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OrangeSundays19 t1_iuj4l9u wrote

Earlier and earlier every year. Craziness. They put up the tree and ice rink two weeks ago and we've had multiple 70 degree days.
Next year it'll go up in beginning of October. Then September, then July. Soon all year it will be Christmas Town™, a haunted depressing place, because no one wants to buy a Christmas ornament in the Summer.
Let me have one day of Halloween!
Jesus Christ.

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James19991 t1_iuj8xsz wrote

They always start building it around Halloween. The last farmer's market of the year down there was last week, and they need to have everything built and all the stands stocked in time for Light Up Night, which is on November 19th. I know it's hard to believe, but that's less than 3 weeks from now.

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OrangeSundays19 t1_iujat97 wrote

Tomorrow would have been fine. I just wanted a day of not endless construction while I walk around. I just wanted to see people dressed as mummies, and enjoy a night of weirdness. 1 day.
This Christmas obsession is a lot. I'm not Christian but I appreciate people enjoying and celebrating their holiday. But dang y'all. A 1/6 of the year?
It's a lot, is all I'm sayin.
I know nothing I say here is going to change this. City's got plans and I wasn't consulted. I'm just throwing some wishes on some scraps of paper into the endless whirlpool that is the internet.
I'm glad people like it. I'm just saying it's pretty annoying.

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James19991 t1_iujcwl1 wrote

I love Christmas, but I don't like it in October or most of November until after Thanksgiving myself. However, Light Up Night has been on the weekend before Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember.

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OrangeSundays19 t1_iujfvoq wrote

Apparently 61st Anniversary. I always enjoy it but dang if it isn't frustrating not being able to walk through Markey Square for a few weeks.
I'm there a lot and it would save me a lot of time. It's not the end of the world.
Also don't like the barriers. They should do it piece meal. A quarter at a time. Finish one quarter, move on the the next. But then again, I know next to nothing about construction and am just some guy.
There has to be a better way. Because it's an extra annoyance every year, and has been for a while.

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BoringAdventures t1_iujhmdl wrote

They usually do 2nd to last week of oct. Need time to lay DAHN the ice

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