# It's Not Christmas Until . . .
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 9, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585 "2009-12-09T13:59:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/1 "2009-12-09T13:59:44Z")
What makes this time of year make it really feel like “Christmas” for you?
For me, it’s not truly Christmas until I’ve watched “_White Christmas_.”
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### Author:  [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/2 "2009-12-09T14:00:20Z")
…December 25.
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/3 "2009-12-09T14:05:01Z")
> [@akennett](#):
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> …December 25.
literal much? 😃
So for you it doesn’t feel like anything up until then?
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### Author:  [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/4 "2009-12-09T14:29:44Z")
Not to bum out your thread, but I really don’t know anymore. It’s been three years since my parents have started divorce proceedings and since then, things haven’t been the same.
Christmas is just something to get through, not to enjoy.
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### Author:  [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/5 "2009-12-09T14:47:38Z")
Weird, I was thinking of starting a thread just like this. Same title, too.
So, for me, it’s not Christmas until…
…Bing sings White Christmas or Burl Ives sings Silver and Gold
…A Christmas Story, Miracle on 34th Street (the original), or one of the Rankin-Bass animated specials plays on TV, whichever comes first.
…Santa Claus shows up at my local mall.
When all three of these are official, then it’s totally Christmas. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/6 "2009-12-09T14:55:36Z")
I need to see snow before I feel like Christmas is coming, and until the tree is up it’s still not quite real.
I have a dorky tradition with my Dad where the first one to hear that “Feliz Navidad” song over the radio or in a store while shopping calls the other to say Christmas is here. So, it’s not here yet.
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### Author:  [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/7 "2009-12-09T15:04:23Z")
I have absolutely no idea why I feel this way, since I’m neither Jewish nor Christian, but for me it’s not Christmas until I hear Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song.”
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/8 "2009-12-09T15:06:17Z")
It’s really not Christmas for me until I punch the first retail clerk.
Ah, such nostalgia.
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### Author:  [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/9 "2009-12-09T15:06:57Z")
My husband and I joke that it’s not really Christmas until we see Budweiser Clydesdales on television and have to sing along. Me on the ahhh, ahhh, ahhhs and him on one the bum, bum, bums.
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### Author:  [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/10 "2009-12-09T15:07:50Z")
Until I decorate the tree!
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/11 "2009-12-09T15:16:30Z")
> [@Antigen](#):
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> I have a dorky tradition with my Dad where the first one to hear that “Feliz Navidad” song over the radio or in a store while shopping calls the other to say Christmas is here. So, it’s not here yet.
I love that!
> [@Marlitharn](#):
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> I have absolutely no idea why I feel this way, since I’m neither Jewish nor Christian, but for me it’s not Christmas until I hear Adam Sandler’s “Hanukkah Song.”
Love that song - how many “new versions” has he done?
> [@slightly\_askew](#):
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> My husband and I joke that it’s not really Christmas until we see Budweiser Clydesdales on television and have to sing along. Me on the ahhh, ahhh, ahhhs and him on one the bum, bum, bums.
My mom used to work at a veterinary hospital that looked after the Clydesdales care. I remember going down and seeing them with my mom - so cool.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/12 "2009-12-09T15:17:10Z")
The first bite of pie on Thanksgiving signals the start of the season for me.
When come back, bring gifts.
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### Author:  [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/13 "2009-12-09T15:33:42Z")
it snows.
It never seemed like Christmas when I lived somewhere that there wasn’t snow on Christmas. Christmas = snow.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/14 "2009-12-09T15:39:07Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#):
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> What makes this time of year make it really feel like “Christmas” for you?
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> For me, it’s not truly Christmas until I’ve watched “_White Christmas_.”
_Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas_ is a big part of it for me.
And _Die Hard_.
Oh, and when my girlfriend gets all bright-eyed and giggly at the pretty lights and stuff. That really is turning into a big part of Christmas for me, even though this one coming up is only our second Christmas together.
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/15 "2009-12-09T15:51:01Z")
It’s not Christmas until the tree is up. So right now, it’s Christmas at work, but not at home. And we won’t have time to put the tree up this weekend. Dangitall.
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### Author:  [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/16 "2009-12-09T16:00:31Z")
I hear Band-Aid - _Do They Know It’s Christmas?_
I have no idea how people felt all Christmassy before 1984.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/17 "2009-12-09T16:14:20Z")
Midnight Worship Christmas Eve --------- at 9:45PM
I never quite figured it out but I have always loved it and it really makes the season for me.
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### Author:  [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/18 "2009-12-09T16:24:44Z")
. . . until I’ve made the mint chip cookies and gotten out the stockings that my Mom knitted. The Colbert Christmas Special may be sneaking in there, too.
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### Author:  [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/19 "2009-12-09T16:28:45Z")
> [@kopek](#):
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> Midnight Worship Christmas Eve --------- at 9:45PM
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> I never quite figured it out but I have always loved it and it really makes the season for me.
After my parents divorced, my ex and I used to spend Christmas eve with my dad & stepmum and go to the midnight service. I loved that.
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### Author:  [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-christmas-until/520585/20 "2009-12-09T16:52:50Z")
It kind of feels like Christmas now now that it’s cold out, there’s a bit of snow on the ground, the trees are up, some presents are under, and we’ve recieved Christmas cards.
But to me, there’s only one thing that tells me it’s Christmas.
**EGG NOG!!**
Love the stuff (well, the storebought stuff anyways, haven’t tried the alcoholic version) and I’m really disappointed they only sell it one month of the year. Havent had my first carton yet.
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