I could hardly believe it.
Not even Labor Day and there is a singing Santa, lots of tree ornaments, some wreaths, plastic snowmen…three aisles full of Christmas stuff and they were still unpacking more.
By the way, it was sunny and 102 degrees in Las Vegas today.
Didn’t they used to wait until after Thanksgiving - or at least Halloween - before setting this stuff out?
Yeah, I noticed that our wal*mart had slipped some Christmas crap in with lawn and garden. I tried really, really hard not to notice, since it’s the sort of thing to make me froth at the mouth. Please, please let them wait before they start with the damn tunes. I’ll go crazy if I have to listen to four freakin’ months of Christmas music.
Maybe if we can convince enough people to stop buying this crap so early, they’ll start waiting to set up their displays. (yes… I’m dreaming again)
Why on earth would anyone want to buy this crap so early? Isn’t mid-October early enough?
According to my Grandmother… Christmas stuff should not be on sale until December 1st. Personally I think she’s right, especially with the tunes. Having worked in retail selling a lot of this stuff and listening to endless Christmas carols (the same 2 tapes over and over again because the radio and the cd player were broken) I know how annoying it gets.
You think it’s bad shopping in a store who plays carols too early? Try working in one for hours on end and knowing that you won’t see an end in sight until you manage to get home and put on something, ANYTHING that is not Christmas music so you can get the strains of Jingle Bells sung in sickly sweet childrens voices from the back of your mind.
[sub]Not that I dislike children’s singing, or choirs but when the 2 tapes consist of one that is instrumental and one that is children singing the exact same songs you just listened to the music of it really grates on your nerves.[/sub]
Just having to listen to that Christmas slop they play on the speakers at the store for the five minutes it takes you to buy a pop is too much.