First of December.
Aly,
17
Cardiff UK
When the malls start putting up trees and decorations, that's when it feels like christmas.
Stephanie,
25
TX USA
When I hear the dogs barking Jingle Bells on the radio...
Pysistratus,
31
Athens
The holiday season starts at the first Christmas party. For me, it will be December 4 this year.
Laura,
37
Lowell, MA USA
Thanksgiving day.
Fisch,
47
Preston, CT USA
Thanksgiving week.
Cindy,
41
VA USA
The day before Thanksgiving. That's when we start getting ingredients for everything to make the next day!
Ashley,
20
Jacksonville, FL USA
It starts for me with Halloween--about the week or so before Halloween actually. Though I really hate it when the Christmas decorations are up before thanksgiving…
Diana,
22
Joplin, MO USA
I don't know...probably when I start wrapping presents.
Tam
Thanksgiving
Cara,
18
Valparasio, IN USA
Normally, I would say "after Thanksgiving" but the radio station I listen to at work has begun playing Christmas music 24 hours/day, starting today. Just hearing Bing Crosby and Nat king Cole sing their Christmas hits, puts me in the Christmas mood.
Reba,
57
Gaithersburg, MD USA
The holiday shopping season starts for me at the end of October.
Melissa,
20
PA USA
Not before Thanksgiving! I am already tired of stores and houses decked out for Christmas. I'd appreciate all the decorations a lot more if they were confined to a period from mid-December until Twelfth Night.
Jane,
63
West Linn, OR USA
The first snow of the season. Nobody has a brush to clean off their car and they drive like, 50km's down the road.
Keri-Jade,
23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA
When the traffic in Nashua, NH (Lowell's tax-free shopping district) gets backed up through Tyngsboro and into Chelmsford ( www.mapquest.com will help out any non-locals who might be curious).
Alias Irrelevante
Thanksgiving starts on Thanksgiving Day for me, and Christmas season seems to start about ten days before it.
Em,
16
Harrisburg, PA USA
I guess around now. It starts with Thanksgiving and then there is always parties, music and events leading up to Christmas. We celebrate New Years at our house. And afterwards, it's the doldrums. And winter sets in and it seems very bleak til spring.
Janet,
45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA
October 30/31 - Samhain, the Pagan new year.
Firelady,
24
Frisco, TX USA
Usually the day after Thanksgiving is when I start thinking about Christmas -- shopping, decorating, etc.
Melodi,
19
Gahanna, OH USA
I don't know. Thanksgiving, I suppose.
Karen,
23
Ames, IA USA
Over the years, I've learned to celebrate the charms of each season of the year, hence "the holiday season" doesn't really occur in my calendar.
Jill,
61
Saylorsburg, PA USA
The holiday season? Once Thanksgiving is over, my brain starts shifting into Christmas mode.
Jared,
0
Crestline, CA USA
I'm not sure if
there is an exact time. I usually don't start getting into the Christmas
spirit until a
couple weeks before Christmas. It just sort of happens.
Doug2,
30
Overland Park, KS USA
When it's DECEMBER!
Tracy,
24
Ocean City, NJ USA
Thanksgiving week. And it doesn't stop until after Christmas.
Judy,
62
Easton, KS USA
It doesn't start until I see the Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade.
Cathie,
53
Novi, MI USA
The Holiday season begins when all the lights are up and it starts getting cold down here in entral Florida.
Hoochie