I saw my first set today.
Up and shining brightly in the window of a shop in SE London. The clocks haven't gone back yet. That means it's still technically Summer, FFS.
The way things are going, by 2025, Christmas will be a 12 month thing.
Nooooooooooooooooooooo! I like Xmas but the build up can't begin til December in my book.
It is frankly a load of bollox.
Supermarkets around here have started the usual crap around the end of October.....must be a bloody nightmare if you have kids.
They are simply just cashing in on the bandwagon.
Our town Christmas street lights, though not lit up yet, have been up for over a month now. Crazy as they were only taken down at the end of March! works out at only six months break. So crazy whoever decided this as it's not as though they're are that many or special in anyway, in fact they are, in comparison to most comparable towns, a locally talked about let down
my 13 year old is not happy with the xmas stuff in shops he thinks its far too early and for a 13 year old to say that it must be early lol
OK to business plans and being consumer led, which is bollox really its more a case of the 'consumer being led' business plan. Having the stuff in the shops so early just panics a lot of people into buying so much more than maybe they want. Why do I know this? Because i'm one of those who starts early when the stuff comes into the market place thinking "I'll get it all sorted before the Christmas rush"
Good idea in principle but like most people, or at least most I know, I end up just getting carried along with it all and spending right up to the last minute then regretting it later when the bills come in. And before any smart arse says "That's you being weak" I fu*king know that! But i'm in good company with the majority of households around the country who are normal and bow down to peer pressure and not some of the gifted people who are never influenced by marketing and can brush off the hype without a second thought.
It's a bastard that consumerism and the credit debt that a lot of us end up in is what drives the economy just to let that debt bite us in the arse and get told that we all owe to much on credit and how silly we all are and then when we stop spending then the economy f*cks up. Rock and a hard place come to mind. and the cost is...Miserable/painful f*cking January and February.
As for products being available at Christmas. Its not as if things are not available throughout the year anyway as regards gifts, booze and food, which to my small brain is the average households main cost, it's the peropherals such as cards, lights decorations (although freely available on line 52weeks a year) and trees that are generally seasonal.
Theres a lot of us out there think like 777, for right or wrong, that Christmas trading starting so early is bollox it's talked about on all the mass media its a big talking point and bone of contention with millions of people around the world who like me are easily led by nefarious evil doings of the business market forces. I hate being a mug but realise I've not got much choice with that much weight of commerce against me unless I want to be a miserable Billy no mates. But hey to those sanctimonious self controlled free thinking un-persuadable people out there. At least I help them feel better about themselves for their own powers of restraint and forebearance at this jolly time of year we call Christmas.
F*ck market forces (won't happen in my lifetime unless the balloon goes up) December should be the month where Christmas should appear in the shops and on the streets and middle of January should be when its all done and dusted, including New years celebrating(unless, before anyone points out that other cultures religions etc, Are different)
I'm damned sure if there was a national poll that the government took the information from and implemented then Christmas would indeed be shorter. Won't happen because while we are all held by the balls credit wise we are a malleable docile flock keeping the capitalist dream(nightmare) alive.
december is def plenty soon enough to start
these days with it starting so early in the year i am completely pissed off with it by the time the actual day arrives
me a humbug ohh yes for sure
FB finds a comfy place in the bah humbug camp.
I only do the Tweeky camp I am one of Losts unaffected by advertising promotions and all that stuff people. Dont do fashion dont do buying the latest technology or any of that rubbish. If shops want Christmas decoration and sales stuff up do I care? I think not. Do I notice? Nah, I just get the bread and the cauliflower and head to the check out same as normal. Does it bother me that it annoys other people? No, in fact I find mildly amusing that it annoys other people :twisted: In fact I may just start humming Christmas tunes loudly as I skip around my local Asda.
It is down to individuals and taking responsibility for their own lives.
It is so much easier to blame others than take responsibility for your own decisions. But thats the way we seem to be moving. Thankfully not everyone but enough for it to seem that lots are like that. Their weakness feeds the retailers who do what retailers do.....retail.
I plan and keep within my budget. When I buy is dependant on many factors but when they put it in the stores is not one of them. That is just a convenience to me.
Dave_Notts
LIke Dave said this is well known retail strategy and they need it badly. Not sure which one it was but either Curry's or Comet nearly went under a few years back simply on the lack of Christmas stock sold. Whats sold in January and February is often sold at no profit at all and is just to regain the capital that was invested. So dont be surprised to see it out earlier and earlier to get as much sold in time as possible. 
1st December is plenty soon enough. 
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