Day (in many cases)

No, not sure why you think its too early or why you care if people decorate early.

Theres a reason why home depot, lowes, walmart etc all already have Chrstimas stuff out.

There isn't exactly a Thanksgiving theme.

We are pretty consistently fall / halloween goes up 09-01 for 2 months, then winter/xmas goes up for 2 months 11-01.

Come 01/01 we usually do Mardi gras for about 2 months until carnival is over then go about 6 months with no decorations .

6 months of themed decorations and 6 months with nothing.

One of the worst things about Florida is that there are always some people who keep their Christmas decorations up ridiculously late, like into February and occasionally even into March. About once every five years, I even see somebody who still has Christmas lights up in April or May, and I always am wondering if they're some unmarried person who has actually died and their body hasn't been discovered yet.

These people who put the decorations up so early, on top of the people who take the decorations down so late? It gets pretty annoying.

Came home last night and my neighbor had put his out along with the reindeer on the lawn.

This seems to have accelerated since espn made it a daily event to discuss the heisman watch beginning in the summer. No one is permitted to live in the present anymore. You have to always look forward. HEB puts up back to school supplies in July, coinciding with Home Depot selling 20-foot tall Halloween-themed mail order brides. espn still owes Tommy Tubberville an apology when they jumped his arse for making 100% accurate comments that they were angling for a playoff in 2002 so they could control the broadcast stuff. They have since led the charge for the NIL and transfer rules, which, to everyone's surprise, has completely disrupted collegiate and high school sports. It's not that espn, HEB and Home Depot had the intention of demoralizing everyone, it's just that they are all subscription-based whorehouses and society has gradually gone along like those sailors and marines from the Lincoln with a three-day shore pass and a pocket full of pay.

The first big domestic debate my wife and I had, when we were still dating and started living together, was about when Christmas decorations should be put out. She wanted to put everything up right after Halloween and my stance was not until Black Friday. She reluctantly conceded.

Then one early to mid-November Sunday I went to an NFL game. I returned home, after being soaked in freezing rain and watching my team lose to their bitter rival, to find my place covered in Christmas cheer. Her timing was fricking terrible and I was not amused.

Worked past it though. Now our deal is nothing gets put up until Black Friday every other year when we host Thanksgiving. The other years when we don’t, the inside decor can come out ~ a week before Thanksgiving, but the tree/house lights are after.

I sometimes put the lights up early if there’s a good weather weekend, but leave them turned off.