Seen in my local supermarket in a small display of other xmas stuff.

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    1 month ago

    There’s been some Halloween bits appearing round here but nothing Christmas…yet.

    One of the supermarkets did have a big “back to school” display before August had even started.

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    1 month ago

    No problem, just wait a couple of years and it will line up correctly again. So that last Xmas I gave you my heart you will have been eating the chocolate from present Xmas and present Xmas you eat the chocolate of future Xmas. Let me know if you have any questions.

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    1 month ago

    Anyone caught selling Christmas stuff before Halloween should be hung in a gibbet as a Halloween decoration.

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    1 month ago

    Thing is, by doing this they get free ads.
    You saw it, you posted it here, 50 or more people saw it, someone will probably repost it further. The earlier they do it, especially if they’re the first ones to do so, the more likely it is that someone will post a picture on social media, or tell their friends.
    If you want it to stop, make doing it not profitable, just ignore it.

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      1 month ago

      in The Other Place this is a banned type of post, i.e. items for sale out of season. And tbh I agree with that because there are dozens of these posts a year and at some point they’re just all the same. Idk why people are surprised by this every single year

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    1 month ago

    That’s just taking the piss. For me it only reinforces the will to buy less and less of this shit.

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    1 month ago

    In the US, typically the earlier you see Christmas on sale is an indicator of how poorly sellers predict the economy will be doing between now and Christmas.

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    1 month ago

    On the one hundred and thirty-nineth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…