Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 22nd July 2019, 3:16 PMIf they had have done, I might have bought a bauble or two off them for speaking my language.
. Go on, buy a bauble and put it up!
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Quote: chipolata @ 22nd July 2019, 3:28 PM
Put it up what? 
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 22nd July 2019, 3:47 PMPut it up what?
Wherever you think most appropriate.
Can you touch your toes Chappers?
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 22nd July 2019, 11:56 AM[/i]Told them where to stuff their Christmas tree (the tip first) and received this email reply :-[/i]
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Typical Yank reply...........
Hi *****,
Thank you for contacting Balsam Hill.
We greatly appreciate every single feedback we gather and definitely understand how you feel. Most of our customers have started their holiday shopping since Christmas in July and already preparing for the holidays as early as now.
Rest assured that your feedback is duly noted and we thank you for understanding.
Thank you,
Patricia
Balsam Hill Customer Service
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"Understand" how I feel - Really? And thank me for my "understanding" - did I?
Not according to the mouthful I gave them, and who ARE these wankers who are buying/planning their Christmas NOW - GET A LIFE PEOPLE. ENJOY THE MOMENT!
To be fair to these guys, Christmas is their business. I know it seems early to us, but to these guys it's their sole focus. They need to get people spending or they lose money and people lose jobs. I admire their hustle!
Quote: chipolata @ 23rd July 2019, 11:40 AMTo be fair to these guys, Christmas is their business. I know it seems early to us, but to these guys it's their sole focus. They need to get people spending or they lose money and people lose jobs. I admire their hustle!
Oh come on! Christmas in July!!!
(by the way - would you be interested in any Easter Eggs? Nothing dodgy, but may have been re-wrapped) 
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd July 2019, 11:47 AMOh come on! Christmas in July!!!
Yes, but I'm saying that's their business, how they make a living. I don't begrudge them that!
And I'll take a pass on the Easter eggs, thanks.
There are shops around the country that sell Christmas decorations and other Christmas items all year round. There's been one in Lechlade, Gloucestershire for many years and I came across one in Sidmouth only last week. There used to be one opposite London Bridge Station but that appeared to have gone last time I was up that way.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd July 2019, 6:14 AMCan you touch your toes Chappers?
Yes. When I'm sitting down.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 23rd July 2019, 11:47 AMOh come on! Christmas in July!!!
(by the way - would you be interested in any Easter Eggs? Nothing dodgy, but may have been re-wrapped)
I saw Roy Wood on November 1st last year and he sang I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Quote: Chappers @ 23rd July 2019, 10:51 PMI saw Roy Wood on November 1st last year and he sang I wish it could be Christmas every day.
Given the title, it's entirely reasonable for someone to sing that song on any (or indeed every) day of the year, isn't it?
Quote: Chappers @ 23rd July 2019, 10:51 PMI saw Roy Wood on November 1st last year and he sang I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
Somebody should have shot the swine. But zooo won't agree.
I will start getting excited about Christmas on approximately the 31st of August.
To be fair most insomniacs are never more than 3 sleeps away from Christmas.
But narcoleptics are 3000 sleeps away.