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Nordstrom Once Again Refuses To Put Up Holiday Decorations Before Thanksgiving
By Chris Morran on November 16, 2011 3:00 PM
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As more and more stores give into the Christmas Creep, putting trees and wreaths out on the sales floor as early as June and July, Nordstrom continues to buck the trend — not only refusing to put up holiday decorations before Thanksgiving, but also letting the world know about it. More »
Brighten Up Your Halloween With A Little Christmas Creep Of Your Own
By Chris Morran on October 25, 2011 12:00 PM
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We here at Consumerist have been writing about Christmas Creep — that phenomenon of Christmas-themed decorations inching earlier and earlier into the calendar year — since the days when it wasn't yet common to see wreaths, trees, and tinsel on sale in September. So we've combined our love of DIY crafts with our not-love for Christmas in July and bring you the one and only Christmas Creep himself! More »
Has Nordstrom Finally Succumbed To The Christmas Creep?
By Chris Morran on October 24, 2011 2:30 PM
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For four years, we've been documenting Nordstrom's resistance to that insidious holiday shopping problem known as Christmas Creep. But after all these years of making it clear that it wouldn't be getting into the yuletide spirit until after Thanksgiving, there is some concern the department store might be feeling the creep's siren song. More »
Target's Nightmare Before Christmas
By Laura Northrup on September 30, 2011 11:30 AM
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Are you interested in mixing up your Christmas and Halloween traditions this year, but aren't a character in the classic claymation movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas?" Maybe place a bubbling cauldron on the Yule log, or dress up like a chicken while you serve the Christmas goose? Target can help you with that. All in one aisle. More »
Christmas Creep Pops Up Down Under
By Mary Beth Quirk on September 19, 2011 2:15 PM
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Even though Australia feels so very far away for must of us in the U.S. (kangaroos!) Christmas Creep exists even Down Under, where, as our reader Natalie notes, it's about 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 hot hot degrees, at Christmas. More »
Friday Tipster Round-Up: Holiday Creep Edition
August 26, 2011 4:15 PM
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Sifting through this week's submissions, it looks like users of the free Consumerist Tipster App had the holidays on their brains. Of course, it appears they didn't have much choice as stores have already begun packing the aisles with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas items. More »
Get Your Christmas Creep Gift Cards At Sam's Club
By Laura Northrup on August 15, 2011 10:00 AM
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If you're planning to give a Sam's Club gift card to someone you care about (or someone to whom you're obligated to give a gift) this winter gift-giving season, Sam's Club has you covered. Now. In mid-August. "It's going to be over 100 degrees outside ALL WEEK..and has been the past 2-3 weeks," writes Joel, the blogger who noticed these cards at his local Sam's. "100 degree heat, drought, and Christmas Gift cards. Go Texas?" More »
Pier 1 Kicks Off Christmas Creep Season
By Ben Popken on July 13, 2011 4:00 PM
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It may not be a full-fledged instance because it's not in a physical store, but a recent email promo by Pier 1 is at very least a warning shot that Christmas Creep season is upon us. They recently sent around an email featuring a large snowman. It said, "You can now scratch "get an early start on Christmas" off your to-do list. Preview holiday fun before it even gets to our stores." More »
In Which I Suggest A Timeline For Various Holiday Shopping Seasons
By Holiday Cat on December 31, 2010 2:15 PM
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If you think they call me Holiday Cat just because I have some things to say about the handful of weeks from Thanksgiving through New Year's, you are mistaken. I'm a feline for all seasons, and as such I have a few suggestions on when stores should start selling various holiday-themed products without setting off holiday creep alarms. More »
King Soopers Defends Easter Creep
By Ben Popken on December 21, 2010 12:00 PM
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End displays of Cadbury eggs cropping up in supermarkets in December have had our readers doing double-takes. First there's Christmas creep, then we had Halloween and Thanksgiving creep, but Easter creep? Yes, because you demanded it to be so, says King Soopers. More »
Sears Pushes Last-Minute Holiday Gift Panic Up To Mid-November
By Laura Northrup on November 19, 2010 9:00 AM
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Here's the latest variation on Christmas Creep: Last-Minute Gift Panic Creep. This photo was taken on November 14th at Sears. Sears began its holiday displays back in July, so it would make sense that they've also pushed up last-minute gift panic. More »
Not Enough Bare Ass On Your Christmas Tree?
By Chris Morran on November 15, 2010 11:30 AM
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This goes beyond Christmas Creep and straight to creepy. More »
Starbucks Celebrates Election Day By Hauling Out Holiday Menu And Cups
By Laura Northrup on November 4, 2010 9:00 AM
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Tuesday was Election day, so in the universe that Starbucks inhabits, that means it's time to bring out the full holiday menu and red-and-green cups. While you'll never catch me whining about the availability of peppermint mochas, this is an important bit of consumer information which helps prove mathematically that Christmas Creep may be coming to an end. Maybe. More »
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What You Hate About Retailers
By Chris Morran on November 1, 2010 12:45 PM
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Over at DailyFinance.com, they asked readers to give nominate the most annoying ways in which retail stores try to squeeze you for extra cash or tempt you into spending more. More »
How Long Will You Wait To Do Your Holiday Shopping?
By Chris Morran on November 1, 2010 11:40 AM
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Like it or not, we're now officially into the Holiday shopping season. While some stores haven't given into the Christmas Creep instinct to turn their sales floors into mini North Poles, plenty of people are already going to be out looking to check names and items off their gift lists. More »
Apply Now For A Seasonal Job
By Ben Popken on October 15, 2010 5:00 PM
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If you're looking to pick up some extra cash this holiday season, around $10.60 an hour, the time to apply for a seasonal job is now. Stores are already putting out the Christmas Creep so managers are already thinking about staffing. Here's a few things you can do to make yourself stand out from the competition, which is expected to be fiercer than ever: More »
Ice Cream Truck Plays Christmas Creepy Jingle
By Ben Popken on October 4, 2010 3:00 PM
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Reader Andrew snagged this phone camera video on September 29th of an ice cream truck enticing children with tinny renditions of Christmas carols. Ok, here's one industry where it's almost ok that they've been infected by the Christmas Creep. Ice cream trucks don't really get a lot of business in the winter so if they want to play along, they have to start early. More »
Merry Christmas Creep! Santa Is Everywhere In September
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By Chris Morran on September 28, 2010 3:33 PM
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The Christmas Creep season is officially here, and Consumerist shutterbugs from Portland to Puerto Rico have been sending in photographic evidence. Get into the pre-pre-holiday shopping spirit with this photo album!More »
(Christopher)
Christmas Comes Early To JC Penney
By Phil Villarreal on September 27, 2010 10:15 AM
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You know it's too early for Christmas decorations when even the people who are paid to be prematurely cheery admit it's way too early to get geeked up for the holiday. More »
Get Out The %@$ing Eggnog, It's Christmastime At Home Depot
By Meg Marco on September 22, 2010 3:45 PM
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Look, losers. Stop studying that stupid textbook, it's Christmastime. Yes, we know that college football just started and it's the first day of Autumn. We don't care. Buy a Christmas tree you lazy Grinch. Get your wallet out! More »
