# Will this never end? Seven more days of Xmas! Groan

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-never-end-seven-more-days-of-xmas-groan/976770>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-never-end-seven-more-days-of-xmas-groan/976770 "2022-12-19T05:05:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 17

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-never-end-seven-more-days-of-xmas-groan/976770/17 "2022-12-19T21:01:01Z")

</div>

@Roderick_Femm - kindred spirit here. A couple of years back I started a thread about it:

> [@IT'S CHRISTMAS!! (No, really, first Christmas ad of the year spotted)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-christmas-no-really-first-christmas-ad-of-the-year-spotted/837561):
>
> Yeah, it gets earlier every year. Tomorrow is forecast to be the hottest day of the year in the UK - maybe the hottest day on record. And yesterday my friend J pointed out, in a free local paper, the first Christmas ad of the year (caveat - that we have seen; please advise if you saw one earlier. Likewise Thanksgiving, Diwali, Hanukkah etc). The Cowdray Arms invites you to book your Christmas Party now - free bottle of Prosecco for your table if you book before the end of August. £39.95 for 3 …

That was posted on July 24th. Tell you what, here in the UK we have a Christmas movie channel that starts up **IN SEPTEMBER**

[https://secretldn.com/great-movies-christmas-channel/](https://secretldn.com/great-movies-christmas-channel/)

> All the festive fun kicked off on **September 8** … Screening right up until **January 2, 2023**

It started at the beginning of our summer holiday! By their calculation, Christmas is now a third of the freaking year. It just fills me with despair.

On a brighter note, may I be the first to wish you a Happy Festivus.

j

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-never-end-seven-more-days-of-xmas-groan/976770)._