Leon Day - Noel Day |Pad Patter 6.25

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Does that answer your questions?

 

The thing is, making gifts/holiday projects takes time, esp. for certain craftwork, like quilting or knitting/crochet. And if you're making more than one handmade item, then you need enough time to craft them all. Today is 6 months until Christmas. While not everyone celebrates Christmas, Leon Day is the day marking when serious crafters-who-make-gifts need to at least start planning for Christmas (or other winter holidays...although "leon=Noel" implies Christianity).

A VERY long time ago I worked in a fabric/craft store and my first year it really drove me batty to see holiday fabric/etc arrive in mid-June, but then I had people come back throughout the succeeding months to happily talk about their finished products. By mid-December, their Christmas* gifts were finished and they were happy to be done.
(*I'm not trying to ignore other cultures and holidays; that time and in that place, no one who was non-Christian was talking about the holidays with me)

Having said all that: NO THANK YOU. I'm so happy my digitally crafted gifts take a lot less time to make and print.

 

No I've never heard of it, but I do know crafters have to start early ... I know I did when I gave handmade stuff at Christmas.

 

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Yes and no. I always make gifts. Not exclusively but I love doing it. Felted purses is what is on my list for DD & DIL (if she lets us celebrate this next one!) They are fun to make.
Never heard of Leon day. I was thinking Lion at first, HA!
Was at Hobby Lobby today and UGHHHHHHHH They were putting up Christmas stuff!!!! Thanksgiving was there too!! I imagine many stores are trying to recover some losses from past few months.

 

Ditto

 

I've never heard of this, but it's amusing!

Not only do crafters have to start early, but some people -- I'm sure it wasn't only my Mom -- buy gifts throughout the year and hide them away, saving them up for holidays. I thought it was a wise thing she did when I was teenager, though it was frustrating when she'd tell me, "Just wait until your birthday or Christmas" whenever I asked for something. My birthday is November 22 so I had a long wait the first half of the year! I haven't carried on the same habit with my kids, at least not to the extent my Mom did. If they ask for something in October or November I have been known to say, "Great idea for Xmas gift." In fact, now that they're all old teenagers, I can just give it to them right away and still call it a Xmas gift.

As for me and crafting, I have only given a couple of cross-stitch projects as gifts, never any other crafted items. I'm not much of a crafter. And those were so long ago, I don't remember when I started and finished.

 

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But I must say that I had a fleeting thought about getting some December Daily templates ready... and then I had a bowl of ice cream instead!

 

Never heard of Leon Day but just got the cutest Xmas stamps today!

 

Good call, Maureen. Ice cream is better and it's too early to start thinking about December Daily (unless somebody has a TLP event like Christmas in July).

@bestcee my answer to your question is no, no, no.

 

I never heard of Leon before, but I did think about the fact that it's halfway to Christmas a few days ago. So weird to think about! I personally am not ready to even start thinking about Christmas in the middle of summer and I'm definitely not planning any longer term craft projects to give as gifts either.

 

I've not heard of Leon day, but I am a aware that craft supplies launch their Christmas ranges around now. People who craft to sell for Christmas do normally start their Christmas crafting now so they are ready for the Christmas Craft Fairs that start late October.

 

I've not heard of Leon day, but I am a aware that craft supplies launch their Christmas ranges around now. People who craft to sell for Christmas do normally start their Christmas crafting now so they are ready for the Christmas Craft Fairs that start late October.

 

I have to admit that in the past two or three weeks now I've been heard to say, "We are halfway to Christmas!!" LOL I don't think I've ever heard about Leon day. But that's kind of neat. In years past I often worked on Christmas gifts half the year or more so I've always been thankful for the early Christmas and Thanksgiving displays and products up for sale.

 

Generally... I have no plans to make crafts for Christmas until suddenly I feel the urge in the fall to make time consuming gifts for EVERYone and then not actually finish any of them... sigh. That said, my son did ask for a crocheted blanket in his college colors. I will make a stab at getting that one done, but I need to finish my daughter's college colors blanket first. And nope, never heard of Leon day, but that name is pretty clever!

Planning for this coming up Christmas?? I still have last year's to finish... eek! I thought that's what the Christmas in July event was for

 

Never heard of it! LOL. I haven't even thought about Christmas AT ALL (don't we have enough to stress over right now?!?). I occasionally make little things but nothing that would take me this long.