# Easter in 7 weeks- No Easter stuff at Target **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432 "2011-03-04T00:41:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/1 "2011-03-04T00:41:14Z")
Looking for Cadbury Creme Eggs to send to my son in Japan. (have to think ahead, packages take 3 weeks to get there) Walmart Neighborhood Market only had Caramel Eggs. So I go down the road to the SuperTarget store. Walk around the entire store (twice through the grocery section)-no Easter stuff. Then back across the front of the store to Guest Services. “I must be blind-where is the Easter stuff”. They reply “I think they might put the candy out next week, but it the rest of the things won’t be out for another 2 weeks”. 7 weeks until Easter, and Target not set up yet. Mundane, Pointless, yet surprising in this day of excessively premature holiday promotions. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/2 "2011-03-04T01:06:46Z")
Yeah, and Lowe’s is all out of cross-making lumber, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/3 "2011-03-04T01:13:23Z")
Screw that. When are they gonna put the Xmas stuff out? It’s already March fer chrissake! I have to get in the spirit! ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/4 "2011-03-04T02:23:28Z")
My Wal-Mart has had Cadbury Creme Eggs out since before Valentine’s Day. The multi-packs are part of the seasonal department, and aren’t going to be put out until there’s enough room (smaller stores will probably be using most of their space for St. Patrick’s Day and tax-season merchandise at the moment), but the individual, full-size eggs are checkout department items, and will probably be on an endcap or side-counter display by one of the cash registers. Take a tour across the front end, checking out the closed registers. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/5 "2011-03-04T02:31:01Z")
I didn’t see any Easter displays at WalMart or Target this week. But for some reason, Big Lots had a whole aisle of Easter stuff. Ollie’s, on the other hand, still had some Halloween-themed poptarts for sale. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/6 "2011-03-04T02:34:10Z")
Must be Target’s war on Easter! Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/7 "2011-03-04T02:57:11Z")
Shit, I got Reese’s PB Eggs at least two weeks ago at Safeway. They had a whole two-gondola display of Easter crap Joe ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/8 "2011-03-04T03:03:52Z")
Easter eggs appeared in supermarkets here back in January. ---
**Author:** ![GythaOgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@GythaOgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GythaOgg)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/9 "2011-03-04T03:04:31Z")
Walgreen’s has their Easter stuff out, too. They had some of it out even before Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/10 "2011-03-04T04:05:42Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Yeah, and Lowe’s is all out of cross-making lumber, too. 🙂 :sings: There’s room on the cross for you. We’ve saved and extra nail or two. Though many have come, there’s still room for one, Yes, there’s room on the cross for you :sings: pardon me, I need to get back in my hand-basket. ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/11 "2011-03-04T11:45:09Z")
Seven weeks is premature now? Really? Wow. I guess you would’ve like the stores here that started putting out candy before Valentine’s Day was over with. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/12 "2011-03-04T12:42:56Z")
> [@wheresgeorge04](#): > > Shit, I got Reese’s PB Eggs at least two weeks ago at Safeway. They had a whole two-gondola display of Easter crap > > Joe They make peanut butter easter eggs? \ ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/13 "2011-03-04T13:15:51Z")
Reeces’ peanut butter egg isn’t much different from a cup. If I’m not mistaken, Cadbury makes a peanut butter egg. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/14 "2011-03-04T13:26:09Z")
There is some stuff out now, but it’s not wall-to-wall. I think it’s because Easter isn’t until the end of April this year. I don’t know if my experience is any indication, but I know people who won’t buy Easter candy until a week or two before Easter for baskets and such. They don’t want it in the house during Lent, and there’s no point in buying candy you won’t eat and which won’t be as fresh when you want it. I think at least some retailers are learning that lesson. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easter-in-7-weeks-no-easter-stuff-at-target/573432/15 "2011-03-04T13:27:09Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > Reeces’ peanut butter egg isn’t much different from a cup. If I’m not mistaken, Cadbury makes a peanut butter egg. In Central PA, some of the larger churches’ women’s auxiliaries make peanut butter eggs from scratch and sell them at local businesses to make money. They’re awesome and a lot better than Reese’s eggs.