OFFICIAL War on Christmas thread

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Dec 11, 2022 8:32 pm

“…he whizzed with his load…”

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm

Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:21 pm

Macy’s with a full-on Christmas commercial. Hi Santa.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:43 pm

rass wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:21 pm Macy’s with a full-on Christmas commercial. Hi Santa.

My wife screamed.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:45 pm

rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.

I went into Home Depot yesterday, and the Halloween stuff was all gone and replaced with Christmas trees and huge inflatables.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:55 am

DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:45 pm
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.
I went into Home Depot yesterday, and the Halloween stuff was all gone and replaced with Christmas trees and huge inflatables.

I don’t understand people who buy and put up Christmas trees so early. It will be dried out and dropping needles before Christmas.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:00 pm

sancarlos wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:55 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:45 pm
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.
I went into Home Depot yesterday, and the Halloween stuff was all gone and replaced with Christmas trees and huge inflatables.
I don’t understand people who buy and put up Christmas trees so early. It will be dried out and dropping needles before Christmas.

Your Home Depot is fancier than mine

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:06 pm

sancarlos wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:55 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:45 pm
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.
I went into Home Depot yesterday, and the Halloween stuff was all gone and replaced with Christmas trees and huge inflatables.
I don’t understand people who buy and put up Christmas trees so early. It will be dried out and dropping needles before Christmas.

Who the fuck is putting up live trees so soon? When we did a live tree it was tops 3 weeks.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:07 pm

I like to decorate in November, but yeah, the tree isn't bought until around T'giving.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:07 pm

SC just learned about fake trees.

duff · Post by **duff** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:10 pm

SC still thinks of the fake trees as the metal ones that they sold back in his hey-day. Or the tinsel ones.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:19 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:07 pm I like to decorate in November, but yeah, the tree isn't bought until around T'giving.

Annual fight here of whether the weekend after Thanksgiving is too early (which it is).

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:23 pm

mister d wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:19 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:07 pm I like to decorate in November, but yeah, the tree isn't bought until around T'giving.
Annual fight here of whether the weekend after Thanksgiving is too early (which it is).

We always put our tree up and started house decorations day after Thanksgiving.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:37 pm

tennbengal wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:23 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:19 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:07 pm I like to decorate in November, but yeah, the tree isn't bought until around T'giving.
Annual fight here of whether the weekend after Thanksgiving is too early (which it is).
We always put our tree up and started house decorations day after Thanksgiving.

Same. Except last year we knew we'd be out of town that weekend, so we put them up the weekend before. It was awesome.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:40 pm

We may do it in a week when our oldest comes in. won't be here for thanksgiving weekend.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:40 pm

I mean, pretty lights during the shortest days of the year, I see no reason to delay that.

ETA - posted that same time as AB - wasn't in response to his post, more of a general musing...

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:44 pm

Giff wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:37 pm
tennbengal wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:23 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:19 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:07 pm I like to decorate in November, but yeah, the tree isn't bought until around T'giving.
Annual fight here of whether the weekend after Thanksgiving is too early (which it is).
We always put our tree up and started house decorations day after Thanksgiving.
Same. Except last year we knew we'd be out of town that weekend, so we put them up the weekend before. It was awesome.

To be clear, they aren’t selling live trees here yet, either. But I used to have a neighbor who put up his tree Thanksgiving weekend, and as I said, dried out and dropping needles before Christmas.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:45 pm

As a kid we always had a real tree and put it up around December 1. I remember putting an aspirin in the tree stand with the water but I have no idea what that was supposed to do.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:50 pm

Reduced the chances of that tree having a heart attack!

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:59 pm

sancarlos wrote: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:55 am
DaveInSeattle wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:45 pm
rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.
I went into Home Depot yesterday, and the Halloween stuff was all gone and replaced with Christmas trees and huge inflatables.
I don’t understand people who buy and put up Christmas trees ...

FIFY

We bought a fake tree in 2020. Daughter was getting really down during the lockdown/home school era and she was asking. We put it up, along with other lights and crap, a couple days before Thanksgiving as we always host Thanksgiving and it does make the house look festive.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:38 pm

That Travolta/Santa/Saturday Night Fever commercial made me a little sad.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:14 am

when we moved to Buf and got our house ~5 years ago my aunt gave me their old artificial tree, but last year it sorta (did) fell apart. It was all easy and good last January to say fuck it, drag the carcass out to the garage, and say "yeah next year we'll get a real tree, that's fine" but now it's November and the day of reckoning approaches. I haven't bought a tree in...? 15 years at least. I am absolutely going to float the idea of a Charlie Brown tree this weekend.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:16 pm

Watching the Rockafeller tree lighting and Barry Manilow looks like Odo from DS9 in a bad wig.

Katherine McPhee looks pretty great, though.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:01 pm

Inflatable Santa shot in Lexington

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:09 pm

rass wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:01 pm Inflatable Santa shot in Lexington

I bet the 30 foot grinch I saw this weekend is next.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:02 am

A_B wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:09 pm
rass wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:01 pm Inflatable Santa shot in Lexington
I bet the 30 foot grinch I saw this weekend is next.

This statement is exactly the statement that would be uttered by someone who thought they were always one step ahead of the cops.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:17 am

cerranoredux wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:02 am
A_B wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:09 pm
rass wrote: Mon Dec 04, 2023 4:01 pm Inflatable Santa shot in Lexington
I bet the 30 foot grinch I saw this weekend is next.
This statement is exactly the statement that would be uttered by someone who thought they were always one step ahead of the cops.

They'll never catch me!

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:48 am

God, the actual story by the reporter. Blech.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Oct 20, 2024 4:23 pm

rass wrote: Fri Oct 13, 2023 8:08 pm Home Depot all in on holiday commercials.

Old Navy with a winter clothing commercial backed by Walking in a Winter Wonderland. Hmmm.

I noticed a Lowe’s commercial a couple of weeks ago where the closing splash screen was a bunch of panels showing items you could buy at Lowe’s and one of them was a Christmas tree.

Based on last year’s posts I’d expect the first unabashed Christmas ads next weekend.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sun Oct 20, 2024 5:25 pm

I'm bracing to be inundated with Christmas ads taking the place of all the political ads during sporting events as soon as election day has passed

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Oct 20, 2024 5:27 pm

Aw man great point.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:12 pm

Alison Brie!!?!

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:54 pm

rass wrote: Mon Oct 28, 2024 7:12 pmAlison Brie!!?!

Yes, please! But, isn't she Jewish?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:19 pm

Those damn Watts. Enjoyed that one too much to get mad. 11/9

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Nov 10, 2024 3:55 pm

I approve of Audi disguising a holiday ad behind Motley Crue

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:03 am

Christmas lights popped up in full force over the weekend.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Nov 19, 2024 7:02 am

Keg wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:03 am Christmas lights popped up in full force over the weekend.

If Harris won, all those people would have been imprisoned for celebrating Christmas.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:10 am

There’s a strong correlation between early xmas lights and trump/thin blue line flags.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:34 am

Keg wrote: Wed Nov 20, 2024 12:10 am There’s a strong correlation between early xmas lights and trump/thin blue line flags.

Can confirm. The Trumper across from me just put up his lights.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Nov 24, 2024 3:22 pm

Put up our outdoor decorations today. At least a week earlier than normal, but the weather is pretty good today and we’re having a contractor in to do a glow up of our living room starting 12/1 so we’re going to be late putting up the tree and decorating inside.