tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post7780916119730926764..comments2024-03-29T14:49:22.410+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Turkish in ShoreditchSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-4121971685309460862016-11-19T04:00:36.171+00:002016-11-19T04:00:36.171+00:00In Canada, we have the same problem, probably beca...In Canada, we have the same problem, probably because our Thanksgiving holiday is in the middle of October. I refuse to consider Christmas until about the second week of Advent, but it isn't easy.<br /><br />By the way, I'm glad to have found you. I was hunting for my (unfortunately defunct) blog online when I saw my name. What? I thought. I followed the link and found a comment by my friend Dana Wallace Rhyne to one of your posts. <br /><br />It's a pleasure to see your photos and read about your life in England. I'm married to an Englishman, so I've visited England ten(eleven?)times. We spend most of our English holidays on a narrowboat or settled somewhere in the West Country, but we make a point of visiting London once on each holiday. <br /><br />Sandra Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052047359365369942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-36038725305085643662016-11-19T03:22:46.209+00:002016-11-19T03:22:46.209+00:00'Oh, Grand-mama, what a terrible big mouth you...'Oh, Grand-mama, what a terrible big mouth you have!'<br /><br />Scary, huh?<br /><br />AlphieAlphie Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17041492283753978975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-31142108213847724902016-11-18T23:38:55.528+00:002016-11-18T23:38:55.528+00:00I saw Christmas decor in some stores BEFORE Hallow...I saw Christmas decor in some stores BEFORE Halloween. I'm with you. There oughta be a law!Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-37681688547182267472016-11-18T21:00:04.726+00:002016-11-18T21:00:04.726+00:00Christmas music has already started here on some r...Christmas music has already started here on some radio stations , so the stores are not far behind...ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-72703702600471112292016-11-18T18:39:50.286+00:002016-11-18T18:39:50.286+00:00Christmas started in the dollar store right after ...Christmas started in the dollar store right after Halloween. I don't mind because I like the decorations and music, and we don't do any of it at home until the week before Christmas. What I find more depressing is when everything gets taken down - early January in the stores feels like blech.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-6720191745063799762016-11-18T18:35:24.007+00:002016-11-18T18:35:24.007+00:00I'm not a fan at all about Christmas music in ...I'm not a fan at all about Christmas music in stores. It starts here after Halloween.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-17984587532240240802016-11-18T16:46:22.987+00:002016-11-18T16:46:22.987+00:00I haven't heard carols yet but the trees and o...I haven't heard carols yet but the trees and other decorations have been up since I got home from London. I remember when I visited London in 2013 it was the week before Thanksgiving and all the Christmas decorations were up all over town. I got several photos of Covent Garden and Oxford Street and the windows at Fortnum and Mason and Harrods. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-69287482060667215342016-11-18T16:14:39.159+00:002016-11-18T16:14:39.159+00:00When I got back from my travels on October 28 -- p...When I got back from my travels on October 28 -- prior to Halloween -- the stores already were full of Christmas stuff. Poor Thanksgiving.shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-16999602950940028952016-11-18T14:36:42.156+00:002016-11-18T14:36:42.156+00:00it's started here, after Halloween. not blata...it's started here, after Halloween. not blatant with trees and wreaths and carols and all that crap but the toy commercials are steady on. at least I don't think so. I don't go in stores or watch much TV. could be just the same here.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-46940021935975471042016-11-18T14:10:05.604+00:002016-11-18T14:10:05.604+00:00when the retailers start early it really is an adv...when the retailers start early it really is an advantage for people who only get paid every 2 weeks, once a month. i don't mind it i love the festive atmosphere. <br />Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475300367665076331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-657014130879817432016-11-18T13:39:35.814+00:002016-11-18T13:39:35.814+00:00Oh, Costco had the Halloween witches fighting for ...Oh, Costco had the Halloween witches fighting for space with the Christmas lights. It is the way it is. "Just keep walking, mama," Lily said to me as I stood in horror. We saw an almost life-sized nativity scene there a few weeks ago and Owen said, "Look! It's Jesus!" And we all said, "Yes, it's Jesus," and he said, "Jesus Christ!" and we laughed and laughed. <br />We are so bad. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-2836165698415645062016-11-18T12:36:12.687+00:002016-11-18T12:36:12.687+00:00I was just regretting yesterday that I'd disca...I was just regretting yesterday that I'd discarded the photo I took this October when we were in Florida. We were in Home Depot and the first sight upon entering the store was a huge Christmas display. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-32894598666837329332016-11-18T10:52:57.789+00:002016-11-18T10:52:57.789+00:00It was ever thus. In Outraged of Tunbridge Wells t...It was ever thus. In <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outraged-Tunbridge-Wells-Original-Complaints/dp/1908096918/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479466219&sr=1-1&keywords=outraged+of+tunbridge+wells" rel="nofollow">Outraged of Tunbridge Wells</a> there is a letter dated 10th November 1954 complaining that Christmas had started some stores as early as October.Shooting Parrotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07503757845024102476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-57358062279394215052016-11-18T06:56:54.405+00:002016-11-18T06:56:54.405+00:00That graffiti monster looks like he has been to a ...That graffiti monster looks like he has been to a Zendo session too!<br /><br />Christmas marketing does seem to get earlier each year. Before too long it will start on New Year's Day.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com