{"id":24862,"date":"2017-11-10T16:08:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=24862"},"modified":"2017-11-10T16:08:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:08:22","slug":"when-does-christmas-really-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/when-does-christmas-really-begin","title":{"rendered":"When does Christmas really begin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week around Cardiff we saw the first obvious signs that Christmas is on its way.<br \/>\nWe had the big Christmas lights switch on in the city centre, the opening of the Christmas Market and Winter Wonderland, and the controversial main tree was unveiled outside of Cardiff Castle. Retail advertisement has now also turned to the festive season as pop-up Christmas shops appear and every TV advert attempts to capture the festive spirit. Everywhere you look, the magic of Christmas captures the imagination.<br \/>\nBut when does it really begin to feel a bit like Christmas? When do we start counting the days? When is too early to be thinking about Santa coming down our chimney? I went out around Cardiff to ask people when Christmas began for them.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24928 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/thomas-2-625x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"426\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24928 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/thomas-2-625x426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"426\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Thomas, 28 <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFor me it was yesterday when they turned on the Christmas lights. That\u2019s when all the decorations go up and you don\u2019t feel so guilty about the countdown to Christmas then!\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Geoff-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24874 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Geoff-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Geoff, 22 <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cFor me, it\u2019s probably about the 15th December. Now is definitely really early. I don\u2019t start doing things until at most 10-15 days before Christmas, and then a few days after Christmas is when it ends.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24881 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ruth-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24881 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ruth-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Ruth, 24 <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cChristmas begins when the lights are up, and you can see all the market stalls. Winter Wonderland in Cardiff is amazing all the time, I love that. Also, now they have released all the Christmas adverts, that get you in the mood for a bit of Christmas, and then you can think right, family and friends get around and be merry.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24897 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Celina-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24897 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Celina-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Celina, 31<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cBecause of the job, it was actually in August for me, because that is when I was called about this. So you start thinking about Christmas around the day, but actually I feel like it starts middle of November when everyone starts thinking about presents and how to get people close to them.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24904 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Hannah-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24904 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Hannah-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Hannah, 21 <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cUsually last week of term, when Christmas events start happening, you start doing Christmas meals with your societies and your school starts putting up Christmas decorations. November feels a bit early, because we\u2019ve just had Halloween and Bonfire Night. By the time it gets to Christmas you\u2019re bored of it. The magic has gone if you do it this month.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/kat-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/kat-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\n<strong>Katrina, 22 <\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWhen I start noticing the Christmas carols in my head without realising. Around mid-November, so kind of now really!\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lights are up, but when does Christmas really begin for the people of Cardiff?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":475,"featured_media":24978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[716],"class_list":["post-24862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When does Christmas really begin? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/when-does-christmas-really-begin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When does Christmas really begin? 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