Hookers? Sharing needles?

[Disco Duck]

Why does the Halloween stuff stay out til thanksgiving and then come back after? the holiday itself is already nearly a month gone by that time. Where I work, despite the early put out of stuff, we at least put it away in a timely manner. We give it a week or so on super discount and then it vanishes to be replaced with mostly Christmas stuff and some Thanksgiving if it happens to mix in.

[sableagle]

I'd like to be able to outlaw pre-December Christmas.

People would raise a massive fuss, saying it was an attack on their faith not to allow them to celebrate a December festival at whatever time they wanted.

I'd only ban it from the shops, but they'd still say they were being prevented from celebrating it.

[Leffy]

i'd go with it. then again i'm still picking tinsel off my clothes and out of my hair.

how in the hell do those packages seem to be like super sealed but i still find random shiney string on my person????

[Farler]

[QUOTE=Disco Duck;50710]Why does the Halloween stuff stay out til thanksgiving and then come back after? the holiday itself is already nearly a month gone by that time.[QUOTE]

I am canadian. We have a different harvest season so we have a different thanksgiving festival.

[KarmaKoi]

I always love the sales after the holidays, but the fact that they start bringing all this stuff out so early is very irritating. Its as if they think throwing it in your face early is going to make you forget you can get it cheaper later. Also, a lot of the stuff that they put out early is obnoxious looking, or ridiculous.

And those stockings are cute, I always liked the santa's little helper image with the cute red velvet dress with white faux fur trim and then red and white stockings and a long red hat. Maybe like this?

[Mike Taylor]

RE: Christmas Shopping

The only things you should really grab before the season starts are any items that you KNOW will be in high demand and that you know someone will enjoy.

As to the hardcore pushing of Christmas by retailers: I think that should wait until the end of October. Not one Christmas item should be on the shelf for sale before then, with the possible exception of arts & crafts stores who should have it year round for the people who like to make this sort of stuff for themselves and their friends.

[Farler]

We have a couple of year round christmas stores... well we HAD. one went out of buisness in a year. Go figure, sales kind of sloped off during the spring and summer.

[Talen]

And those stockings are cute, I always liked the santa's little helper image with the cute red velvet dress with white faux fur trim and then red and white stockings and a long red hat.

Given a cute woman dressed like that, it's Christmastime every day of the year.

[Disco Duck]

Why does the Halloween stuff stay out til thanksgiving and then come back after? the holiday itself is already nearly a month gone by that time.

I am canadian. We have a different harvest season so we have a different thanksgiving festival.

Ah, that makes sense.

My work puts Halloween out super early (halfway through August this year...maybe a bit earlier). But at least the wait til November for the Jingle holiday stuff.

[Tipouf]

all i have to say is that christmas music is the work of the devil
and i am not religious

but having worked as many retail jobs as i have during the xmass rush i can tell you that xmass music is bad boo boo bad and can be used as psychological warfare


am sooooooooooooooooooo
thankful i wont have to her that crap again

dont get me wrong there are some song i like, too many i know the words to by heart and not because i like them

but when you hear the same song over and over again for HOURS it gets old, the only way it is worse...and it can be i swear... is if you work in a mall and you have two versions of the same song playing at the same time...one in the store and one in the mall....is SCARY!!!!

should be interesting this year being in france

halloween dress up party could be fun for my birthday and we will see if any more wild boars run through the town like they did last year

[KarmaKoi]

Given a cute woman dressed like that, it's Christmastime every day of the year.

Ha, you wish. I dare you to give the dress to someone for Christmas and see what happens.

all i have to say is that christmas music is the work of the devil
and i am not religious

but having worked as many retail jobs as i have during the xmass rush i can tell you that xmass music is bad boo boo bad and can be used as psychological warfare

I worked at a NY&Company during the Christmas rush, they play the newer Christmas music, like "Santa baby" and such, but even the stuff thats fun to listen to starts to get irritating the 1000th time you hear it. Its the repitition that kills.

[DarkPirateShea]

I'd wear it.
Probably couldn't fill it out quite the same.
But I'd wear it.

And I agree about the Christmas music.
The only holiday music I'll listen to is the stuff by the Trans Siberian Orchestra.

[Tipouf]

I worked at a NY&Company during the Christmas rush, they play the newer Christmas music, like "Santa baby" and such, but even the stuff thats fun to listen to starts to get irritating the 1000th time you hear it. Its the repitition that kills.

the thing that kills me is last year or the year before they started playing at least 1 xmass songs for every 5 normal songs BEFORE thanksgiving

[Disco Duck]

I'm thankful for the times when Muzak decides to be kind enough to insert at least one normal song for every three or four holiday songs. Sometimes two in every five songs.

Is it unusual to get Halloween themed music to play? We get stuff like "The Monster Mash", "The Cockroach that ate Cincinnati", "It's a Sin" (not sure if that's the real title(edit: it is and it's by the Pet Shop Boys)), "Irresistible Igor", "One-Eyed-One-Horned Flying-Purple-People Eater" and other random songs that are either weird/eerie or generally Halloween/horror/comedy related. There are also some regular songs scattered in the mix sometimes, but I find I don't mind the Halloween mix as much as the jingle holiday stuff. It tends to be catchier and more fun to sing along with.

[Leffy]

everywhere i've been at xmas time. the xmas songs begin in early november as a once an hour, but the day after thanksgiving its a constant.

all the way to febuary.

then its sappy songs.