Christmas

[lupestripe]

I have just been in my local newsagents and saw a pack of Advent Calendars on sale. It's August 22!! AAAAAARGH!!!!

Comments

[r-a-blackpaws.livejournal.com]

*nod* Not surprising. My store already has Halloween items in the building...and we had back-to-school set before school even ended.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I do like Halloween, I'm a big fan of any excuse to dress up I guess. Problem is that by selling seasonal stuff two months early, we are risking devaluing the event itself.

[r-a-blackpaws.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's why it's kinda galling to see Christmas stuff going up right before Halloween.

When you work retail, the holidays just aren't as enjoyable as they used to be.

[lupestripe.livejournal.com]

I agree, although that may have something to do with the same CD of Christmas tunes being played permanently on loop for six weeks. I am sure I lost my mind at this time.

What galls me is seeing all the Christmas stuff before my birthday (November 20). Last year was the first good Christmas I have had, they are always associated with pain for me, so having it rammed down my throat doesn't help. The commercialism has also gone too wild imo.