vrijdag 30 november 2012

Festive season

Although Saint Nicolas has not gone yet, the shoppingmalls are already decorated with Christmas trees. I remember this was not done a few years ago. Until the Saint Nicolas presents evening December 5th had taken place, it was a kind of "forbidden" to put Christmas decorations in the shops. But times are changing and many people celebrate Christmas  with presents nowadays instead of Saint Nicolas (or even both) so commerce has taken over and from the end of November the decorations appear in the malls.

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  1. I wonder how fast ends the year for shopping centers and malls. Next year Xmas will start on June :P I always have preferred white Xmas trees for my living room. Hugs.

    Val

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  2. I wonder how fast ends the year for shopping centers and malls. Next year Xmas will start on June :P I always have preferred white Xmas trees for my living room. Hugs.

    Val

    Barcelona Daily Photo

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  3. Suddenly Christmas decorations are appearing everywhere,some pretty.......some tacky! These white trees look quite elegant.

    Happy weekend,
    Ruby

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  4. They are nice trees. Our shops are decorated already.

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  5. We must take advantage the moments of sunshine at this time of year. Lovely tree, btw.

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  6. Cool looking tree. I've seen Christmas junk show up in stores before November has arrived. Worst still is Christmas items in mail catalogs before September! I'm not making this up.

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  7. I do remember how I loved our non-commercial Christmas in the Netherlands. :(

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  8. I do remember how I loved our non-commercial Christmas in the Netherlands. :(

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  9. Ja ze beginnen steeds eerder te versieren en ik heb hier en daar al een boom gezien. Bij.mij begint het ook wel eerder dan vroeger toen kwam de boom pas de 21ste in huis maar voor de tiende begin ik er niet aan,

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  10. Since we have family birthdays on the 2nd (grandchild) and the fourth (husband), St. Nic is busy every December at this address!

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  11. We had a store here in the US that started putting out a little of Christmas at the end of July. Crazy!

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