When is it appropriate to put up your Christmas tree? December 1st? Is the end of November too early?
In this incredibly cursed year, time doesn’t exist anymore, as we all know. And since normal rules don’t apply anymore, people have started dusting off their Christmas decorations and getting ready for the holiday season.
Yes, people are setting up their trees in October.
But in these dire times, how could you deny some Christmas cheer? You heard it here: a three-month Christmas is totally socially acceptable. Feel free to grab the boxes. Spruce up your work at home set up.
While some are considering an early Christmas...
i know we're just half-way thourgh october but am i allowed to bring the christmas tree out like. now— laura (@laura) 1603045477
Others have already jumped right in.
Hello festive tree... The girls are excited to decorate you https://t.co/JiJfNkSq1x— Esme Skye Velasquez (@Esme Skye Velasquez) 1603066717
Here I am cosying up to a Christmas tree already and it’s still only October! I think we are all so desperate for n… https://t.co/G1msZdAs0m— Míceál Murphy 🏳️🌈 💙 #FBPE (@Míceál Murphy 🏳️🌈 💙 #FBPE) 1602674175
There’s just no point in judging people anymore.
I saw a fully decorated and lit Christmas tree in a window of a home yesterday. On a normal October 17, this woul… https://t.co/3zsecZg0Ww— Mimi Willams (she/her) (@Mimi Willams (she/her)) 1603045881
Then again, some have also embraced this corona Christmas a bit too heartily.
Something weirdly dystopian about walking into a church to vote and the first thing I see inside is a Christmas tre… https://t.co/EJMCR4toiW— k @ NAP THROUGH 2022 (@k @ NAP THROUGH 2022) 1602873205
And as this user rightly points out, there is nothing wrong with a little self-care – especially now.
2020 is hard. Eat that chocolate Buy that pumpkin spice latte Wear the clothes that make your body feel good.… https://t.co/kdE6AaH6BE— Shari A Smith 🇨🇦 (@Shari A Smith 🇨🇦) 1602910794
Sure, it’s a bit weird, but is there any joy quite like lighting up the tree for the first time? We need to pass the time in lockdown somehow.
Maybe a prolonged Christmas is the unusual but necessary salve for this strange 2020.