SFist Photo: Only 102 Shopping Days Until Christmas
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?