Actually, I’ll fix that for ya: they start the day after Labor Day. At least in some stores here in Houston, they do.
Is your husband putting up the decorations? All of them? If so, I’d let him.
BTW, yesterday I saw a boy point at an evergreen and yell, “Hey, a Christmas tree!”
The boy next to him said, in all seriousness, “That would fit in my doghouse.” The tree was about twenty-five feet tall. What kind of dog does he have, a giraffe/Great Dane cross?
I was in Sam’s Club yesterday. They had the Chinese Christmas Crap ™ on display–LED lights with inadequate AC to DC filtering–nothing like not-very-subtle 60-cycle strobe effects.
If one goes out, they ALL go out—WHY ARE THEY BLINKING???
Whatever kind it is, I ain’t pickin’ up its poop.
Bumped.
WFHM 95.5 FM here in NE Ohio has gone to an all-Christmas-music format for the duration. Less than a week after freakin’ Halloween!
The Halloween candy was completely replaced by Christmas candy overnight.
I know an author who refers to the time period between Halloween and, I think, President’s Day as PGDFF (pronounced “pig-duff”). This stands for Pretty God-Damned Fucking Festive.
So Merry PGDFF, every one. I’m going to be in the quiet corner with rock music playing through my earbuds until about January 7[sup]th[/sup]. Just don’t take my eggnog away.
I was in Michael’s the other day and they were playing “We need a little Christmas right this very minute…”
Me: “No, we don’t.”
My ex-husband was so anti Christmas, that I dreaded Christmas time every year. It made me hate Christmas and I still do, even 8 years after the divorce. I cringe when I see the decorations and hear the music. Starting everything so early just lengthens a horrible time of year. 
Lite Rock 99.3 here in Orlando stopped being lite rock the *day *after Halloween.
I can deal with all the snow songs now that I can laugh at them.