When do you start thinking about Christmas?

Siwheels73

Christmas Eve, on average!

Geoark

October pay day, put money in to their accounts (2 people) order something I fancy that will come in a box, which I gift to the cat (I don't think they are convinced that I am buying the box and what comes in it is a freebee). Dare say wife will start adding bits to the online shopping for christmas, I just pay. 

When they buy their presents and they arrive I am usually too busy to wrap them, and get them to wrap their own presents. When the ask what I want I usually tell them I will let them know, and find something cheap. 

I am expecting a nice stress free Christmas

ShirleyW

I try not to think about it all if possible. 
Christmas is no longer a happy time for me because of a serious division within my close family.  😪

Tori_Scope

I'm sorry to hear that @ShirleyW There are usually some people around on the community on Christmas day, so you won't be alone  

OverlyAnxious

I'm not a fan of Christmas at all.  Always found it stressful and over-whelming.  Had hoped it would become less so as I got older but it seems to be the opposite!

I guess I started thinking about a couple of weeks ago, when I first saw Christmas foods appear on the supermarket websites.  Had to remind myself it's still months away!!

I can't do anything socially now.  Can't really eat 'nice' food that I would have treated myself to in past years.  And I'm dreading the long, dark nights.  The only positive I can think of is that I have got a few gift ideas for family members, but don't have storage space to buy early so have to hope they haven't sold out online by the beginning of Dec.

ShirleyW

Tori_Scope said:

I'm sorry to hear that @ShirleyW There are usually some people around on the community on Christmas day, so you won't be alone  

Thanks Tori.  I won't be alone, I will be with my husband and will see both of my children and their families but sadly we cannot all be together anymore.

Jules_H

As Christmas stuff appears on the shelves in most shops the same time or day after Halloween,  I used to shop then. As it was mentioned earlier, the closer it's left to December, the less there is on the shelves. 
I love Christmas, seeing the town lights and large tree, all the shop windows done up christmassy, but I don't have a single Christmas thing in my house. I do love watching the Christmas movies on youtube, and hum a few around the house, but having moved to a town where I don't know anyone and have out-lived my family (even though I'm only 55) I have no-one to buy gifts for.  I love the smell of real Christmas trees but being vertically challenged, me trying to lift or move a tree or bend and stretch to decorate it either leaves me bed ridden for days or back in my wheelchair.

This year i can only partially see to put up hanging decorations if I did put any up. I don't feel sorry for myself and don't do pity parties, I just avoid Christmas in my house being a partially sighted wheelchair user living on my own.

Just because it's not in my house, it doesn't mean I don't love this time of the year. I do, and even though I don't drink alcohol and can't eat much, I still have a party dress on stand by incase I get invited to a pub over the holidays. 

Chances are high I'll be in here over the holidays with others, so I'm not totally on my own. 

durhamjaide2001

After bonfire night 

L_Volunteer

Sending you all hugs. I can hear that some of us enjoy Christmas but Christmas is also a difficult time for many of us.

I started thinking about Christmas properly today. Only because I went to do Christmas present shopping though and also spotted lots of Christmas trees