Merry Christmas Everybody!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Our first shipment of Christmas merchandise came in today.

Christmas lights. Nine boxes of them. It's only July 30, FFS.

So get in the holiday spirit now! Let's all sing. Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Waaaaaaaayyyyyyy...

[Whiskey]

but thanksgiving is the best holiday

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Thanksgiving ain't shit. At least not according to the buyers.

Sure, they'll bring in a bunch of decorative crap like fake flowers and wreaths and stuff for fall, but like every other year it won't sell and we'll be left with a shitload of clearance.

Oh, and corporate just seems to view Thanksgiving as the day before Black Friday anyway, with all the ads and promotions they run to gin up business.

[Whiskey]

Thanksgiving as the day before Black Friday

Its not going to be if they eliminate thanksgiving. The whole point of black friday is the countdown to christmas. Its the last holiday before christmas.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Its not going to be if they eliminate thanksgiving. The whole point of black friday is the countdown to christmas. Its the last holiday before christmas.

Thanksgiving sure don't feel like a holiday to me anymore. Not when we can do over $50,000 in sales on a day where we close four hours early.

Still, I guess people have to do something while the turkey's in the oven.

[Cazzi]

Bah Humbug!

[wolfie]

Still, I guess people have to do something while the turkey's in the oven.

Something I've always wondered about the holidays:
1. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's traditional to cook a turkey for dinner.
2. A colloquial term for idiot is "Turkey"
3. Why don't idiot co-workers ever mysteriously disappear at either Thanksgiving or Christmas?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Something I've always wondered about the holidays:
1. For Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's traditional to cook a turkey for dinner.
2. A colloquial term for idiot is "Turkey"
3. Why don't idiot co-workers ever mysteriously disappear at either Thanksgiving or Christmas?

Because there would be no co-workers left, and do you want to have to be the one to run everything?

[bean]

A dedicated Christmas store just opened up in the shopping center behind my apartment.

Free standing building in the parking lot of that center, in what used to be a very upscale, but now aging neighborhood (late 70s/early 80s for the most part). And the bar next door got evicted last week (a very popular bar at that). Today I noticed the bar has already been cleaned out and there were city permits on the door for remodel work - I talked to the owner a few days ago and she assured me that they should be re-opening by this weekend.

Guess not...

[mattm04]

We got some Halloween candy in now, no Christmas yet.

[teh_blumchenkinder]

Our first shipment of Christmas merchandise came in today.

Wait what? Did I fall asleep again guys?

[Midorikawa]

Wait what? Did I fall asleep again guys?

Nope. It's the Christmas Creep. Each year, corporations want christmas decorations out earlier and earlier.

My problem with this is that I'm introverted, hate crowds, and want to just go into a coma between October and mid January of each year. with the creep, it's taking up half my year now. :-(

YOU HEAR ME CORPORATE AMERICA? I WANT THE REST OF MY YEAR BACK!

I'll be hibernating in the corner if you need me. Don't wake me up before Jan. 15th.

[Amina516]

So...you got the Xmas merchandise..

PLEASE TELL ME IT WONT BE DISPLAYED TIL AT LEAST OCTOBER?!

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

I foresee a time in the not so distant future when all major retailers will stock Christmas stuff...say it with me: ALL...YEAR...LONG!

[Chromatix]

I actually wouldn't mind that, because then smeone in charge might, just possibly, notice that it only actually *sells* at one time of year!