# What Happened to those "XX Shopping Days Til Xmas" Notices?

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**Created:** [April 21, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349 "2005-04-21T01:36:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/1 "2005-04-21T01:36:15Z")

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I remember that those little notices would start appearing in the newspaper…round about late October. I don’t recall seeing one in years…so should we revive the custom?  
How about starting the notices in , say June “Attention: Only 180 shopping days till Christmas!”  
What do yousay?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/2 "2005-04-21T01:43:22Z")

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Not good enough.

Let’s start on Dec. 26 with “Only 364 more shopping days till Christmas”.

Hell, why not have “XXX shopping days till \<holiday\>” EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR for every holiday.

Let’s also make it the first and last thing we hear and see on every news outlet.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/3 "2005-04-21T01:49:39Z")

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They seemed to become less prevalent here once shops started trading seven days a week. If you can shop every day right up until Christmas, I suppose there’s less need to warn people how many available days are left.

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**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/4 "2005-04-21T01:53:45Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> Let’s start on Dec. 26 with “Only 364 more shopping days till Christmas”.

Unless you’re in Nova Scotia–“Only 312 shopping days left.”

Stores don’t open on Sundays here.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/5 "2005-04-21T01:55:57Z")

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> [@Jayn\_Newell](#):
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> Unless you’re in Nova Scotia–“Only 312 shopping days left.”
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> Stores don’t open on Sundays here.

No problem. Adapt to local customs, I always say.  
Well, I say other things, but you get my drift.

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**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/6 "2005-04-21T02:22:35Z")

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Yes, that’s just what we need. To make christmas even longer, and have store throw it at you for longer. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-those-xx-shopping-days-til-xmas-notices/300349/7 "2005-04-22T01:57:37Z")

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Oh, my.

I am of the opinion that someone should make a law that Christmas cannot be, under any circumstances, commercially addressed until after Thanksgiving.

Don’t laugh…it would be a better law than some of the ones I have seen lately.

JMHO