One of my biggest pet peeves is stores putting out Christmas decor way too early.
While recently shopping for some Halloween decor for the new house I noticed one of my favorite stores already had Christmas items on display.
Please someone correct me if I am wrong, but doesn’t Halloween and Thanksgiving come before Christmas? Santa Claus makes his first visit to the malls before the turkey is even carved. By promoting Christmas before other holidays, especially Thanksgiving, sends a message that those holidays are less important.
What is wrong with having some fall displays for shoppers until closer to Thanksgiving? I still cannot find the exact fall garland I want for my living room, but Christmas garland is pretty plentiful.
Now I know some are going to call me a hypocrite because technically I have already started Christmas shopping. I start Christmas shopping early because I like to find the best deals (i.e. I am notoriously cheap). Also sometimes it takes me that long to decide what to get some people since I am adamantly against gift cards. But I do not wrap a gifts or put out a snowman figurine until the weekend after Thanksgiving.
It is also sort of depressing. Once you start truly thinking about Christmas you remember that the snow is about to fly.
If people stop buying Christmas decor early in the year stores will stop pushing other displays aside. Plus the best time to buy Christmas decor is after Christmas anyway, when it is at least half off. I buy all the wrapping paper, tissue paper and ribbons after Christmas (like I said, I am notoriously cheap).
So let’s try to keep the holidays in order. In dessert terms they go “lots of candy,” “lots of pie,” and “lots of cookies.”
(I welcome any comments, suggestions and criticism at michelleg@dailyamerican.com)
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