H*ll with Halloween, Noel’s a-knockin’

Christmas stuff keeps coming out earlier and earlier every year. This year seems more out-o-control than ever. Three examples are in full force at Westwood Village as we write: The Rite-Aid Halloween stuff is already on sale, with Christmas creeping into the aisles; in the “seasonal” section @ Target, it’s already gotten to the point where cute-n-cuddly Animated Lighted Sea Lions (for your yard) are rubbing elbows, er, flippers with the Animated Teeth-Chattering Skeletons; and Pier 1’s window signs proclaim this to be Ornament Preview time. WAIT UNTIL HALLOWEEN’S BODY IS COLD, FOR GOD’S SAKE! ISN’T NOVEMBER FIRST EARLY ENOUGH?

Meantime, if you are doing early holiday shopping anyway, here’s a sincere recommendation: The 2007 West Seattle Calendar. Here’s where you can buy it. (Honestly, who needs “16 Months of Precious Pugs” when you can represent for WS Pride!)

1 Reply to "H*ll with Halloween, Noel's a-knockin'"

  • Ari October 21, 2006 (9:48 pm)

    Its stupid. Retailors think they can get cute and make some profit by shelfing holiday products early. Halloween candy for instance. It was being displayed already in the middle of September. Thanksgiving’s around the corner and by the 31st you’ll start seeing damm plastic Turkey decorations up already. Then Xmas, then Valentine’s stuff which is the worse of them all. It doesn’t stop.

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