Originally Posted By ssWEDguy I went by the Dixie Stampede on I-4 tonight. The big Christmas tree is still out front, all lit up. Isn't this Jan 13 already? I can see how everyone seems to be pushing the Christmas envelope on the front end, more and more towards starting as early as Thanksgiving. Maybe it'll get all the way to Halloween yet. But on the back end? Are they trying to push Christmas all the way to Valentines?
Originally Posted By Indigo Heh... a certain webmaster and I noticed that last night. At some point it becomes a president's day tree right? Maybe it's a superbowl tree?
Originally Posted By TDLFAN The reason why their tree is still up is because Dixie Stampede is still playing their Xmas version of their dinner show. The have kept their xmas show (and tree) until mid January or so since they opened for business a few years ago. Also...please note that in Orlando, due to the huge hispanic population, Xmas ornaments and trees stay up until around the 8th of the month..after their Three Kings Day celebration and what they referred to as "Octavitas", meaning "the 8th (of january)" in which some hispanic cultures theme the last possible day to celebrate the season with traditional xmas music and surprise family and friends with impromptu xmas parties, called "asaltos", in which people show up at your place unannounced and basically start a party in seconds.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Also...please note that in Orlando, due to the huge hispanic population, Xmas ornaments and trees stay up until around the 8th of the month << TDLFAN -- Thanks for info about Christmas traditions that I was less familiar with. I'm from the upper midwest, and we don't get much in the way of Hispanic celebrations there. (yet) Of course, that works in the reverse direction. I bet most Hispanics don't know much about midwestern Lutheran traditions.
Originally Posted By safetybar3 They were also the first attraction to set up their Christmas decorations.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> They were also the first attraction to set up their Christmas decorations. << I noticed that nearly everyone in Orlando went "live" with their Christmas decorations on the morning of Nov 1, just hours after Halloween night.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Not to mention... even WDW had their Xmas decor up and running a good week or so earlier than in previous years..meaning *before* the weekend before Thanksgivings Day. Of course...TDR had theirs up on Nov 6th.
Originally Posted By typhoonCM Dixie stampede is NOTORIOUS for keeping there tree up late. Last year I recall it being up in MARCH. They also tend to put it up VERY early. This year it went up in october.
Originally Posted By typhoonCM Dixie stampede is NOTORIOUS for keeping there tree up late. Last year I recall it being up in MARCH. They also tend to put it up VERY early. This year it went up in october.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Dixie stampede is NOTORIOUS for keeping their tree up late. << Didn't know that. I'll watch for it on I-4 in the upcoming weeks and report back to LP now and again. Maybe we can sponsor a contest to guess the date that it will come down....
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Also...please note that in Orlando, due to the huge hispanic population, Xmas ornaments and trees stay up until around the 8th of the month..after their Three Kings Day celebration<< Also "Kings day" (Dia de Reyes), better known to Anglos as the Epiphany of Christ is the much vaunted "12th day of Christmas".
