Please add to this list of retailers that can suck it for running christmas commercials pre-halloween and pre-thanksgiving:

Wal Mart <--they can fuck off everyday, but now they're even worse.


Every diamond shop

Starbucks ~ I saw someone walking around with a coffee cup from them with Christmas themes on it. Why???? It is only November.
Thankfully, I have not been to a Walmart or seen ads or commercials for them in over 14 months, it has been great!


Right now there is a Christmas ad on for Morrison's grocery store. Oh the timing...
[Edited 11/9/08 11:49am]

Mars23 said:

Pretty much


Pier One is at it now too

Mach said:

at what? curious. i havent been there in years

My parents are constantly complaining about all the Christmas ads now from all the major grocery stores in the UK, like ASDA, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Waitroses, Tescos, as well as Boots, Smiths, etc.!!!!

Mars23 said:

I just got the Sunday paper and Walmart has a Christmas ad in it.

Desire2006 said:

i think christmas should come every 5 or 10years

horatio said:

for running christmas commercials pre-thanksgiving

My kids are already looking out for what they want for Christmas. My oldest one wants some $600 thing.





And no...

No way in hell is he getting it.


I keep saying that I'm going to scale down. I think I may buy them one thing and then take them to give toys to orphans. I keep saying that I'm going to do that, but I think I really will this year.

Mach said:

hokie said:

What does he want

You're all disgusting!

It's never too early to celebrate the birth of Jesus!!

Mars23 said:

YES, indeed... every single diamond shop, I second that

Target
Lowes

Statuesqque said:

I haven't seen the Target ads yet, but I did see the Lowes.

My grocery store (Hy-Vee) already has trees and decorations up.

Farm & Fleet

mcmeekle said:

with the economy in the crapper, i'm actually surprised that they didn't start the first week of October this year.

Mars23 said:

Ours sets them up with the Halloween things

gotta love the bible belt



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Mars23 said:

I saw one for them last night. now, is it them or Wal-mart with the big the big Layway campaign? I can't remember...

Statuesqque said:

i think its kmart

horatio said:

goodness I forgot all about Kmart

working for one of the top 5 retailers in the country, I can tell you that Christmas merchandise is shipped starting in september, and it sits until Halloween. If it's not out on display the day after Halloween, the store manager is flogged. We're getting Valentine's merchandise already.
In addition, pressure is on because of the economic slump worldwide.


it's okay people, this will pass too. we've been through worse.
oh yes, and Obama is president elect. he's going to cure leprosy, cancer and make the blind see again.

BlackAdder7 said:

excellent!

I feel that if you don't like the idea of these stores showing Xmas commericals, then change the channel and move on. We all need to face the fact we live in a world where money matters.

I ignore it, and I just think of what Xmas truly means to me! I don't let such silly things get to me!!!

MoniGram said:

Well, you're just a better person than all of us.

Mars23 said:

i think retail knows this is going to be a very bad season for folks money wise,so they are trying to do everything they can to get people to shop. the mall i go to is having a huge deal on the 13th, the first 3,000 people will get a scratch off ticket that will reveal a gift card amount of between $25-$1,000! i really can't blame retail stores for wanting to try and get as many customers as they can. we've already seen many stores go out already, circuit city is on it's way. which means more lost jobs.

kimrachell said:

WOOOO HOOO!!!! FREE MONEY SCRTCH OFF COUPON THING!!!!! YEE HAW!

horatio said:

there are already people in tents camping all week for these!

hokie said:

$600?! ...the hell? What is it?