Thread: i want to vomit!!!

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every store i go into all i see are christmas trees and gaudy christmas inflatables. Worst part is, it's been that way for a week! My daughter is asking if santa claus is coming soon and it's not even halloween. If nothing else this overzealous christmas crap is confusing little kids.

Yeah I know how you feel, Halloween hasn't even occurred yet but stores are full of Christmas crap. Even worse in the U.K we get a few crap made in China Halloween items in our stores, but tons of Christmas stuff.

My 8 year old daughter and I where walking through the shopping centre (Mall) last week and she stopped in front of a book/junk shop (The Works) , put her hands on her hips and declared loudly "look at that Mummy. it's not even your birthday (end of november). Christmas has become so commercialised. *pause" Do you need any more skulls? *skips off towards Poundland* "

a) I didnt even know she KNEW the word Commercialised
b) No Halloween stuff, just christmas in The Works, where as at least Poundland has slightly more Halloween than Chrismas.
c) She thought of how needed skulls.. arent kids darling.

HAHAHA, keep that child around! HAHAHA... My mom just came up to my house and goes.. shouldnt you be done decorating?... i said its the same as decorating for christmas... THIS is my holiday... now are you helping me with my life size witch or not?

Here's a solution: Buy some Christmas stuff and horrify it. Make an evil Santa or deceased reindeer.

I know the feeling; my husband and I went to Target and they had nothing left for Halloween, not even webbing. All the Christmas stuff was out.

Of course it's all a marketing strategy. Get the the kids thinking about Santa and talking non-stop about what they want so mommy gets in a panic and starts a mad shopping frenzy because god knows what will happen if the little angels don't get all of this year's must-have toys...

I started seeing Halloween stuff in July and within a few weeks the Christmas stuff started appearing... and the Halloween stuff just kept dwindling while the x-mas stuff took over.

Any talking woody trees out this year they are fun to hack!!!!!I try to make the best of the christmass stuff coming out early!!

Stores like WalMark and Target have to fill the shelves with something, because they obviously didn't care much about Halloween this year. Was in WalMart tonight and there is nothing but Christmas trees and decorations and the shelves. They are down to two isles of Halloween decorations that have been basically picked clean.