Penny: Can we get a pumpkin?
Ralph: No. It's only the first day of October! I know you're impatient because you're just a child... But you need to learn that...
Every supermarket here in town has had pumpkins for sale since mid-September. And candy and Halloween cards have been available since late August. If you think that’s bad, wait till the day after Halloween, when Christmas stuff starts popping up.
BikerRayThey are not selling Halloween fireworks like they used to? [conflated with Guy Fawkes Day not observed much in Canada]..Of course, there should be a holiday between Halloween and Christmas, but the corporate rulers only make money from it indirectly and so don’t want to encourage people to vote, lest they lose and the people win.
WDemBlkThere is Thanksgiving in Canada too, but it is past for this year. Shorter growing season, so earlier harvest. It occurs at the same time as Invasion Day in the US. Uh, I think it is also called Columbus Day by the invaders.
@hippogriffFunny you call it “Invasion Day” as if the Indians that were still around when Europeans arrived in the Americas were not invaders themselves, taking territory and eliminating entire tribes from previous migrations. It would be funny if It weren’t so sad. And so many people buy into your lament.
therese_callahan2002 over 7 years ago
Every supermarket here in town has had pumpkins for sale since mid-September. And candy and Halloween cards have been available since late August. If you think that’s bad, wait till the day after Halloween, when Christmas stuff starts popping up.
hippogriff over 7 years ago
BikerRayThey are not selling Halloween fireworks like they used to? [conflated with Guy Fawkes Day not observed much in Canada]..Of course, there should be a holiday between Halloween and Christmas, but the corporate rulers only make money from it indirectly and so don’t want to encourage people to vote, lest they lose and the people win.
Thomas & Tifffany Connolly over 7 years ago
We all have our weak moments.
WildcardJack over 7 years ago
No reason you can’t carve a pumpkin every few days, provided the rain was good and the supply holds out.
hippogriff over 7 years ago
WDemBlkThere is Thanksgiving in Canada too, but it is past for this year. Shorter growing season, so earlier harvest. It occurs at the same time as Invasion Day in the US. Uh, I think it is also called Columbus Day by the invaders.
OldestandWisest over 7 years ago
The biggest mall in our area has had a special “Christmas store” since mid-September.
Squirrelchaser over 7 years ago
@hippogriffFunny you call it “Invasion Day” as if the Indians that were still around when Europeans arrived in the Americas were not invaders themselves, taking territory and eliminating entire tribes from previous migrations. It would be funny if It weren’t so sad. And so many people buy into your lament.
Dawnnn over 7 years ago
Just put a Santa hat on a Jack- o-lantern and your covered.