Christmas Time Buying is Beginning

[mrisha]

You go into a store and you are knocked in the face with everything to do with Christmas. Whatever happened to celebrating all the Holidays from now to Christmas?

[plennis]

It has always been this way in retail.  But now, more so than before.  They are trying to entice shoppers in, because for a lot of stores this year the Holidays are a make it or break it situation.  A lot of peo9ple just still are not going back into the stores.  For numerous reasons, inflation...you buy groceries and housing before decorations and gifts.  Staring early they may be able to get some people who can spend a little from now until the holidays who will not be able to do it all at once.   

[oldbuddy]

You go into a store and you are knocked in the face with everything to do with Christmas. Whatever happened to celebrating all the Holidays from now to Christmas?

I buy my wife gifts all year long just because, but I do it on Amazon with all the free gift cards I earn online.

[cathy37]

I know.  We haven't even gone through Halloween yet and Christmas is everywhere.  I have to admit I have been shopping for presents already.

[oldbuddy]

I know.  We haven't even gone through Halloween yet and Christmas is everywhere.  I have to admit I have been shopping for presents already.

If you keep doing that they will keep putting them out to sell.

[kueroa]

It really does feel like Christmas shows up earlier every year. Stores push it hard because they know seasonal urgency drives buying, even if it skips over other holidays. At least some services still follow the real seasons — like Burnaby snow removal, which only matters when winter actually arrives.