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   Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

   Alice, I totally agree…

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   big G 3469 said, about 1 month ago

   me too!

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   rayannina said, about 1 month ago

   Holiday merchandise creep continues …

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   barbhinkins said, about 1 month ago

   Lucky you celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving - our stores have started with Christmas! (Downunder)

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   Jo Jo said, about 1 month ago

   What, no shelf love for St. Valentine’s Day?

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   pvscott said, about 1 month ago

   You’ll find that at Victoria’s Secrets

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   Yukoneric said, about 1 month ago

   Retail employees hate all the garbage…………….

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   BC13 said, about 1 month ago

   I prefer avoiding the Christmas rush, but…

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   Doctor Toon said, about 1 month ago

   I counted at least 6 pallets of Halloween candy in the back room alone at work last night.
   I know at least that much has already gone out.
   The scary thing is that it will all be gone and then some in a few weeks.

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    MisngNOLA said, about 1 month ago

    We were shopping for Halloween decorations for our Halloween/daughter’s 18th birthday party yesterday, and there were boxes and boxes of stuff labelled “Christmas Decorations” on the shelves waiting to be opened and stocked. Sheesh.

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    ds133 said, about 1 month ago

    I am waiting for the holiday creep to loop around. Eventually, after years of seeing christmas decorations move from november to october to september (and so on), we will return to the point where the decorations go up in the month of the holiday itself.

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    ♠Lonewolf♠ said, about 1 month ago

    As long as there are children, we’ll never escape the dreaded “holiday creep”. The marketing departments must be run by children!!

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    joefish625 said, about 1 month ago

    In early September here in NJ a local supermarket had a Christmas display out and they were proud of it. I asked the manager if he might be jumping the gun a bit and he gave looked at me as if I were an idiot, which of course, I am. Ain’t greed grand, folks?

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    comillsteve said, about 1 month ago

    aaahhh…marketing 101.
    always put the most attractive and current items at kid level shelves. good observation, Richard.

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    DevilBunnies said, about 1 month ago

    And on the very top shelf…Halloween again! It is an infinite loop…You are wise, Alice, not to stare into infinity.

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    grazer said, about 1 month ago

    Look away, children!—lest you glimpse the God of Merchandise and disinigrate!

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    OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

    Did I miss the Back to School Sales on supplies and clothing?

    Maybe I blinked.

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    threegeebee said, about 1 month ago

    San Francisco was displaying huge ‘n hokey plastic snowflakes on Market Street by the 19th of September because, here in the bay area, we always have snow in mid-September.
    So, for this and sundry other reasons, no peering down Market Street, either.

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    Miba said, about 1 month ago

    Our stores have christmas stuff up too, it’s disgusting. Slow down a little. By time Christmas actually gets here I’m sick of it.

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    JUJUBEANIE said, about 1 month ago

    so so true

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    cholldekkgher stenst... said, about 1 month ago

    The erecters of 4th of July Fireworks stands take a month to erect, but only a few days after the 4th they are coming down.
    What’s up with THAT?

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    openminded said, about 1 month ago

    Cholle- you can’t blow up anything with Christmas or Halloween decorations. Altho I must admit sales would go through the roof if you could!

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    fritzoid said, about 1 month ago

    At Lee Chong’s grocery in Cannery Row, you could buy Christmas decorations in August, Valentines in May, Fourth of July decorations in January, anything you wanted any at time of the year, and none of it was EVER marked down for the off-season. It made for an interesting decor when Mack and the Boys threw a surprise birthday party for Doc. Great fun, until the frogs got loose. Too bad Doc couldn’t make it. Oh well. It wasn’t his birthday anyway.

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    Crossfire905 said, about 1 month ago

    Yep… I guess it’s about time to wish everyone a Happy Hallowanksmas. ;->