{"id":47830,"date":"2023-11-24T14:50:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T14:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=47830"},"modified":"2023-11-24T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T14:50:51","slug":"is-it-too-early-to-put-your-christmas-tree-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/11\/24\/is-it-too-early-to-put-your-christmas-tree-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it too early to put your Christmas tree up?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>It is a common belief across the UK that Christmas just keeps on getting earlier<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Whether that be the cheerful <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qsMgQXchaWs?si=CuVZXePuhOsBZebM\">John Lewis Christmas advert<\/a> being released on November 9 this year, or the honey-rich tones of Michael Bubl\u00e9 appearing on November 4 on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uaQ3GxLpLZI?si=bl61PIU3sUt1PtCI\">Asda&#8217;s festive ad<\/a>, it seems as if early November is the new start of the Christmas season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At the heart of the fierce festive debate is the Christmas tree, a staple of any Christmas-celebrating living room since it first reached the UK back in the 1840s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The question at the heart of this, and the one we posed to the Sheffield public is this: When should the Christmas Tree go up? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Is November too early?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">According to a poll conducted by Sheffield Wire, 72% of people believe that it is currently too early to put up your tree. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">However, according to Christmas Tree World, the ideal date to put up your tree is this Sunday, as for many Advent begins on the Sunday closest to the feast of St Andrew the Apostle, which took place on November 30 and lasts for four weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">For Keeley Dowse, who works at the Christmas Shop on Fargate, it is &#8220;never too early&#8221; to put the tree up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">She added: &#8220;We&#8217;ve found over the last couple of years that people want to buy Christmas decorations earlier to spread the cost.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The shop opens in October and shuts a few days after Christmas Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Other Sheffielders were not so keen to get in the spirit early. 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