This is why Christmas creep happens

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Customer: (in the seasonal area cram-packed full of Christmas decorations and shit) Where is your Christmas wrapping paper and bows?

Me: We haven't gotten it in yet. It won't be out until after Halloween.

Customer: You have all this other stuff out already and not wrapping paper? That's pretty stupid. (walks away)

No, it's not a ruined Christmas, but I'm off to a pretty good start.

[XCashier]

We're getting it too, Irv. I've had loads of people ask me if we have tissue paper for gift wrapping. Despite the fact that we do have Christmas fabric and decorations out already, we don't have much in the way of wrap. And customers just can't wrap ( ) their heads around that fact. "Why don't you have it yet?!" Um, because it's still September?!

[taxguykarl]

What's the record for earliest ruining Christmas? Just wondering.

[mikoyan29]

What's the record for earliest ruining Christmas? Just wondering.

I'm guessing December 26th of the previous year because some people will do their shopping for the next Christmas with the sales from the previous Christmas.....

I guess I'm old school but for me Christmas doesn't start until the day after Thanksgiving.

[thatcrazyredhead]

I'll give you half a point for that one, Irv.

[Bardmaiden]

My Dad got asked today if his store had Christmas paper in yet.

[MoonCat]

I'm guessing December 26th of the previous year because some people will do their shopping for the next Christmas with the sales from the previous Christmas.....

I guess I'm old school but for me Christmas doesn't start until the day after Thanksgiving.

For me, it's not Christmas season until I hear the Peanuts gang shout, "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown!"

And even then, only if it's DECEMBER.

[Tama]

I've started buying and wrapping gifts already, but you know what I did? I went into the greeting card section and bought a roll of wrapping paper from there. So a bunch of presents at our house already are and more will likely be wrapped in SOLID BLACK.

[protege]

I've been known to wrap presents with newspaper

[Seshat]

I've been known to wrap presents with newspaper

Sunday colour cartoons section, if I can.


... why yes, me too.

[RealUnimportant]

There's stores over here that have had Xmas goodies out for more than a month already...

[Tama]

I did that for a while but it got my hands all dirty...I wish I had the patience for it.

[Kit-Ginevra]

I did that for a while but it got my hands all dirty...I wish I had the patience for it.

Er....which activity are you referring to here

[ozcatbug]

I'm guessing December 26th of the previous year because some people will do their shopping for the next Christmas with the sales from the previous Christmas...

Yep. I've posted this before when I had an SC on December 26th complaining that we didn't have some Christmas table decorations that had sold out 3 weeks before Christmas, so we had ruined their Christmas, meaning in 364 days time. It was funny that the customers around this SC started laughing at the stupid woman getting upset.

[EricKei]

oz - That's gotta be some kind of new record. Excellent work!

Now we just gotta start working on the next record -- pre-emptively spoiling future Christmases that are more than a year away...