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I've been recently shopping for Halloween decorations for my upcoming Halloween party.
I swear, there are more Christmas decorations out than Halloween decorations. Please keep in mind that Halloween is over a month away and Christmas is THREE months away. I blame retailers for ruining Christmas.
Grrr....
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Geez, bring Christmas the heck on! By that time I'll be home on leave and only have a couple months left in this craphole.
But yes, it always annoyed me when I'd be out shopping for sunscreen on a late August weekend and see the local Target (or what have you) putting up trees and decorations, and that somewhat disturbing automaton singing and dancing Santa. (how's that for a run-on sentence!)
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That doesn't surprise me. The most shocking thing I saw was when Eaton's, a now-defunct department store, put up their Christmas tree around Labour Day.
For NFBSK's sake, the kids weren't even back in school yet!
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I must be going to the wrong stores. Or the right stores, depending on how you look at it! So far I haven't seen Christmas stuff anywhere but the craft stores. Of course, having said that no doubt that will be all I see if I go out shopping tomorrow
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So, do I get thwacked (or flogged) with your weapon of choice if I say **All Of My Christmas Shopping Is Done?** Walmart has both out. But right now, I see it heavily towards Halloween more so than Christmas. Christmas is regailed to a few back shelves while Halloween has the whole store almost...
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No thwacking but definately a look of awe! I have about 50% done but the other 50% I need to get is going to be hard! Thankfully one gift is a continuation of last years gift so thats 1 scratched off easily.
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So far I have seen Christmas displays only in the craft stores and the sewing dept of WalMart. Most stores here will replace Halloween stuff with Christmas stuff the last week of October. I did see Halloween candy advertised before school started. And I have all my Christmas shopping done except my kids. Yes I know they come first, but I hit a closeout sale for everyone else last July. And this way I have 3 months now to do just for them. I will probably be done before Thanksgiving.
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I was in Chapters (Canadian bookstore) with my daughter today and had to tell her to knock it off because she kept telling me what she wanted for Christmas. I don't like shopping at the last minute but I just refuse to even think about Christmas shopping until October at the earliest! I told her to make a list for my consideration and to submit it to me **after** Thanksgiving.
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I got yelled at the other day when my Christmas cards arrived (I manage a card store) and I didn't put out more than two feet. The customer in question wanted me to open all 40 boxes and let her dig through thousands of cards so she could have first pick of them. I told her to show up first thing in the morning two days after Thanksgiving (Oct 9th here), and I'd have more of a selection for her.
I get a lot of flack going both ways. I'm obviously a seasonal store, and a certain amount of space is always going to be devoted to the next season. After Father's day and Grad, the next major season in terms of product is Christmas. We replace the June/July holidays with the yearly collector's ornaments, and end up selling out of the first shipment of the more popular ones in August. Then I catch it from both sides: The 'Christmas already???' crowd, and the 'What do you mean you only got in six Coke Santa ornaments in July???' crowd. After eight years of it, I just smile and shrug Posts: 53 | From: Calgary | Registered: Jun 2005
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I will admit to already buying a few new Christmas decoration but only because I went to a Home Interiors party a couple weeks ago and with them it's "if you don't get it now, you might not be able to get it later." Their seasonal stuff sells out fast. Most of the Halloween decorations were already gone by early September and they're already almost out of a few Christmas items as well.
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quote:Originally posted by Lady Moon Shadows: Walmart has both out. But right now, I see it heavily towards Halloween more so than Christmas. Christmas is regailed to a few back shelves while Halloween has the whole store almost...
Same here..
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I'm lucky that way, no Christmas decorations up yet anywhere around here, and if memory serves they won't be up either until November. Personally I'm happy about it, that way when I see the decoration up and start to look forward to Christmas I really won't have to wait that long anymore .
Now that I think about it I haven't really seen any Halloween decoration up either, but that's probably because the tradition is an US import and hasn't really caught on yet. I have only observed kids doing the rounds for the last couple of years and while the stores are all for selling as many Halloween related items as they possible can some towns are even banning or at least strongly discouraging the whole thing.
To be honest, I don't really like it celebrated where I live either, here the time for costumes and sweets is Fasching (carneval), a week and more of folly and fun in February
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I won $250 GC to Saks and spent most of it on Christmas presents for teachers. I love my daughter's teachers.
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Oh, please don't get me wrong here. There is absolutely nothing wrong with Christmas shopping early. In fact, I get the majority of my Christmas shopping finished usually around July or so. I begin thinking of Christmas presents for loves ones for NEXT year soon after the New Year.
What irks me though, is the amount of needless decorations. Cards? Okay. Collectors ornaments? Sure. 25 foot tall blow up santa clauses? No. There is no need for that right now. Absolutely none. Gr.
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One could argue that there is never a need for a 25-foot-tall blow-up Santa Claus.
What, were they going for the eyesore look?!?
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Seriously, 25 feet tall? Is that really in keeping with the holidy spirit?
"Santa Claus is coming to town...to CRUSH THE NAUGHTY CHILDREN!"
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Wild Card, YOMANK! Compounded by the fact that the Dragonball Z Christmas episode was on Robot Chicken last night...
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quote:Originally posted by black roses 19: There is no need for that right now. Absolutely none. Gr.
How about lack of room in the back? Stores have to order this stuff a year in advance (Wal-Mart, for example, will already have to be placing their orders to suppliers for Christmas 2007) and start receiving it months before Christmas; they simply start to run out of room. As Halloween stuff begins to sell out they move Christmas stuff to the floor simply because there's nowhere else to put it.
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The SO and I went to dinner one night at Cracker Barrel back at the begining of Sept/end of August, and they had Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff all set up. Each in it's own not so little area. Is it any wonder people feel more stressed then joyful at the holidays?
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quote:Originally posted by Wild Card: Seriously, 25 feet tall? Is that really in keeping with the holidy spirit?
"Santa Claus is coming to town...to CRUSH THE NAUGHTY CHILDREN!"
See my beloved children , this is why you never got Christmas presents. A 25ft Santa would never fit down our chimney
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quote:Originally posted by Canuckistan: One could argue that there is never a need for a 25-foot-tall blow-up Santa Claus.
Well it depends on what you'd need it for!!
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Called my mother 3 weeks ago and told her that she shouldn't be suprised if she heard some screaming. Would probably just be me.
Because that was then moment when I saw the first christmas decoration.
And people wonder why I have started to hate Christmas with a passion for the last 4 years. More and more each year.
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My, my... this rant comes earlier and earlier each year.
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I totally agree with this rant... I HATE it when I'm shopping for Halloween stuff and I walk one aisle too far, and suddenly I'm in Christmasland! Woah...when did we skip two months?
I love Halloween and I wish it was a more popular holiday. I guess I should be glad the stores have *any* Halloween stuff...
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When I was little, I never imagined I'd ever grow up to say "I f--king hate Christmas" but I do. All it means to me anymore is cheesy cards, tacky decorations, a trillion reruns of "holiday specials" (y'know, they're no so special after the 50th time you've seen them), NO PARKING with a mnile of work, bitchy customers, long lines, horrid musical light-up christmas sweaters on people old enough to know better, and spending a ton of money on those around me just because everyone else will be spending money on me.
Call me selfish, but I think it'd prefer to just spend a night in a warm bubble bath with music, candles, chocolates, and a nice dinner, maybe even some flowers I've sent myself.
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When this thread started, I thought it was ironic that someone would rant about early Christmas marketing while shopping for Halloween paraphernalia in September.
Sure, September is too early for Christmas. But short of R&D on a really kicking costume, I can't imagine preparing for Halloween more than a month in advance, either.
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Normally I wouldn't, but like I said, i'm having a party.
It's my first any kind of party EVER and I was mostly pricing things (fog machines, etc) and trying to slowly build up decorations.
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I can't wait for christmas, it will be my first christmas out of home and we bought some beautiful decorations in the sales last year. We have no kids, just a cat, so we want to get away with glass ornaments as long as possible. The downfall is the only christmas tree we've seen out here so far is over $100, so looks like we are breaking a branch off any tree as a christmas tree. Although i will feel a little sad when under the tree isn't as full as it was when i was at mums. I won't have presents to wrap for all my little(well not so little anymore) cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents. That was always my job. It will be hard to see a bare little tree with under 10 presents under it.
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The undertree area won't be bare, it will be filled with glass shards. Your cat will drag down the shiny, moving, tempting ornaments and then will bat them around until they smash. The cat will also pull down anything on a string, like your light cords. With enough determination and ingenuity, the whole tree will topple soon after and you'll have a cat sitting in the middle of the living room with the "I meant to do that" expression.
With sad experience, I recommend paper chains and unbreakable plastic.
As to the lack of many presents... buy stuff for your loved one from the dollar store and fill the area! The loved one will really find it fun and appreciate your hard work and you get to wrap!
The best present I got last year (well, the one that touched me the most -- but also gotta love the nice gift certificate for clothes!) was a can of energy drink, wrapped in a lovely blue Hannukah bag and kept refrigerated until exactly the time I needed it most. Cost: $1.99 Meaning: Priceless.
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We don't have any lights or enough decorations to fill a whole tree so they will be high up on the tree. Our cat will probaly be pawing at the presents, hoping all of them are for him. Thats a great idea for filling up the space. I'm going to a big city a month befoe christmas so i can stock up. One year when i asked what he wanted for christmas he joked and said toilet paper. Guess what he got. Thats right a lovely 9 pack of the cheapest nastiest toilet paper i could find. He used it for cleaning and wrapping faceted stones in. I think i got him a stocking with all little things in it as well.
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There's a cake and tea shop by the train station in my town that has Merry Christmas written on the door already. The thing is, I live in Japan. Christmas is not a holiday here. People may say "Merry Christmas" to each other but that's about as far as it goes.
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Fine, put the Christmas decorations out 3 months too early, but is it too much to ask that you still have the Halloween stuff out, since Halloween isn't here yet????
Went to Walmart to pick up a costume for my son who finally decided he was going out this year. The Halloween stuff, which was in about 6 aisles a week ago, was pushed to 2 aisles in the back of the store. Augh!
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At my store, we started setting up for the holidays today. I feel dirty.
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