So I was in Lowe's today picking up some vacuum bags...

[JohnCU]

Lowe's is like a Home Depot incase you aren't familiar... and as soon as I walked in I heard "Silver Bells" playing.

Looked to my left and there it is, two big aisles of Christmas items being put out.

now, I am a Christmas nut. i'll go as far as putting a mini-tree in the passenger seat of my car and riding it around with me, but it's only September 25th. And it was 85 degrees here today.. :thumbsdown:

 

[BigJ]

Same thing is happening at Home Depot. Couple more weeks and it's Christmas music again!

 

[laurenlex]

It should be a man-law than Christmas cannot be heard or seen before Thanksgiving.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I just got a Holiday's Catalog from Sierra Trading Post. I thought wtf!

 

[FoBoT]

i saw christmas stuff in two stores already, target last week and somewhere else the week before

it is sad

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
It should be a man-law than Christmas cannot be heard or seen before Thanksgiving.

But it's the most wonderful time of the year!

::looks outside and growls at the neighbors across the street who still have those ridiculous white lights on their gutters::

 

[BigJ]

BonK!

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: laurenlex
It should be a man-law than Christmas cannot be heard or seen before Thanksgiving.

I agree. Halloween, at the very least. Late September? Ridiculous...

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Kadarin

Originally posted by: laurenlex
It should be a man-law than Christmas cannot be heard or seen before Thanksgiving.

I agree. Halloween, at the very least. Late September? Ridiculous...

The crazy thing is, people actually buy the crap.

 

[Syrch]

I just bought my christmas tree here in arizona, i hope it still has pine needles come December!

oh and on a serious note, sams has stuff set up too

 

[Ika]

At least you can do your Christmas shopping early.

 

[glutenberg]

Costco has already cleared out the back sections of their warehouses and set up their Christmas sections. I guess some people just like to get the shopping out of the way early on. Once you get close to Halloween, I'd imagine most parents will have to take their kids out to get costumes, buy candy, etc. School projects will be coming in so families will be preoccupied with those. Then you've got Thanksgiving to prepare for and once Thanksgiving comes around, you have the massive shopping rush. Doesn't really seem like such a bad idea to get it done early.