ditto. Equally dispiriting was being on hold ....for a long time.....and Rudolf the Red a......ed Reindeer was playing

You havwe nurseries open??!! None here open again till next spring.

Yes. Christmas paraphernalia is big business for nurseries around here.

I have been thinking the same thing. They started with chrismis in October here. Is this just an American thing? It's annoying.

Yes, our nurseries stay open here through the New Year and some are open all year with greenhouses and food, too...and birdfeeding and whatever holiday it is this month for which they can sell stuff.

My nursery is open year round too. They have wreaths up and big glitter bulbs everywhere. But the sales are so good I feel like it is Christmas morning so I really do not mind the music.

But I am weird. I have been known to have Christmas music playing in my car in the Spring when I am on my way to the nursery to shop for things that I know I need to make my gardens pretty for the summer. lol

Christmas is my favorite holiday so it cannot come soon enough for me. It seems to go by so fast. Everyone seems so happy and kind. The lights are the prettiest sight known. So my joy of plants and my joy of Christmas should be all year long.

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yeah, I am a bit 'bah humbug'.

how did you get that string of xmas lights on your thread??

"how did you get that string of xmas lights on your thread??"

Photobucket......The same way you post pics.

Sounds like a good reason to me to stay out of stores for the next few weeks. Hope that ends up being possible, except checking the Thanksgiving cactus situation of course. I can't shop under such adverse conditions, and will buy no seasonal crud until it's a proper time to do so.