When To Decorate For Halloween & Christmas

Lilly Rayl 10/2/23

It isn’t Christmas yet but many people have decorated already and turned their Christmas playlists on. October is next month, and there are about three months until Christmas. When do you believe people should start decorating for Halloween and Christmas? In my opinion people shouldn’t decorate earlier than the end of September or early October for Halloween. For Christmas decorations, they can go up any time after Thanksgiving is over.

I personally think people shouldn’t decorate for Christmas this early. I think it is just skipping holidays and having Christmas decorations up that early doesn’t seem necessary. If you don’t want to decorate for Halloween then you don’t have to and that is fine, but I don’t think Christmas decorating should then get pushed forward to September. In stores the Halloween decorations start coming out in the summer because all of these aisles will soon be taken over with Christmas decor before October.

I do understand that when you decorate it makes you happy and many good memories come along with it but shouldn’t that be the same for Halloween. I feel like any decorations for holidays make people happy, and remember things from that season they enjoy. When you put decorations for holidays up so early it really makes the day and season less special. Vice.com said, “Hanging decorations for almost half the year makes it less meaningful.” I totally agree with this, you can hang decorations according to the season or holiday but having the same decorations up for that long makes it less special.

A Survey about this was sent out and many people agree with me. Lots of people think late September to early October is when Halloween decorations should go up. Some even think a week or two before Halloween is the right time. With Christmas many students said late November, after Thanksgiving and early December. A few students said earlier and a few students said about two weeks before Christmas. I agree with many that September is way too early for Christmas decor!

I really just think that decorations should go up the month of the holiday or even the end of month before. Don’t push out other holidays with decorations months before the holiday. If you don’t want to decorate for a holiday then don’t but don’t start putting up other decorations instead. What is your opinion? Fill out this form and give your opinion. Survey

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