Settle down Tom...this is not a
'seasonal post'.
It actually might be an anti-seasonal post.
Our little supermarket in town put up their Christmas decorations
dubbed "holiday decorations" (but all I could see were candy canes and elves), yesterday.
I had a chat with the store manager, essentially asking "Why so soon?"
She told me that corporate instructions were to get the Christmas decorations up
Halloween night, but they actually held off until yesterday, November 2nd.
My point (again) is WHY?
Poor old November...in my estimation, one of the most beautiful months,
just gets forgotten, sidelined.
This quiet, soft, subtle time of the year is swallowed up
somewhere between hurried-Halloween and corporate-Christmas.
Bah Humbug is all I have to say...
You would have been talking to store managers here last month! They started putting up Christmas decor with the Halloween junk and I think that is horrible and am tired of looking at it and I barely go into real stores as I favor thrifts. It is all driven by money J.
ReplyDeleteI wholeheartedly agree...I went clothes shopping yesterday and Christmas songs were being played, I was taken aback. The enjoyment of November and actually, the true enjoyment of Christmas, have been smothered by commercialism. I'm all for Christmas shopping and Christmas decor...but it's too much, too soon. I'd be okay with mid-November...
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
Same here J.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, Jacqueline! November is such a wonderful month, full of quiet beauty.
ReplyDelete~ Zuzu
Are you sitting down, here there are some stores Hobby Lobby being one that put out their full line of Christmas stuff every year in June!! It seems to compete several others have started to do the same... its ridiculous!
ReplyDeleteI agree with some of the other comments the holidays have become way to money driven. sigghhh
So guys...how about a movement to Take Back November!
ReplyDeleteYes! What do you propose??
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