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Author Topic: Christmas in October!? Dennis Atkinson Expert Film Handler Posts: 129 From: Birch Run Michigan Registered: Feb 2000 posted 10-09-2002 03:30 PM                        I went into a K-Mart store Monday looking for a Halloween item and guess what? The candy and masks are already being crowded by the Christmas trees and ornaments! The big problem is K-Mart isn't the only store putting the stuff out so early. I have started to boycott stores that do this when I do my holiday shopping, I wish others would also. Dennis  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-09-2002 05:26 PM                     Same thing happening over here. And now...another EXCITING episode of [dramatic echo] DID YOU KNOW???? [/dramatic echo] Before he became a famous movie director, Tim Burton worked as a check-out clerk in a Walgreen's (or similar) convenience store. Upon seeing the juxtaposition of the Halloween and Christmas novelties he was inspired to create what would eventually become "The Nightmare Before Christmas." ~Manny (The other nightmare before Christmas.)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-09-2002 06:16 PM                        Not happening near my apartment in NYC yet but in Rhode Island it is overwellming.  |  IP: Logged Thomas Procyk Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1842 From: Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 10-09-2002 09:02 PM                     At the stores here, it seems the Halloween and Christmas stuff is competing for space. Some stores have equal amounts of both, others have more Christmas stuff than Halloween. (TREES?? ALREADY?!?) Luckily, the malls haven't begun decorating yet. Although, I haven't been in a mall in about three weeks, so I could be wrong. =TMP=  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-10-2002 02:41 AM                        You guys are lucky! Over here in sunny Bradford they started putting out xmas cards,wrapping paper ,novelties etc in early September!  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-10-2002 02:58 AM                        ...and I gather that Diwali is celebrated on a big scale in Bradford, so there's that to get through first!  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-10-2002 05:38 AM                        Leo You are right the lights are up for Diwali outside the Museum right now  |  IP: Logged Brad Haven Master Film Handler Posts: 300 From: fremantle, West Australia Registered: Aug 2001 posted 10-10-2002 10:47 AM                     Our's start to go up early september, you can find xmas decorations on the shelves even earlier in perth stores! You guys are lucky up north, try celebrating xmas in the summertime with temps between 30-40 degrees (c), having been raised in england, we dont feel that we've had a real xmas since 1980! Our cinema is a xmas free zone, no decorations and we try not to even mention the word!  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-10-2002 11:04 AM                        Personally, I enjoy seasonal decorations, but I agree that many retail establishments (particularly those which sell greeting cards) go overboard in this regard. How hard can it be to a) not put out Halloween merchandise before October, b) not put out Thanksgiving merchandise (in the US, at least) before mid November, and c) not put out Christmas merchandise until after Thanksgiving????  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-11-2002 04:15 AM                        I totally forgot about Thanksgiving (which I have only celebrated once, when I was a student sharing a house with two Americans) - the timing of that must be ideal for preventing the Christmas crap from getting underway until the start of December. And just to completely confuse things, isn't Eid (Muslim festival to mark end of Ramadan) around this time of year, too?  |  IP: Logged

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