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At least that was how long we all had last week when we saw these Frosty-esque Snow People up for sale in San Francisco.
Have you seen any recent evidence of "Christmas Creep", the name for our increasingly longer and longer Yuletide shopping season?
We certainly have, and not just at one retailer.
Which store in the Bay Area do you think had the earliest start this year?
See you after the jump.
So, which store is the "creepiest" around here? The winner appears to be Macy's at the Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara - they kicked things off a few weeks back on September 5th, which is "no more than a week earlier" compared to 2006 (cf. Nordstrom - they wait until after Thanksgiving: "We think it's important to celebrate one holiday at a time." Well, all right then).
Why does this Christmas Creep occur? Is it because store managers need to have a bigger season than last year? Mmmm.
Those brash, outrageous freewheelers in London apparently got things going on September 1st. Man, that's early.
But what about the Bay Area? What's the earliest you've seen stuff on display this year? Christmas in August should remain a prank, not a shopping imperative. Right?
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Christmas creep at Costco... yuck.
My favorite Christmas activity is to watch people trying to stuff massive televisions into the back of small cars on Christmas Eve at Sears. F**k Jesus' birthday.
I saw christmas creep at the Ross yesterday. Halloween is still a month away, and they're already trying to push out that stuff to make way for Christmas.
Time for me to pull out the South Park Christmas CD!
Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo... howdy ho!
yeah, costco always has christmas stuff out in july. awful.
Macy's Union Square, 6th floor...just scary.
There's a store on 6th right next to the flower mart [same side of the street] that sells xmas stuff year round.
I can't remember its name but it's really bizarre; full of gear for various out of season holidays. Lotsa plastic flowers and even wedding cake tops including boy-boy girl-girl.
Just returned from Macy's in Stonestown. Christmas lives on the 1st (bottom) floor. Over 10 large Christmas trees, deocrated and lighted. Right next to the new Martha display - which is woefully lacking in content or substance.
And in case anyone from Macy's drops by...why does this store always look like it is on the verge of closing? There is no "Cellar" to speak of at this location. Went to look for a blender and there were only four display models, no stock, lots of empty shelving everywhere. Clothing looks like past seasons or rejects from other stores. As I passed a couple on the upper floor he said to her "The place looks empty. Is this place closing or just neglected? Lets go to Nordstroms".
Guest 8,
Maybe it's about to be turned into a giant Walgreens?
Working at a big box retailer, I was surprised to find out that our holiday season was officially launched last monday (sept 10th). I can't imagine getting any holiday shopping done before December. Now my grandma on the other hand, already has her shopping lists written out, so maybe retailers pushing these things early isn't a total bust.