People in Manchester share when they put up their Christmas tree and if it’s too soon for Christmas music

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Christmas is just six weeks away, and with Halloween and Bonfire night behind us, you may have noticed the rapid switch to festive decorations in stores around Manchester.  Our famous Christmas markets are due to open on November 10. They are currently being set up along the city centre streets in preparation for visitors from all over the country.  Although some people might be excited about the festive season and eager to get involved with all things Christmas - others may feel it's a little too soon to set up the decorations.  We asked people in Manchester when they put up their tree and when is an appropriate time to listen to some Christmas music.

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00:00 Ah, well, I like to have it up definitely by the 1st of December.

00:04 Christmas is just six weeks away, and with Halloween and Bonfire Night behind us,

00:09 you may have noticed the rapid switch to festive decorations in stores around Manchester.

00:15 Our famous Christmas markets are due to open on the 10th of November,

00:19 and are currently being set up along the city centre streets in preparation for visitors from

00:24 all over the country. Although some people might be excited about the festive season,

00:29 and eager to get involved with all things Christmas, others may feel it's a little too

00:33 soon to set up the decorations. We asked people in Manchester when they put up their tree,

00:39 and when is an appropriate time to listen to some Christmas music.

00:42 Just like to like it to be up in the house feel Christmasy for December really.

00:47 And also we spend New Year in Portugal, we have a house in Portugal,

00:52 so we leave the UK on the 27th, so it's nice to have Christmas decorations up for 20 odd days.

01:01 I'd actually put it up a little bit earlier to be quite honest.

01:03 We've just become grandparents this year, so I think because of that I'd probably

01:09 put it up a bit earlier. I have to hold her back.

01:12 Oh, I think the beginning of December. I don't know, I think it's a nice way to begin.

01:18 You listen to Christmas music, you put up a Christmas tree and there you are ready for

01:24 Christmas. Now shops try to sell you Christmas as early as October, and I think at one point if you

01:30 really want to enjoy it, you can't have too much of it, right? I mean it's got to stay something

01:34 unique for the year. Well that's an argument at our house, because my husband would put it up on

01:39 about sort of the 20th of December. I like to put it up a bit earlier now, first week of December.

01:45 I put my Christmas tree up as late as possible. Normally it's not something I prepare for a lot.

01:51 I do really enjoy Christmas, but it's normally a bit of a last minute job for me. November's

01:54 definitely too soon to put up Christmas decorations in my opinion. I think sort of like

01:58 early to mid-December's okay, but for me it's normally around the 15th or something that I go.

02:03 We probably do it earlier than that, around about November time. Yeah, because we want to make the

02:07 most of the time and we get family visiting us and that sort of thing, so it's always nice to

02:12 have the Christmas tree up and the decorations. It's unavoidable listening to Christmas music

02:16 throughout sort of November and December, because it's absolutely everywhere, adverts and shops and

02:20 things like that. I wouldn't be putting any on until the actual Christmas period itself starts.

02:24 Maybe you've finished work for the holidays and things like that. Fair play, everyone can just

02:27 listen to it whenever they fancy it. My favourite time to listen to Christmas music, probably from

02:32 mid-November I would say. Any earlier than that it's just, it's not the season, but from mid-November

02:39 onwards I think that's reasonable. I don't particularly listen to Christmas music. I listen

02:43 to smooth radio sometimes and that'll play Christmas things, but I don't particularly,

02:48 deliberately listen to Christmas music. Well it's in the shops now basically, isn't it? You know,

02:52 you've got in the shops middle of November I'd say. I think it's a little bit early now. I'm more

02:57 of a first of December man on all these things. I think anything in November is just a little bit

03:03 too early. First of December I can accept. I think Christmas is lovely, but it can go on and on too

03:10 long really, and I think to get the full atmosphere, you know, do limit it to a month. I think that's

03:15 about maximum really. So beginning of December.

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