YES!!! remember back in the day when you woudln't see decorations until the upcoming hoilday was over with? what's happened to that? i can honestly say that i don't get into the spirit any earlier now that i see decorations up months in advance - instead it might make me more depressed since it means that i have to save more and more money earlier...

I don't like being rushed into the holidays all at once. I'd much rather enjoy each one by one, but I understand that the economy and everyone's budgets are more worrying now than they have been for a long time, so the early advertising makes sense from a business perspective since they're just trying to protect their profits.

I really don't understand the need to advertise so early. We all know that Christmas is just around the corner. It comes every year!!!

A bit. I'd like to get through Halloween first. Thanksgiving is a hasle in itself. Just let me do one thing at a time, please.

I love love love the next coming months! I love all these holidays! I've actually already done a bit of christmas shopping so I guess I can't say it's anything bad. It's been a rough year for retail so I can see them doing anything they can to boost sales.

YES!

Yes! Not only is it too early for stores to be advertising, it's too early to be taking polls online about it! D'OH!

Can you tell I'm already having an anxiety attack thinking about the holidays?!

Yes, it's SEPTEMBER!!!!!!!!!

yes!

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I think it's silly. Christmas in September? Then you're sick of it by November!

This is ridiculous. Trust me, those who shop ahead are going to do so regardless of the ads!

I do think it's too early. That said, I do get really excited about the holiday season when I see the decorations going up in the stores. It doesn't influence my decision to buy things at that moment. I just love the holidays.

I don't mind the decorations. It's the music that gets me. I used to work in malls for years, and having to listen to Muzak Christmas carols for two months killed all the holiday spirit I once had.

I see that artists are already coming out with new Christmas CDs. I've put seven CDs in my Firefox bookmarks so far!

Yeah! I really don't like being rushed into the holiday season. Can't they wait until after Thanksgiving like the good old days?

I LOVE the holidays, but I hate being rushed into them. I want to enjoy each one at a time. I don't even feel like it's the Halloween season until October comes along. Right now, I'm just enjoying Fall.

I remember seeing Xmas decorations in the UK start to crop up after Halloween and thinking THAT was too early, simply because they don't have the "buffer" of Thanksgiving stuff on the shelves.

Seriously, Christmas is being marketed to death.

Yes, it's too early. The Macy's by me is a test store for their new set of decorations. I walked in last friday and there was garland and their big red gift boxes everywhere. I almost flipped until I saw a sign that apologized for it being out so early. Hobby Lobby started putting out their christmas decorations back in July.

It's too early. I think that shops shouldn't advertise before Halloween and please, no street decorations before the 8-10 of December.

Get through Halloween? I don't want to see Christmas stuff until Thanksgiving!

Retailer greed is beginning to ruin the holidays for me, I'm sick of Christmas by December 1.

Advertising Christmas stuff in September just makes me burnt out on Christmas before it even becomes December.

Yes.

haha, for me, it just doesn't feel like "christmas" shopping until November...I don't know why. But, it seemed as though the Halloween decorations were out earlier than usual this year (mid September in CT).

there was a sign that actually apologized for the earlyness, sweetpea?

Yeah, it's too early. But they're doing it because everything is going to hell in a hand basket right now. Halloween started in August, in early Sept, i saw a commercial for a Christmas show. Thanksgiving no longer exists.

RULE: Nothing for Christmas should begin until Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving). No music, especially no Christmas music, decorations, and all the other stuff until then. I think it should be put into law. Constitution? Anybody with me?

I absolute LOVE holidays but in the appropriate amount. I don't see why retailers think that they must put Christmas stuff out before Halloween is over or that they have to put Valentine's out before the first of the year. It's just crazy. It makes me want to shop at the last minute.