. Crazy or not?Posted by on 14 Oct 2013
I think that they should at least wait until Halloween is over before they start to put them up or start to sell them.
i realy do love chistmas decorations get them any time hey yous for anything yer
It's crazy
Agreed November is early enough! Doesn't feel like Christmas yet & definetly wouldn't in September!
SEPTEMBER!!!!!! well to early for me...OMG they just want your money....
I start planning my christmas display in June\July and I think its great that they put decorations and such out early so I have plenty of time to purchase what I need to make my home into a christmas wonderland for my children, nephews and nieces not to mention all the other kids in my street who get very excited when they see my front yard light up every night. I have 5 kids of my own and even my 13 year old gets out and helps me create a wonderful display every year. It usually takes me anywhere up to a week to put my yard display together and 3 or 4 days to do inside. I started off very small and add new lights and inflatables to my display every year.
Its called xmas for a reason meaning things should be out then not months earlier.
Way to soon, it stresses me out when I go into stores!
As long as suppliers make the product available to all retailers then there is no real issue. As for the timing of the product in store, well they can only sell it once so why are people so upset that they are selling it now? I figure there are many other real issues that people ignore that are crucial to our country's future and Chrissy decs are no where near the top.
Personally I think they are out earlier each year. This year they were out straight after Father's Day. It must be hard for people with kids, they'd be always asking when Santa is coming. It drives me nuts, but at least they have yet to start on the recorded xmas carols.
its all a ploy totake your money
i personally think its way to early and only causes people to stree
Crazy to have them out in september. I like to make our xmas decorations its a fun and creative thing to do when you have children and everyone gets into the xmas spirit
September is way too early. It's commercialism gone mad.
i think its all a bit much children dont grow up to know the real meaning of christmas with every thing comming out early
its the easter eggs and hot cross buns that are on sale boxing day thats a worry... way too comercial...
I start my christmas and brithday shopping in Jan and keep buying through out the year, I also do ' thinking of you'gifts. It saves one big buy up. Out now is Halloween ( which is not even Ozy), than Christmas by dec there will b New Year, back to school. Jan brings Saint Val's Day, than Easter in feb. We never get a break.. Opps for Ozy Day.. ha ha Yes by the time it gets here everyone is so over Christmas..
It's too early, the concept of Christmas shouldn't be so materialsed and flamboyant! There's no need to go over board; a few simple decorations and a tree surrounded by friends and family is all you need!
much to early takes away the excitement of the event. Children are looking and waiting tfar to early which makes them want items straight away and ubfortunately many parents give in
September is too, early for xmas chocolates 2 b siitn on the shelfs, nobody likes stale goodies in there xmas stockins... i know i dont..
im byass its to early
i reckon its much to early it sets the kids the wrong impresion about christmas how are they suposed to know when it is.plus it puts a lot of preasure on the parents as well the shops should sell at the right time of the year maybe near the end of november would be better.
Ridiculous and greedy to have them out so early. There is enough in the shops and up by the check outs for the kids to be enticed by and get excited about as is let alone bright lights and santa. The extra pressure financially that just comes with christmas is enough without the early extention. Hold off till after halloween!!
Hate the way they put the christmas stuff on sale so early, all it does is cause people strees with worrying about their finances and how they are going to pay for everything for christmas. Quite depressing really
Since I have my tree up already I think its great! With having step kids that are only here once every other week.. I put it up now and they only get to enjoy it 3 times before xmas, so with that in mind I think there is nothing wrong with getting in early
Way too early we just seem to get over one thing and they bombard us with something else!
It is crazy, it's too early for Christmas decorations in September. Christmas decorations should be put out in November instead.
way to early. we have halloween, guy fawks and then xmas. its too early to bring it out, we all know its coming, we dont need the pressure, and you wonder why people get stressed and depressed.
It is crazy to put out Christmas decorations so early.
Well they have only been out the past couple of weeks where I live but the last few days I've really started to notice them. It makes me feel festive I like it. I have plenty of time to prepare and decide what I want. Apart from the fact I can't put them up yet at home, I feel pretty happy looking at them.
Absolutely crazy!!! November is the best time bringing out the Christmas decorations, not September. The same as I don't like Christmas in July. The special meaning of Christmas is being forgotten, which is sad to say or even think about.
Very crazy, I think September is waaaay to early. Let Halloween and Guy Fawkes pass before we think ans see Xmas. I'd say November is fair.
Crazy . Way to early. Middle nov is sufficient. I worked in a big department store and they started playing their christmas tunes at beginning of Nov. It drove everyone nuts by christmas eve. Songs played over and over the spirit has gone by then.
That is ridiculous
September is too early.I went into a big department store early september and not only were all trees and decorations out.They were also playing christmas carols.Mid November us early enough
i THINK ITS WAY TOO EARLY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE YOUNG KIDS AND ALL YOU HEAR IS WHENS SANTA COMING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO YOU HAVE TO TRY TO AVOID TAKING THEM SHOPPING WITH YOU TO RECLAIM YOUR SANITY. I THINK NOVEMBER IS A BETTER TIME LIKE THE OLD DAYS, THEN IT STARTS TO FEEL MORE LIKE XMAS.
Crazy Way too early
Not.
Considering christmas is a pagen celebration & somehting that should not be celebrated, I would prefer that they never came on sale.
Hi I have a question to ask you, whats christmas got to do with pagen????? I am totaly dumfounded here???? the jolly man in a read suit with raindears pagen?? erm I think you are getting mixed up wth halloween christmas you put a tree in the house decorate it with tinsel and lights ect with gifts on the bottom of it family together
How does a christian celebration be labelled pagan. Pagan means not associated with any religion. It is commercialiseut that does not make it pagan.
Please tell me where you were born because it is definitely not Australia. I was not born here and am not a Christian but I respect this country and the people and if Australians choose to celebrate Xmas (which it is - a celebration of the birth of Christ) I will join them. They welcomed me into their country and now I am one of them. So, my dear, if you are not happy here I guess you know what you should do - go somewhere else where they do not celebrate Xmas.
It is? How come?
October will be better
I guess it's a shock but at the same time it's lovely almost time to see my little childrens excited faces of Christmas cheers
I've noticed that Coles and Woolworths seem to bring out the christmassy stuff shortly after Easter. It may not be noticable to most, but they have things go on sale for it, and they do the same for Easter, just after Christmas. It's stupid. They do do the Christmas stuff in November/December and not a month earlier.
Great. I can get the box down and check out what needs replacing.
ITS FAR TO EARLY DRAGES ON AND ON AND MAKED CHRISTMAS TOO TIZZEY DECEMBER WOULD BE BETTERNTIME
decorations i can dodge, the carols are painful. pity the employees
Way too early!!! Crazy
Way too early!!!
Much too early for decos. We must try and keep it close to the actual date, to help children understand why we do it. It is a very Religious time and most families enjoy meeting up with family and having good time. Church attendance is very important to some families, so we don't want children placing more importance on gifts than prayer.
Far too early..!
What about Christmas, we try to keep it basic!
September is just so much too early. I feel Late November would be the best time or when the Christmas Pageant is. That is when Santa's Cave is opened and I remember as a child getting excited because it was getting close to Christmas. It is too comercialized nowadays. Bring back the original reasons for Christmas like when we were children in the 60's and 70's.
I agree, it is both crazy and inappropriate. It is also an ineffecient use of shop space as very few people will start purchasing Xmas stuff until December.Usually in the 2 weeks leading up to Xmas. I think that 1st of December would be an appropriate time to start Xmas decoration displays.
It does my head in!!!! We literally saw footy grand final decorations and within the week there were Halloween & Christmas decorations up. There is no reverence for it being Christmas just commercial pushing pushing pushing to buy anything and everything. It makes it so hard for young children to understand that Christmas is then well over 3 months away. Huge thumbs down to the retailers who do this.
I think November is soon enough!
the earlier the better. live xmas
Well i guess they are wanting to get a heads start. Being september amd everything. It is a little bit early but whats to say thats a bad thing. People start early with alot of things.
I think it is crazy, it comes quick as it is. Just a money maker
I was born in the USA. At least Christmas decorations didn't appear EVER until after Thanksgiving (end of November). Don't the retailer realise that customers get jaded and sick of being constantly pused to buy, buy, buy?
SEPTEMBER IS TO EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Kids lose the meaning of Christmas when shops start selling Christmas Items early. I look upon this a greed for sales. Most items are expensive and come Christmas time are cheaper and sales. I totally diagree with this action
Christmas has just become a marketing event the meaning has completly been taken over by commercial enterprises looking for an excuse to try and get their hands on your money.
I agree with this statement
Having the decos out so early takes away that special feeling of the season. The retailers say it is for the convenience of shoppers to be able to shop without the last minute rush. It is more a money grab for the retailers.
The year before last a christmas decoration shop opened in street front shop nearby. It's still there, although throughout the year the door are sometimes locked, it's only product is christmas stuff. I guess it's a case of first in best decorated. Pesonally I don't want to start thinking about christmas until a few weeks before. I can put up with the decorations. It's the early christmas carols bombarding me through supermarket PA systems that bug me.
i really dont like it, years ago it was december and now october, easter stuff will start in janurary its just so stupid
I agree with most of you christmas stuff is out way to early when I saw my local bigw had christmas stuff in their catalogue I just about fell off my chair and when I went in there I saw a staff member put out christmas stuff out already I said to her this is disscussting how can this company condone this?? I know it wasnt her fault its crazy
yes, too early in September, but some pple have so many in/out of their homes they need to start early
I think it just the shops who want more money and can think of anything else to do to grab our spare cash - so Xmas is the next best thing.
Yes I do feel that they are out much earlier than they used to be. However it's not just Christmas Decorations that are out earlier. Easter is out in January, Hot Cross Buns out in January is also a little too much to handle. From what I have been told it's left over Decorations from the previous season. Decorations don't get stale but they do come out too early. But I love the Christmas Season, and I love looking at the the stores and the lights, they do have them out before time but it's a small problem. And I think that we can put up with it.
September is too early. November would be a good time to start. I do not think the christmas feeling is there in September. I would think people would be sick of looking at christmas decorations so early. The decorations could have a stale look by December.
NOVEMBER IS EARLY ENOUGH. XMAS ADS IN SEPTEMBER MAKES YOU FED UP WITH IT ALL BY XMAS. WHAT HAPPENED TO XMAS BEING XMAS.
novmber is early an enough or last week of september
november
Crazy
I think that it is way too early, all it does is cause people more stress regarding finances and how they are going to pay for everything, I know, as this is what it does to me. Quite depressing really. No wonder people suffer during the holiday season.
you're right mate
true
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