Merry Christmas!

[champers]

Christmas is still 2 months away but both Central Marina and Terminal 21 malls have their big Christmas trees up outside. Too soon?

[Jingthing]

Christmas day would be too soon!

[newnative]

2 minutes ago, champers said:

Christmas is still 2 months away but both Central Marina and Terminal 21 malls have their big Christmas trees up outside. Too soon?

   Yes!  Too soon!  But, hey, my partner and I stopped for lunch at Burger Deleted on the motorway rest stop at the beginning of October and they were playing Christmas music and had some sort of Christmas promotion going on.  

[champers]

13 minutes ago, newnative said:

   Yes!  Too soon!  But, hey, my partner and I stopped for lunch at Burger Deleted on the motorway rest stop at the beginning of October and they were playing Christmas music and had some sort of Christmas promotion going on.  

Slightly off topic, but yours is the 2nd post I've seen today with a word beginning with K deleted, both posts referring to the well know burger chain. The K word is clearly off limits regardless of context. Perhaps we should all rename  the chain Burger Queen's Husband. ????

[guzzi850m2]

1 hour ago, champers said:

Christmas is still 2 months away but both Central Marina and Terminal 21 malls have their big Christmas trees up outside. Too soon?

Yes over 1 month too soon but they are desperate to get customers, so they uses all the tricks in the book. 

[Meat Pie 47]

1 minute ago, guzzi850m2 said:

Yes over 1 month too soon but they are desperate to get customers, so they uses all the tricks in the book. 

But then again Thais are Buddhist they don't believe in other religions

[guzzi850m2]

27 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

But then again Thais are Buddhist they don't believe in other religions

Well many of them living here have a little Christmas anyway, funny for the kids.

[Guderian]

I hope they've got appropriate tree ornaments, lol....

 

[fred110]

At Terminal 21 it's a Gift Fest tree, not Christmas.  ????

[Jeffr2]

Nothing about the real meaning of the holiday and everything about capitalism.  Terrible.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, fred110 said:

At Terminal 21 it's a Gift Fest tree, not Christmas.  ????

I seem to remember that GIFT means POISON in Norwegian.

[KannikaP]

16 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

But then again Thais are Buddhist they don't believe in other religions

What's the First Commandment in the Old Testament?

[Jingthing]

3 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

What's the First Commandment in the Old Testament?

Don't be a putz?

[Jingthing]

Unless they put up a Festivus Poll I'm not feeling pandered to.

[giddyup]

Plenty of Xmas themed movies being released as well.

[Gandtee]

20 hours ago, champers said:

Christmas is still 2 months away but both Central Marina and Terminal 21 malls have their big Christmas trees up outside. Too soon?

Ridiculous! I nearly dropped my Easter Eggs!

[khunPer]

21 hours ago, champers said:

Too soon?

Yes...

 

Xmas decorations should not be allowed before after Loy Kratong, unfortunately Loy Kratong is early this year...????

[Jaxxper]

Yes, too soon. 1st week of December would be appropriate.

[Migrosmarket]

Bracing themselves for the tourist rush.....

 

Can I say Burger Deleted?

[Migrosmarket]

Just now, Migrosmarket said:

Bracing themselves for the tourist rush.....

 

Can I say Burger Deleted?

No... that trick failed..... can't substitute 1 for the i.....

[jvs]

Well here in Cha-am are a few places that have xmas decorations all year round.

Never early,never late.

[Salerno]

7 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Nothing about the real meaning of the holiday and everything about capitalism.  Terrible.

 

True, true. Then again, guessing the winter solstice has little meaning to Thais.

[Scott Tracy]

Yes

[DJ54]

Yep too early imo making it see too commercialized ... if it’s something the children enjoy fine but not so much if it a money

grab for businesses....  my kids are 45 and 46 they’ve gotten over

Christmas and Easter Bunny lol.. 

[ChakaKhan]

12 hours ago, KannikaP said:

What's the First Commandment in the Old Testament?

Do not covet thy neighbors sangsom!

[hotchilli]

On 10/27/2020 at 9:03 PM, champers said:

Christmas is still 2 months away but both Central Marina and Terminal 21 malls have their big Christmas trees up outside. Too soon?

Commercially speaking it's never too soon.

[KannikaP]

Just now, KannikaP said:

I ought to report this for profanity AND having the word K1N5 in it. But I won't! LOL

Hey, that got round it!

 

Edited October 28, 2020 by KannikaP

[gunderhill]

15 hours ago, Jeffr2 said:

Nothing about the real meaning of the holiday and everything about capitalism.  Terrible.

The real meaning  being the fantasy story of a woman giving birth without having intercourse to a   relative of an imaginary being as  written down years after the event and then re written many times over the next 2000 years with more  holes than Swiss  cheese or use than a Thai  hookers anatomy. At least the second meaning holds more truth.

[bkk6060]

Driving by the seeing the tress and decorations totally motivated me to want to buy something.

So, I went to Tukcom and bought a pair of 39 b sunglasses.

Made me feel good helping the economy and all..

[Jeffr2]

8 hours ago, Salerno said:

 

True, true. Then again, guessing the winter solstice has little meaning to Thais.

Winter and summer solstice are more of a European thing.  Never really knew about the celebration side until a few years ago.  Some fantastic parties in Europe during the summer solstice!  I think it's a more proper celebration than the commercialization of Xmas.