Vox Pop: Asking the people of Derry if they think the Christmas season is starting too early.
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00:00Can you just introduce yourself please?
00:02It's Anne Hamilton
00:04And Anne, do you think Christmas is coming on too early?
00:06It does, yes. Even though I have
00:08a family,
00:10grandwens, I still
00:12they all put their Christmas tree up
00:14last weekend and no, it's too early
00:16for me. When do you stick your tree up?
00:18Well, my granddaughter was born the 17th
00:20of December, so I
00:22always say put it up around
00:24about then. But I'm not
00:26really a Christmasy
00:28person, so I'm not.
00:30Would you have a favourite Christmas ball or anything like that?
00:32No.
00:34It's really
00:36ever since my mum died
00:38about 16, 17 years ago
00:40that it's just never the same.
00:42You know what I mean?
00:44But yeah, Christmas is going
00:46overboard now.
00:48It's all about the presents
00:50I think, and how much
00:52you can spend, I think it is.
00:54It's not about Christmas
00:56anymore.
00:58My name's Frankie Murphy.
01:00Do you think
01:02Christmas is coming on too early?
01:04I think it is far too early.
01:06I mean, Halloween's not a word.
01:08Directly, advertising
01:10during Halloween, before Christmas.
01:12Why would you
01:14stick up your Christmas tree?
01:16Personally speaking, I was
01:18just about last week,
01:20which is pretty early.
01:22Do you have any favourite Christmas
01:24balls or anything like that?
01:26Mostly westerns.
01:28I'm a big western fan.
01:30So, where's stuff you're using?
01:32Hi, I'm Bladen.
01:34Do you think Christmas is coming on a wee bit too early?
01:36Financially, yes I do.
01:38Where would you use
01:40your Christmas tree at?
01:42Maybe halfway through December?
01:44Halfway through December, when it deepens out
01:46a wee bit later, which is just
01:48the right time. I think that's just right.
01:50Anything before it, too early?
01:52Yes, absolutely.
01:54Have you got any favourite Christmas balls or anything like that?
01:56Home Alone. That's the classic one
01:58from my family.
02:00Introduce yourself, please.
02:02Hi, my name's Michael. And I'm Bethany.
02:04Do you think Christmas is coming on a wee bit too early?
02:06Every year?
02:08Definitely way too early.
02:10The shops around my place
02:12had Christmas stuff in around October
02:14and they just skipped Halloween.
02:16I remember
02:18Don's, they had
02:20Christmas stuff in
02:22before Halloween stuff, or even
02:24a week before Halloween, so
02:26I was a bit confused at that.
02:28When do you think is the right time to put up the Christmas tree?
02:30Probably the week before
02:32December.
02:34That's me and my parents, we put it up
02:36the first weekend of
02:38December is when we do it.
02:40Do you have any favourite Christmas balls or anything like that?
02:44Lampoons for Christmas vacation.
02:46Definitely.
02:48That would be mine.
02:50Introduce yourself, please.
02:52I'm Andrea. I'm Summer.
02:54Do you think Christmas is
02:56coming on a wee bit too early?
02:58I love it starting early.
03:00Do you like it starting early?
03:02I love seeing the Christmas trees up before December.
03:04When do you think is the right time to get the Christmas
03:06tree up?
03:08I'd say the start of December.
03:10I'd say a week before December.
03:12She always puts her Christmas tree up early.
03:14Do you not think that may
03:16come on a wee bit too early?
03:18No, I'd put it up in December.
03:20Do you have any favourite Christmas balls
03:22or anything like that?
03:24Christmas Chronicle.
03:26I love that.
03:28I don't think I have any.
03:30Summer.
03:32Jack Frost. I like Jack Frost.
03:34That's it.
03:36Could you just introduce yourself?
03:38Pat Toy.
03:40Do you think Christmas is coming on a wee bit too early?
03:42Yes, it's getting earlier
03:44It's getting earlier every year.
03:46It's purely commercialised.
03:48That's Christmas as it should be.
03:50I mean, what are you celebrating?
03:52The shops are celebrating.
03:54But then they need it now
03:56because they're getting a hard time.
03:58So bring it.
04:00Even get the Halloween.
04:02They're clearing the shelves
04:04to put the Christmas stuff on.
04:06I think it's crazy.
04:08There's not enough money
04:10to go running.
04:12What time do you think
04:14would be the right time
04:16to put up your Christmas tree?
04:18My wife doesn't put it up
04:20until the second week of December.
04:22People have them up.
04:24Even the council have them up,
04:26as you can see.
04:28Put them up early.
04:30And of course these ones
04:32are a target for anybody
04:34who wants to
04:36kick the baubles around the floor.