Christmas

Jennie4PC

So I went to Kmart this weekend. And I was wondering did we skip halloween and Thanksgiving all together?? They had all thier Christmas out. Trees, decorations and all. I told the checker it was way to early for Christmas. I know people start shopping early for Christmas but we havent even started Oct yet.

pamperedpals

I agree with you. Sunday we went to Lowe's and were the Halloween stuff was, the Christmas decorations were. Goodness gracious!

Kitchen Diva

We were at Target this weekend, and the Christmas stuff was with the Halloween stuff, they already have Christmas lights stocked! Holy cow- no wonder I can't get lights when I need them, they're all sold out by November!

pcchefjane

It's really confusing to my 2 yo grandson... He seems pumpkins, turkeys, and snowmen in Hobby Lobby and isn't sure what is going on!

Shawnna

yes...it is crazy. Why are we in such a rush? Christmas will be here before we know it, but we don't have to rush it. I don't feel like we even get to enjoy the fall season because everywhere you look is Christmas decorations.

KellyRedHead

On the news tonight they were talking about this. They are trying to get people into the stores and start thinking about and spending money now for Christmas. They are worried people will hold out until December to shop (and not spending much the closer we get to the holiday), so they are trying to remind them to shop now by putting everything in our faces nice and early!

Kelly V.

raebates

Come on, people! There are only 85 days left until Christmas! LOL!

I start mentioning Christmas at my September shows. We live in a sped-up world. I don't like that Thanksgiving, especially, is passed over. However, I understand the urge to push ahead. My parents were up from Florida in July and August. Mom was able to buy Christmas wrapping paper so she could get her grandkids' gifts wrapped and ready. It kept her from having to ship them. She was pretty happy to be able to buy that in July.

chefsteph07

I also MENTION christmas at my shows, but I certainly don't want to see it until Halloween has passed. It's terrible. By the time Christmas actually does get here, I get so tired of seeing all the trees and hearing the music, etc. I just want it to go away. And I love the holiday. It is being too much shoved in our faces way too early. We don't even put up our tree until the week before and we take it down on N Years Day.

Teresa Lynn

I personally LOVE it, I do alot of crafts for our church bazaar and decorate EVERY room in my house with a different theme so this gives me a chance to do it in stages and scope out what every store is offering. Some years I change the theme or color from room to room and need to add more

thecougchef

i was at target last night just trying to find anything pink for breast cancer awareness month! no such luck. all they had was a small endcap of KITCHEN products! im not going to give my guest a target kitchen product when i sell something of alot higher quality! i ended up getting a heart shaped cookie cutter. ill try fred meyer tonight...

Hathery

Kind of like when you go looking for a bathing suit in the summer and they've got the winter coats out already, without a bathing suit in sight

thecougchef

pretty soon theyll have bathing suits back.
just in time for the washington snow.

Hathery

No kidding; I'll be able to go sledding in my brand new bikini. haha.

BethCooks4U

I am completely done Christmas shopping for my grandchildren. The only reason I'm not totally done is I still don't have lists from some of my adult children. Our Christmas celebration is held at Thanksgiving so I always have to be a month ahead and this year with my surgery needs I needed to be even more organized.

All that being said, I too think they put it all out too soon!

cathyskitchen

With the way retail sales have been slumping all year, they probably want to start getting rid of their inventories early so they're not stuck with a bunch of leftover stuff after Christmas and have to sell it at a loss.