Last year we had to wait until August before Hobby Lobby busted out the Christmas cheer. Not this year! They’ve got things rolling in July, baby. And no, this isn’t a “Christmas in July” sale.

Reader Don says:

So, I walk into my local hobby lobby yesterday to look for a clock, and lo and behold there were 4 aisles of Christmas decorations up already.
I was astonished to see people actually shopping the product…they had baskets full of ornaments and decorations.
I’ve attached a couple pictures that I could snap when people weren’t standing in the way.

We should commend them for not putting out the trees yet, we suppose. That must be taking a fair amount of restraint on their part.

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