Just came back from shopping in Morrisons. Christmas cards, tins of Quality Streets and Roses, and mince pies already out. Am I the only one thinking it is really getting earlier every year?

When I was a sales manager in England we used to start our Christmas promotions in mid August. Geez, some people hadn't even had their summer holidays and were ramming Christmas products down their throats!

I even dressed as Santa one August and decked the office out in tinsel, fairy lights and Christmas tree to try and get the staff motivated.

That's one thing I like about Hungary, it all starts much later (if you take Tesco out of the equation )

It's been quite early for quite a few years in our household.

Christmas shopping usually starts 11.5 months early, in the post Christmas/NY sales

Dib Dib Dib / the early bird catches the worm / <insert appropriate cliche of your choice>

Do you all stick to the 'British Christmas' traditions in Hungary or adapt to the natives?
A long time ago (in Hungary) we got up early on Christmas morning to put up the tree. 'Calom' sweets and live candles galore. Sweets you wouldn't give to your enemies and candles which had a knack of setting the net curtains alight. Hence an abundance of houses burned to the ground every year.
Christmas over and done with very quickly, New Years Eve being a bigger celebration. What do you do?

I think we will stick with the 'British Christmas' whole lot safer.

Joking a side as kids we use to have a Hungarian/English Christmas when living in the UK. Starting with the (Hus Leves) Chicken soup then stuffed cabbage then traditional turkey dinner, roast ham oh and so much more plus poppy seed cake and walnut cake or trifle. (Just sticking to English this year)

I prefer a British Christmas, and having shown my wife's Hungarian family what a traditional British Christmas is [and experienced one of theirs], they/I prefer it too

Granted, when in Rome (or Sopron as the case maybe), we do bring in some local customs, which mainly means lots of Palinka in my case & doing it on 24th

For NYE, wife and I ditch the UK/Hungarian families and bugger off to a rather large 2 day party at our friends somewhere.

Definately English for me. I just love Christmas and snow.

One reason I like Christmas in Hungary is the snow. So English Christmas dinner for me with Hungarian weather, please :-)