Nov 12 2008
Christmas is coming to Prague
Prague doesn’t hit you with the Christmas hectic into the face, it kind of gets you used to it slowly, slowly…
I lived in places, where suddenly, over night, everybody put up their Christmas decorations and merchandise, normally around mid September, hit me in the face, kind of. Prague is different, also here. Since beginning of October Stollen and other sweets typical for Advent and Christmas started to apear peu-a-peu in the shops, then since beginning of November the first real Christmas decorations have appeared, today I noticed the first Christmas markets on the streets –including the mulled wine. Makes a pleasant change to most other European cities where Christmas starts right after Easter has finished!
Its all Christmas in the shops here LOL Its not Chrismas yet - its not consistently over 30C! I find all in bad taste but I thought the site of a manger scene in the local mall LAST week very tacky - its not even Advent yet!
You are right, but I think it is very difficult for the shopkeepers to keep the balance between not loosing business and not upsetting some customers by being to eager
I also noticed here in San Francisco, CA where I live the Christmas decorations started going up right after Halloween. Way too early but the stores have many sales.
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