{"id":18082,"date":"2017-10-09T15:53:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=18082"},"modified":"2017-10-09T15:56:52","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T14:56:52","slug":"ffs-christmas-decorations-go-up-in-londons-oxford-circus-at-the-beginning-of-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/ffs-christmas-decorations-go-up-in-londons-oxford-circus-at-the-beginning-of-october\/","title":{"rendered":"FFS: Christmas decorations go up in London’s Oxford Circus at the beginning of OCTOBER!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FFS:<\/p>\n

Now this is just a world of wrong<\/em>. October has barely got started and already there’s a bloody massive sign for Christmas up in London’s Oxford Circus.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"FFS:<\/p>\n

I spotted the large suspended sign yesterday when Christmas was a far distant 78 days away<\/em>. And that is ridiculous.<\/p>\n

Although I’m happy to see the NSPCC being mentioned, that still doesn’t forgive them for starting to push the festive season in our faces just a couple of weeks after summer ended.<\/p>\n

\"FFS:<\/p>\n

I know Christmas is a big occasion but\u00a0Halloween is still 22 days away and Guy Fawkes Night is a month off, so why the hell can’t we enjoy them first without everything being overshadowed by the festive commercial onslaught?<\/p>\n

Perhaps the clue is in the second name on the Christmas sign: Sky.<\/p>\n

\"FFS:<\/p>\n

For the record: I bloody love Christmas, but as far as I’m concerned the decorations should go up no earlier than the 1st December.<\/p>\n

Thank you. Rant over.<\/p>\n

What do you think?<\/h2>\n

Do you agree that it’s happening too early? Or can’t the Christmas stuff come quick enough for you?<\/p>\n

Add a comment below or join in with the thread on the forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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