# I just saw a Christmas commercial **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902 "2014-07-12T00:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/1 "2014-07-12T00:39:34Z")
I think I hate life. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/2 "2014-07-12T00:40:22Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I think I hate life. Looking thru a time warp? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/3 "2014-07-12T00:42:01Z")
Christmas: Just shoot me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/4 "2014-07-12T01:06:40Z")
Unless they’re doing a pseudo-Australian “Christmas in summertime” thing related to a separate sale event not long from now, that is inexcusable. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/5 "2014-07-12T01:12:03Z")
Noooooooooo. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/6 "2014-07-12T02:42:35Z")
what a Scrooge. ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/7 "2014-07-12T02:48:49Z")
Is this in American thing? I’ve never heard of early Christmas commercials in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/8 "2014-07-12T03:20:12Z")
> [@Morwen Edhelwen](#): > > Is this in American thing? I’ve never heard of early Christmas commercials in Australia. It’s a marketing gimmick. There used to be (maybe still are) sales referred to “Christmas in July” because the prices are so low it will be like getting a gift. This last year, I walked into Target on New Year’s Eve and was confronted with Valentine’s Day displays. It never ends. ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/9 "2014-07-12T04:04:09Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > It’s a marketing gimmick. There used to be (maybe still are) sales referred to “Christmas in July” because the prices are so low it will be like getting a gift. > > This last year, I walked into Target on New Year’s Eve and was confronted with Valentine’s Day displays. It never ends. Oh OK. Here in Australia “Christmas in July” usually means a sort of traditional Christmas meal in restaurants or hotels in July, usually with crackers and Christmas trees and other decorations. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/10 "2014-07-12T08:29:32Z")
Did you see it on the Hallmark Channel? They’re doing their Christmas-in-July this week. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/11 "2014-07-12T12:22:14Z")
The really bad part is the ads are for Christmas _2015_. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/12 "2014-07-12T13:29:24Z")
147 shopping days till Christmas. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/13 "2014-07-12T18:11:55Z")
I just saw the most recent newsletter from the senior facility where we deliver meals on wheels. It lists the days when one should fly the flag. Included were Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. :: old rolleyes:: ---
**Author:** ![Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/14 "2014-07-13T02:52:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I just saw the most recent newsletter from the senior facility where we deliver meals on wheels. It lists the days when one should fly the flag. Included were Thanksgiving, Christmas, _Mother’s Day and Father’s Day_. :: old rolleyes:: WTH? Really!? That’s just… ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/15 "2014-07-13T03:28:57Z")
Our local R/C Hobby shop only has Christmas commercials. They run all year long. I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/16 "2014-07-13T05:14:56Z")
Walking into Walmart tonite - the bell ringing Salvation Army was set up - ---
**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:** [July 13, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/17 "2014-07-13T13:58:57Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Walking into Walmart tonite - the bell ringing Salvation Army was set up - Saw that at a grocery store in Wisconsin last weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/18 "2014-07-13T14:04:47Z")
Wait, isn’t there a war on Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-saw-a-christmas-commercial/692902/19 "2014-07-13T19:49:01Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Wait, isn’t there a war on Christmas? And, apparently, Christmas is winning.