If what you have is making the truck drivers happy, I'd suggest getting more Thanksgiving decorations and making that display bigger.

I think it is Charlie Brown that is making them happy. It certainly made them happy last month.

There is just not that much out there. I have a 7 ft tall inflatable turkey outside, a scarecrow wax warmer, a turkey clock. On the counter, our boss put a papaer with our pictures by our names and initials to assist the drivers who may not be able to remember who is who. They have to put our initials on stuff sometimes. I change that for the holidays.

For Thanksgiving, I changed my picture to that of a piece of pumpkin pie, the other night minion is a turkey, the boss is a ham, and the day girls are mac and cheese and mashed potatoes. For Halloween, I am the wicked witch of the west, the other night minion is Grandpa Munster, the boss was Beetlejuice, and the other ladies were Wednesday Adaams and Lydia (from beetlejuice) Christmas changes, but the one thing that stays constant is the boss is Cousin

Eddie from Christmas Vacation, tiny little bathrobe and all........

But anyway, that's it.

My neighbor has lights that she changes to orange colors after Halloween. Not sure if she has to switch a button or remove and put up new lights. She has an inflatable turkey too. She has all kinds of fall leaves, pumpkins and scarecrows for the inside.

I don't know if you're a crafter. There are a lot of ideas on Pinterest for decorations.

^^^^^^ Lucille nailed it!

We have one station who started yesterday. It surprised me. You are talking decorating at work I assume. What you do in your own home is your business and needs no one here or anywhere to approve. I get why the stores sell early--so the rest of us can be prepared...but since your truckers are loving your Thanksgiving celebrations right now..ride it for a bit...it's gonna be a loooong winter!!

Yep....Lucille nailed it....I agree! ♥

I'm listening to Howard Stern on Sirius XM. His interviews ie: Billie Joel or Jamie Fox....are AMAZING! Makes me smile ALL day, repeating in my mind things they said. ☺ THIS makes "me" happy.

I'm on the side of giving Thanksgiving some respect. It's only a few weeks away. You can jump on Christmas decorating on Black Friday like many people do.

And I agree doing whatever you wish at home is a good way to fulfill the urge.

I agree with Carolb about giving Thanksgiving more respect. amylou, maybe you need to give your display more bling ? Lights, glitter, sparkly things, bright colors; anything thing to liven it up and make yourself and others smile. You have fun decorating for other holidays, so why not have some fun with Thanksgiving, too ? Amy, I know you can do it, you just need to get motivated !

My new (very young) neighbor down the street has two trees up and decorated inside her front windows. That’s her right, of course, but I’m the opposite.

December 10 is way early enough for me.

Amylou, I am sure that I would love working with you!! Making others (including yourself) happy is such a great talent! I'm retired now but I always decorated my office for the holidays whenever possible. Good for you and you should do whatever makes you happy. Even anticipation can make you happy!!

I like that, murraysmom. Anticipation is important. These are holiday *Seasons*, and they aren't as wonderful if one merges into the next, and the next, etc. Artificial Christmas trees are part of the problem. A Real Tree lasts a couple of weeks...special *because* of its short life. Endless Christmas would be awful.

OK, how about your very own version of a big advent calendar, Amylou? A little lead up to Christmas? You could keep busy preparing your scenes.

You will be happy to know, Amy, that people have already started to put out Christmas decor in my neighborhood! :)

Orange, yellow and brown are typical Thanksgiving colours but maybe you can tweak that with some navy blue and metallics such as silver or copper/bronze. I think the metallics could up the game and bring in some shiny bling. The silver and navy blue would work well together as would the navy blue with the base colours and the copper/bronze would work well with the base colours and the navy.

The silver/copper/bronze and navy could dovetail into Christmas.

Oh and post away - I love hearing about your decorating projects as they cheer me up while I envision them. At this time of year here it's grey and raining all day, everyday.

Oh and around here people are starting to put up Christmas lights because....see previous sentence.

I only like to listen to Christmas music the week of Christmas. I don't like listening to things over and over. haha I guess I prefer silence. Saying that, I love Christmas decorations and my decorated tree has been up for 2 years now. I am looking forward to taking the tree down this year though.

Huh, when I originally posted, I was worried about getting the usual, visceral, negative reactions to the mention of Christmas MUSIC. That was what I was hesitating for. I actually have my decor ready to go, just have to execute. The music is making it hard to hold back......

It is true I need no permission from anyone to decorate. I tend to do what I like when I like.

I guess its just that I do not see Thanksgiving as having a "season" like Halloween and Christmas do. Its a day. A big and important one, but not a whole season of activity like the others. I do not want to say its BORING, I love Thanksgiving day, but......well anyway. I do decorate specifically for it to give it its due......

For the record, MY calendar reads like this:

2021:

Nov 1st- 24th-Christmas

Nov 25th- Thanksgiving until dinner its over

Nov 25th evening-Dec26th-Christmas again.

And I do think that the truckers positive response is to Charlie Brown, many of them do not even recognize that it is the Thanksgiving episode until I mention it, then they are even more amused! If I were to start playing familiar Christmas movies tonight they would likely be just as thrilled. The inquiries into when I was putting up my Halloween stuff started in mid August. I think any sort of change from routine is welcome to the drivers. Especially when many of these people have been on the road, going from terminal to terminal, with stark white walls, industrial noise, necessary but tedious security checks and no cheer. Sounds miserable doesn't it? I am told by some of them that my work is the only place that they go to that really goes all out. Some do not even decorate at all! Not even a tiny tabletop Christmas tree! Ugh! I would HATE to work somewhere like that during the holidays!

My SO shocked me to my very core today. (in a good way) He asked when I wanted to go get a Christmas tree! It is shocking because when I met him, he did not care about Christmas. He grew up in ridiculous poverty, so Christmases were rather bleak and sad, and then when he became an adult, his only role was to pay for his kids' presents. He had never received a Christmas present until he met me. Not from his parents or grandparents (who raised him). They just couldn't. Not from friends or even his wife. They were married 15 years and NO PRESENT!!! But now he has had 12 Christmases with me, and I will NOT stifle MY Christmas cheer for anyone or anything, and therefore I think I have finally rubbed off on him!!!! Yay! We always get a live tree so I told him I wanted to get one the week of thanksgiving so I can decorate it that night. It will be interesting to see Leos reaction to it......

You SO is so very, very lucky to be with you, as are all those at work whose spirits you lift with your decorating and your personality. You make an amazing, positive difference in the world.