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Sears Declares Halloween "Black Friday"
Forget Christmas creep. How about Black Friday creep? Sears went ahead and declared last weekend, October 30 and 31st, the beginning of Black Friday, and told their mailing list so. More » -
i want egg nog year round
POLL: When Is Too Early For Christmas Creep?
After we proposed tracking Starbucks's roll out of Christmas products as a metric to gauge yearly Christmas Creep, we got a fair amount of comments saying they saw no problem with Christmas stuff coming out once Halloween was over. So, inside, a poll: at what point does Christmas Creep become acceptable holiday display? More » -
jesus, you're early
Starbucks Decides It's Time For Christmas
A reader wrote in on November 3rd to let us know that Starbucks has busted out the holiday-themed coffee paraphernalia. This gives us an idea. More » -
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Make Your Own Haunted Gingerbread House
Are you decorating your house for Christmas Creep, and your Halloween tree just isn't enough? Williams-Sonoma has combined Christmas and Halloween traditions, and is selling a kit to make your very own haunted gingerbread house. Haunted gingerbread house? More » -
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Christmas Creep Cartoon From Hallmark (Yes, Hallmark)
Hallmark's Shoebox Greetings has a blog. This week, the blog published a delightful cartoon on the subject of Christmas creep. More » -
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Costco Already Playing Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
We're sort of wondering what happened to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," because apparently Costco has skipped right to playing "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer." More » -
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Christmas This Year Will Be Less Tacky
Because retailers plan their Christmas offerings so far in advance, most were too far along with trendy or ostentatious Christmas merchandise to change course last year, reports the Associated Press. This year they're prepared to pursue the fiscally conservative consumer, which means everyone is selling the holiday decor equivalent of comfort food. More » -
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Hobby Lobby Worships The Great Pumpkin With Halloween Tree
Hobby Lobby, with its devout Christian ownership, isn't the first store we'd think of to honor the Great Pumpkin. Yet reader James spotted this festive tree back in mid-September. More » -
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Kroger Begins Playing Christmas Music In September
Ah yes, the end of September. When the leaves are barely turning colors and the brand new college students are lazing in the thick green grass — you know Christmas is right around the corner. Reader Jake says Kroger has started playing Christmas music and has a Christmas "gift center." More » -
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Help Us! Tell Us What You Hate About The Holiday Shopping Season
Attention Shoppers: We're interested in your opinions about the upcoming holiday shopping season. What drives you up the chimney? Is it the music? Black Friday? Rebates? Christmas Creep? Let us know! More » -
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Duane Reade Says It's Christmas Time
Reader Emily snapped this photo at the Duane Reade at 58th and 8th in Manhattan. More » -
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Arizona Target Store Really, Really Can't Wait For Christmas
On September 27, 2009, there were 89 days until Christmas. But not at the Target in Peoria, Arizona. Reader Chris noticed that the twin phenomena of Christmas Creep and Target's creeping insanity converged on one glorious, confusing, Santa-filled point where there were suddenly only 53 days until Christmas. -
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Hey Lowe's: Is Halloween Next? Or Christmas?
The Christmas trees are in full effect and the decorations are crowding out the Halloween stuff at the Lowe's in Alexandria, VA. More » -
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Activists Warn Stores: No Christmas Gear Until November - Or Else
Think you've had enough of Christmas Creep? Welcome to the U.K., where the Movement for the Containment of Christmas is fighting back against the ever-growing holiday retail season. While some of the group's efforts are civil, it has engaged in guerrilla tactics, including gluing the lock of a shop that had begun selling Christmas cards in August. More » -
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You Will Not Escape Toys R Us This Christmas
One good thing about the bad economy: There are plenty of empty storefronts in malls across the country, and the owners are more than happy to rent them to short-term tenants during peak seasons. And, this year, you can add Toys R Us to the usual gang of Halloween and Christmas stores that pop up suddenly in your local Simon, and disappear in the night a few weeks later. Jeffrey and his posse are expected to open 80 temporary stores next month, along with new toy sections in 260 Babies R Us shops. More » -
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You May As Well Start Saving For Christmas Gifts Now
A money-saving-themed blog called, well, "Money Saving Blog," chooses not to gripe about the Christmas Creep and instead roll with it, putting together a well-crafted and seemingly comprehensive guide on how to avoid being hosed by the holidays by budgeting for trips and gifts and scaling down expenses as necessary due to economic circumstances. More » -
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Christmas Clearance Creep At Big Lots
Not only has Christmas already arrived at the Peoria, Ill. Big Lots, it's already on clearance. True, Big Lots is a closeout retailer, but it's still strange to see the kind of Christmas discounts usually reserved for December 27th in early September. More » -
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Start Your Christmas Shopping In August At This Colorado Pawn Shop
This sign spotted outside of a pawn shop in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, raises all kinds of questions. Such as: now what for Christmas? Now hiring for Christmas? Now buying artificial conifers for Christmas? Now cleaning out our warehouses for Christmas? We need more clarification, EZ Pawn.
UPDATE: Apparently the word "layaway" was, at some point, on this sign, but wasn't when Robin took this photograph. That makes more sense in concept, at least, but is still obnoxiously early for Christmas. More »
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