Do you think Christmas is starting too early?

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Vox Pop: Asking the people of Derry if they think the Christmas season is starting too early.

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00:00Can you just introduce yourself please?

00:02It's Anne Hamilton

00:04And Anne, do you think Christmas is coming on too early?

00:06It does, yes. Even though I have

00:08a family,

00:10grandwens, I still

00:12they all put their Christmas tree up

00:14last weekend and no, it's too early

00:16for me. When do you stick your tree up?

00:18Well, my granddaughter was born the 17th

00:20of December, so I

00:22always say put it up around

00:24about then. But I'm not

00:26really a Christmasy

00:28person, so I'm not.

00:30Would you have a favourite Christmas ball or anything like that?

00:32No.

00:34It's really

00:36ever since my mum died

00:38about 16, 17 years ago

00:40that it's just never the same.

00:42You know what I mean?

00:44But yeah, Christmas is going

00:46overboard now.

00:48It's all about the presents

00:50I think, and how much

00:52you can spend, I think it is.

00:54It's not about Christmas

00:56anymore.

00:58My name's Frankie Murphy.

01:00Do you think

01:02Christmas is coming on too early?

01:04I think it is far too early.

01:06I mean, Halloween's not a word.

01:08Directly, advertising

01:10during Halloween, before Christmas.

01:12Why would you

01:14stick up your Christmas tree?

01:16Personally speaking, I was

01:18just about last week,

01:20which is pretty early.

01:22Do you have any favourite Christmas

01:24balls or anything like that?

01:26Mostly westerns.

01:28I'm a big western fan.

01:30So, where's stuff you're using?

01:32Hi, I'm Bladen.

01:34Do you think Christmas is coming on a wee bit too early?

01:36Financially, yes I do.

01:38Where would you use

01:40your Christmas tree at?

01:42Maybe halfway through December?

01:44Halfway through December, when it deepens out

01:46a wee bit later, which is just

01:48the right time. I think that's just right.

01:50Anything before it, too early?

01:52Yes, absolutely.

01:54Have you got any favourite Christmas balls or anything like that?

01:56Home Alone. That's the classic one

01:58from my family.

02:00Introduce yourself, please.

02:02Hi, my name's Michael. And I'm Bethany.

02:04Do you think Christmas is coming on a wee bit too early?

02:06Every year?

02:08Definitely way too early.

02:10The shops around my place

02:12had Christmas stuff in around October

02:14and they just skipped Halloween.

02:16I remember

02:18Don's, they had

02:20Christmas stuff in

02:22before Halloween stuff, or even

02:24a week before Halloween, so

02:26I was a bit confused at that.

02:28When do you think is the right time to put up the Christmas tree?

02:30Probably the week before

02:32December.

02:34That's me and my parents, we put it up

02:36the first weekend of

02:38December is when we do it.

02:40Do you have any favourite Christmas balls or anything like that?

02:44Lampoons for Christmas vacation.

02:46Definitely.

02:48That would be mine.

02:50Introduce yourself, please.

02:52I'm Andrea. I'm Summer.

02:54Do you think Christmas is

02:56coming on a wee bit too early?

02:58I love it starting early.

03:00Do you like it starting early?

03:02I love seeing the Christmas trees up before December.

03:04When do you think is the right time to get the Christmas

03:06tree up?

03:08I'd say the start of December.

03:10I'd say a week before December.

03:12She always puts her Christmas tree up early.

03:14Do you not think that may

03:16come on a wee bit too early?

03:18No, I'd put it up in December.

03:20Do you have any favourite Christmas balls

03:22or anything like that?

03:24Christmas Chronicle.

03:26I love that.

03:28I don't think I have any.

03:30Summer.

03:32Jack Frost. I like Jack Frost.

03:34That's it.

03:36Could you just introduce yourself?

03:38Pat Toy.

03:40Do you think Christmas is coming on a wee bit too early?

03:42Yes, it's getting earlier

03:44It's getting earlier every year.

03:46It's purely commercialised.

03:48That's Christmas as it should be.

03:50I mean, what are you celebrating?

03:52The shops are celebrating.

03:54But then they need it now

03:56because they're getting a hard time.

03:58So bring it.

04:00Even get the Halloween.

04:02They're clearing the shelves

04:04to put the Christmas stuff on.

04:06I think it's crazy.

04:08There's not enough money

04:10to go running.

04:12What time do you think

04:14would be the right time

04:16to put up your Christmas tree?

04:18My wife doesn't put it up

04:20until the second week of December.

04:22People have them up.

04:24Even the council have them up,

04:26as you can see.

04:28Put them up early.

04:30And of course these ones

04:32are a target for anybody

04:34who wants to

04:36kick the baubles around the floor.

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