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ballsonthewall t1_iuj3qc1 wrote

can we please pedestrianize the square already???

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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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DoctorTannis t1_iuj3n09 wrote

Where's Mark? And the Funky Bunch for that matter...

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atsterism t1_iujuwe8 wrote

> The War on Christmas cannot end until Christmas stops its illegal occupation of November > > I am calling on the Klaus regime to return to the borders agreed upon in the Black Friday Agreement

source

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j428h t1_iujhlp1 wrote

Small Biz Marky Saturday?

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RockerRabbit t1_iuk8lsz wrote

Please just stop we have other fucking holidays I'm going insane

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Sh_ec_ks t1_iujua6j wrote

Can we please not call it marky square lol kindddda cringe kinda cringe

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iamnotacola t1_iukbh91 wrote

Marky Square and the Funky Shapes

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cigarmanpa t1_iuj7olb wrote

This was on thanksgiving needs to stop

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oliverlol69123 t1_iujn28z wrote

What's that car in the image? That looks like a fiat

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BakaSan77 t1_iujodm8 wrote

When does this usually start? Haven’t been down there in forever

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Xaldex t1_iuk7bkb wrote

The 18th from what people there told me (I work next to the square)

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TheRedSnoot t1_iuk8fmk wrote

Saw that yeah. On Halloween too

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CostofRepairs t1_iujwkuy wrote

“Marky Square”? Go back to your “nuggs” and “tendies”.

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