Skipping Thanksgiving

[KabeRinnaul]

Today is Friday, October 29th. Our county did the "Trick or Treat" thing last night. Halloween seasonal items have been on clearance most of the week already, and the last of it is on markdown now. All this I can accept.

The part I hate is that the Thanksgiving seasonal is already in clearance, to make room for Christmas going up.

Thanksgiving. On clearance. In October.

It's still three weeks away.

When did we start just skipping this holiday?

[Andara Bledin]

First, your county is bizarre. Trick or Treat on the 28th? O.o

When did we start just skipping this holiday?

When it was discovered that you couldn't make a ton of money off of it.

Sure you can sell a handful of decorations and some foodstuffs, but for Halloween you've got decorations, and costumes, and candy, and party supplies, and for Christmas, well... it's the ultimate time of conspicuous consumption in the retail world.

^-.-^

[HYHYBT]

Right. There's just not a lot to *sell* for Thanksgiving, other than groceries. We get together (gasoline/ticket sales), stuff ourselves (and the turkeys), and maybe watch football. Why have a section of the store set off for, what, paper napkins with turkeys printed on them and salt shakers shaped like pilgrims?

This is exactly why Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

[Greenday]

Thanksgiving doesn't involve mass spending, and it's all about food and football making it the best day of the year.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Heh, I always skip it. XD We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here. Over here, Christmas stuff went up in September.

[draggar]

I agree - I feel Thanksgiving is FAR more important than Christmas (for an American, that is). I have a rule - I don't want to see Christmas stuff out before Thanksgiving. I hate these stores that start to get decked out in AUGUST. That's still the summer!! I was at a Macy's near me back in early Sept - guess what? HUGE Christmas display!

Just think - by the time Thanksgiving comes most people are sick of all the Christmas stuff. While I enjoy the displays, lights, music, etc.. it loses it's appeal quickly. Stores spend more time on Christmas than any other holiday (but yeah, it is probably the most profitable, too).

[AdminAssistant]

I don't mind Christmas stuff up before Thanksgiving. Honestly, Thanksgiving is a 3-day break plus an excuse to eat a LOT. I don't watch football, so it's actually rather annoying for there to be nothing else on. Christmas is much more fun.

[bhskittykatt]

I don't mind the Christmas stuff in stores early, but then again, I'm the sort who immerses herself in the holidays, starting Sept 1 when the Halloween decorations go up and ending Jan 6 after the full 12 days of Christmas and the lights come down.

It does make me sad to see Thanksgiving skipped over in the stores, though. I put up my Christmas decorations on Nov 1st, but I still like to also have Thanksgiving in there. And Hannukah and Kwanzaa and Solstice and Armenian Christmas...did I mention I get immersed in the Holiday spirit? (Mostly just Christmas and Armenian Christmas/Epiphany, but we do little things for the other holidays as well.) But yeah, skipping over Thanksgiving = not cool!

[tabbyblack13]

Heh, I always skip it. XD We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here. Over here, Christmas stuff went up in September.

That happened here in Northern Arizona and I HATE IT! It's not Christmas time until Black Friday and I mean the day after Thanksgiving. Unfortunately there are Black Friday sales already.

I'm going to start crying now.

[muses_nightmare]

They tend to put Halloween and Thanksgiving stuff out around the same time, then again I'm Canadian and our Thanksgiving is in October. I did see lots of Christmas stuff up around the beginning of October though, both here and in Washington. I hate that, Christmas stuff shouldn't be up until like November!

[protege]

Around here, many stores start playing the Christmas carols, and throwing up the decorations and trees...the day after Halloween. By the time Thanksgiving and Christmas come around, I'm tired of it. Seriously? Do we really *need* 3 months of caroling? No wonder people are pretty blitzed by New Year's

[Jason]

How about all christmas music on the radio starting last Friday (Oct 28th).
Yes, you read that correct. We have a radio station here in Michigan that started the all Christmas music almost 2 months before Christmas?

[Lace Neil Singer]

Around here, many stores start playing the Christmas carols, and throwing up the decorations and trees...the day after Halloween. By the time Thanksgiving and Christmas come around, I'm tired of it. Seriously? Do we really *need* 3 months of caroling? No wonder people are pretty blitzed by New Year's

There used to be that webcomic called "Do You Work Here?" that had an episode that summed it up pretty well; in the first section, the employee is hearing Christmas music and relatively calm. In the second, he's hearing it and starting to get irritated; in the last one, he's taking a weapon and attacking the music system. XD

In the start, it's nice to hear Christmas music; it's just hearing it nonstop for three months running that makes me feel stabby.

[Racket_Man]

How about all christmas music on the radio starting last Friday (Oct 28th).
Yes, you read that correct. We have a radio station here in Michigan that started the all Christmas music almost 2 months before Christmas?

I just check one of the local radio station's website (the one that USED to start playing Christmas music on 11/1) AND they must have radically changed formats. NO FLIPPING 24/7 Xmas music this year (yet)

[AdminAssistant]

When my alarm went off this morning, the radio station it's set on was playing Christmas music. I don't listen to the radio much, so it doesn't bother me. If I did, I could just change stations, of course.