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Ah, the dreaded Christmas Creep. It get's earlier and earlier every year. At least LITE FM is waiting until the week of Thanksgiving to start playing Christmas music, which is more than we can say for our friends in Boston, who have to deal with two stations already cranking out the holiday Perry Como. And now Santa's here. Amongst all the big news about that other guy this week, the focus at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg was around the arrival of the big, jolly, red-suited guy who arrived on Friday, even earlier than usual. And why is that?
Thanksgiving falls later this year, creating fewer shopping days, so the mall wants to give consumers ample time to, well, consume, said Bonni Pear, a Woodfield spokeswoman.Makes perfect sense to us. Thanks to reader Katie Scully, we have proof that Target beat them all to the punch, after the jump.
Christmas in September, courtesy of Target, taken by Katie Scully.
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i think the lite got burned by last year. i think they started the cmas music november 1st. which is completely wack.
as far as holiday decorations, i was in a walgreens where one aisle was halloween and the next was being stocked with cmas stuff. i *did* get to pick up some christmas lights, though ...
On Tuesday, Nov 4th, Election Day, I ate lunch at the Taco Bell on Clybourn. The muzak was all x-mas, all the time. Ridiculous.
I always thought that was weird. I'm glad there's other people that feel the same way too.
I own a store in the South Side of Chicago. I'm already having an Easter sale. Stop by.
So I suppose no one saw the "Christmas In July" tv commercials for some furniture stores several mnths ago...
I'm used to "Christmas in July/August" promotions. It's a good excuse for sales between the 4th of July and Labor Day sales. I remember those as a kid. It's the "creep" that's shocking...