# Is it Easter Yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991 "2009-01-05T21:02:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/1 "2009-01-05T21:02:57Z")
Yanno, every year there’s at least one thread about [insert celebration] goods being in the stores earlier and earlier. But it’s getting a bit nuts. We’re not even a week into the new year and there’s [already reports of easter goods being shipped and displayed into supermarkets](http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24876377-1248,00.html) over here. The supermarket spokespeople say that they’re putting up the eggs and hot cross buns earlier because people are asking for them. Who the hell is asking for easter eggs and hot cross buns on New Year’s day? I’d like to meet this person. School hasn’t even gone back yet! ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/2 "2009-01-05T21:11:15Z")
I went to Target Dec 30th, thinking I might pick up last minute horns and party hats. Nope. Nothing but Valentine’s Day stuff. I thought that was bad enough. > [@](#): > > Who the hell is asking for easter eggs and hot cross buns on New Year’s day? I’d like to meet this person. And beat them savagely, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/3 "2009-01-05T21:16:44Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > The supermarket spokespeople say that they’re putting up the eggs and hot cross buns earlier because people are asking for them. Who the hell is asking for easter eggs and hot cross buns on New Year’s day? I’d like to meet this person. I would not ask a store for them, but I would happily eat hot cross buns all through the year. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/4 "2009-01-05T21:18:22Z")
Easter is April 12 this year. I saw Christmas stuff up in August. Pretty much :rolleyes: However, if it means the Cadbury eggs are out earlier, I won’t complain. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/5 "2009-01-05T21:24:25Z")
[No](http://www.flickr.com/photos/27492458@N05/2936369757/). ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/6 "2009-01-05T21:40:17Z")
Oh, quit whining. There are only 354 shopping days left until Christmas, and I haven’t done a bit of shopping yet. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/7 "2009-01-05T21:55:04Z")
I agree from an aesthetic standpoint that it’s gauche for stores to foist this stuff on us well before it would occur to most of us to want it, but honestly most of them survive on holiday spending and they’re doing the logical thing by maximizing the time that each holiday can make them money. In other words, they wouldn’t do it if people weren’t buying the stuff. Not just one or two, lots of them. Those spaces at the store are worth a shitload of money per square foot. If they weren’t making it back by selling baby chick candle holders and riveted cardboard articulated bunny decorations they would sell something else. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/8 "2009-01-05T22:01:08Z")
I’m always happy to find Robin Eggs have arrived. Last year they sold them for almost 3 months. What I’m waiting for are seeds. Where are my garden seeds! I only found one small rack on January 2. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/9 "2009-01-05T22:18:53Z")
> [@villa](#): > > I would not ask a store for them, but I would happily eat hot cross buns all through the year. Me too, although i’ve hardly ever noticed them here in the US. At least, i don’t ever recall seeing them in Baltimore. In Australia, they’re everywhere at Easter. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/10 "2009-01-05T22:29:09Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Me too, although i’ve hardly ever noticed them here in the US. At least, i don’t ever recall seeing them in Baltimore. In Australia, they’re everywhere at Easter. Henry’s Markets usually have some around Easter. I don’t buy them often, because my kids don’t like dried fruit, but the ones I tried were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/11 "2009-01-05T22:33:45Z")
I bought a box of valentines day chocolates this last friday. They are now gone and I will be going back for more. Garfield was on the box of the first one so I think I’ll try the superman box. ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/12 "2009-01-05T22:54:14Z")
**The Superhero** took a photo of a Cadbury Egg display next to the Valentine’s stuff in the grocery store here. This was either on Friday or Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/13 "2009-01-05T22:59:22Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I agree from an aesthetic standpoint that it’s gauche for stores to foist this stuff on us well before it would occur to most of us to want it, but honestly most of them survive on holiday spending and they’re doing the logical thing by maximizing the time that each holiday can make them money. In other words, they wouldn’t do it if people weren’t buying the stuff. Not just one or two, lots of them. Those spaces at the store are worth a shitload of money per square foot. If they weren’t making it back by selling baby chick candle holders and riveted cardboard articulated bunny decorations they would sell something else. So, our mission is to find those people who are buying Easter crap in early January and beat _them_ savagely. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/14 "2009-01-05T23:49:49Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > Henry’s Markets usually have some around Easter. I don’t buy them often, because my kids don’t like dried fruit, but the ones I tried were pretty good. I was just going to say that I’ve never had a hot cross bun. I shop at Henry’s so I’m pleased you’ve mentioned this! ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/15 "2009-01-05T23:50:40Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > I agree from an aesthetic standpoint that it’s gauche for stores to foist this stuff on us well before it would occur to most of us to want it, but honestly most of them survive on holiday spending and they’re doing the logical thing by maximizing the time that each holiday can make them money. In other words, they wouldn’t do it if people weren’t buying the stuff. Not just one or two, lots of them. Those spaces at the store are worth a shitload of money per square foot. If they weren’t making it back by selling baby chick candle holders and riveted cardboard articulated bunny decorations they would sell something else. You’d have a point if we were talking about “general goods” stores, but somehow I don’t think that Woolworths and Coles (Our two biggest national grocery store chains) require the $$ from Easter enough to justify putting up their displays before most of us have gotten over our new year hangovers… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/16 "2009-01-06T00:17:27Z")
I’m a marshmallow-aholic, and the earlier advent of peeps ‘n’ things is disastrous to me. I’ll just have to start practicing averting my eyes a month or so sooner, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/17 "2009-01-06T00:26:10Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m a marshmallow-aholic, and the earlier advent of peeps ‘n’ things is disastrous to me. I’ll just have to start practicing averting my eyes a month or so sooner, I guess. I would have thought you were already a goner. Over the past few years I’ve seen Halloween Peeps and Christmas Peeps, as well as the usual Easter ones. That would mean you’d be averting your eyes approximately August through the end of April. (Assuming there aren’t 4th of July peeps, too, which I’m not placing any bets on.) ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/18 "2009-01-06T15:12:30Z")
Yes, the Mini-Eggs were out last week in the COOP. Didn’t notice if there were any Cream Eggs beside them though… ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/19 "2009-01-06T15:25:21Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > You’d have a point if we were talking about “general goods” stores, but somehow I don’t think that Woolworths and Coles (Our two biggest national grocery store chains) require the $$ from Easter enough to justify putting up their displays before most of us have gotten over our new year hangovers… Sure they do, it helps them lower prices on the regular groceries that make them seem attractive. Come for the $3 a lb steaks, leave with Easter crap. It’s all sorts of win for them to do this. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991/20 "2009-01-06T15:30:14Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I would have thought you were already a goner. Over the past few years I’ve seen Halloween Peeps and Christmas Peeps, as well as the usual Easter ones. That would mean you’d be averting your eyes approximately August through the end of April. (Assuming there aren’t 4th of July peeps, too, which I’m not placing any bets on.) There were Forth of July peeps, but they were marshmallow flags I saw. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-easter-yet/479991.md?page=2)