Posted on 08/16/2019 4:48:36 PM PDT by rintintin
To many, late July might seem like peak pool-float season, a time for spiked seltzer and SPF, and the halfway point of summer (which it is). For others, though, this point in the calendar means one thing: Its finally time to start Halloween shopping.
Tomorrow is August...so...its basically Halloween, Target tweeted on the last day of the month, garnering more than 10,000 likes and 4,000 retweets. There were a few too soon replies, and many Taylor Swift stans chiding the retailer for skipping over her album release date, but mostly, people were very much on board with the sentiment.
Earlier in the month, Target started pre-orders for its Hyde and Eek! Boutique, including a range of adaptive costumes for kids with disabilities. While the product wont hit stores until late August or mid-September, depending on the location, there are other parts of the mall where the jack-o-lanterns and cobwebs are already out in full force.
At Home, the home decor superstore, was perhaps first to kick off the season, stocking shelves with spooky merch as early as May 31. The crafts chains Michaels and Joann started in mid-July, leaving customers ample time to buy supplies for DIY projects.
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Yep, at Sam’s Club the candy is on display but it’ll only have a short window to make room for Christmas, and they mailed me a flyer about a costume sale.
If I have to buy Halloween candy now for our church Trunk or Treat, that means I have to keep it 2 months without eating it! :o
Various stores here in IL (like WalMart) have CHRISTMAS stuff out already. It’s August!
Materialism
As a practical minimalist I absolutely agree.
Free market capitalism. Get over it.
Making them takes time, you know....especially if the crafty ones are hoping to sell their creations closer to the real decorating season.
It's worse than Facebook.
Once again, dummies are lead by the nose, by Social Media...
Sheeeeyit. We have a store in town called The Halloween Store that’s open all year. Never been it but I’m assuming it’s all demonic stuff.
“That’s a man, baby!”
If memory serves, it was something like that.
Follow the money. I noticed several retailers close to me - Walmart, Kroger, Dollar General - tagging items for summer clearance and sneaking out fall harvest/Halloween merchandise in little nooks in their stores. By Sept. 1, it’ll be full-on holiday bedlam here. Walmart will have Christmas tree displays up right next to the outdoor grilling supplies for a month. New Year’s is a one week blip on the radar before Valentine’s Day schlock is rolled out through half the store. I’m simply not interested in looking at cute little Pilgrim and Indian stuffed burlap shelf elves when my pool pump is going 24/7 because the heat index is 105 outside.
Cracker Barrel is putting up their Christmas displays. To their credit they do have a small Thanksgiving / Fall set as well.
Yes.
Because America is consecrated to Satan?
Bump
Christmas starts in September in the Philippines...
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