People: "November is too early for stores to advertise for Christmas."
December 22nd: "I didn't even start my Christmas shopping yet. Why didn't anyone warn me? I don't know what to get."
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Truth post.
Err, not in a Trumpy way, mind.
We saw Christmas decorations back in August.
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"November is too early for stores to advertise for Christmas."
I've been trying to get this point across for some time now.
Christmas should be a special time of the year. It becomes trivialized and routine when all of the hype starts in September and October. Stores should not put up "Christmas" decorations before December 1. Radio stations should not switch to a 24-hour "Christmas" music format in November (a local "classic hits" station just did this over the weekend. And it's the same limited playlist that will be heard ad nauseum for the next six weeks). The Hallmark Channel should not be airing "Christmas" programming during the miserable summer.
By December 24 everyone is so sick of this stuff that they wish the holidays were over. I have actually heard people express this sentiment. How sad.
You may have noticed that I put "Christmas" in quotes. This is because what is being promoted here is materialism, greed and profit rather than the holiday.
Save the holiday season.
I agree with not putting decorations up before December, but I don't mind stores advertising Christmas in November. They need to get it through people's heads not to wait until the last minute.
shareI'm all for people getting their shopping done early, if that is an important aspect of the season for them. There are sales being conducted all throughout the year, and many offer far better deals than the After-Thanksgiving Sales. If an item is on sale in February and you know someone would like it as a gift, why not purchase it then and store it away until December? You could have the majority of your shopping done before Halloween and have saved a lot more money in the process. Plus I think it would be better for the economy if spending were to be spread out more evenly over the course of the year. There would be no need to ruin the Thanksgiving weekend.
Of course, this requires planning and thinking ahead, which wouldn't work because too many people make purchases on impulse. As hard as we try, there will still be the procrastinators who wait until December 23 to buy gifts.
Save the holiday season.
I usually start thinking about shopping in September and slowly find stuff. I save the easy people for December because I'm a sucker for the decorations.
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