The beauty of Christmas is, you can start buying when you want, or not at all, you can put your decorations up, or not at all, you can get into the festivities when ever you want or, not at all. There are no set rules regarding the Christmas Season and you can custom fit it to suit yourself. I love the whole Christmas Season, especially now grandchild number two will make his/her debut around Christmas time. My eldest son and his wife at thirty gave me my first grandchild and now my other son who's coming up to thirty and his wife are giving me grandchild number two, so Christmas is going to be even more special this year, especially as little Oscar will be one on the 18th of November and loves sparkly lights, our house will be like Blackpool illuminations for him. :mysmilie_14: