Have yourself a Merry Brown Thomas Autumn!

mike65

FFS

That bastion of middle-brow good taste has decided to get in like Flynn and start flogging Christmas trinkets, just fcuk off!

Mike.

Jigsaw

mike65 wrote: »

FFS

That bastion of middle-brow good taste has decided to get in like Flynn and start flogging Christmas trinkets, just fcuk off!

Mike.

Jesus, that's early!! Usually I've found that the day immediately after Halloween, al the Holloween stuff is got rid of and replaced by the Christmas goods. It's annoying but I don't blame the shops. There must clearly be a demand for this bollocks.

Pompey Magnus

111 days to go.

whiskeyman

Charco wrote: »

111 days to go.

476 days to go too...
Why just look forward to one Christmas, when you can prepare and get ready for 2 :pac:


I, for one, welcome our new Christmas pimping overlords...

BaconZombie

the unwritten rule was that no TV ad's or show displays would happen untill AFTER Halloween.
But IIRC is was first broken 2 years ago when Tesco and the list have X-Mass crap up before they even got Halloween up and it seen to be getting earlier each year since...

I blame the government moving the budget forward....

Jigsaw wrote: »

Jesus, that's early!! Usually I've found that the day immediately after Halloween, al the Holloween stuff is got rid of and replaced by the Christmas goods. It's annoying but I don't blame the shops. There must clearly be a demand for this bollocks.

Dardania

Jigsaw wrote: »

Jesus, that's early!! Usually I've found that the day immediately after Halloween, al the Holloween stuff is got rid of and replaced by the Christmas goods. It's annoying but I don't blame the shops. There must clearly be a demand for this bollocks.

Demand from Brown Thomas management to increase turover by whatever pathetic means in a time of reduced consumer spending...

Insect Overlord

LOL, I was passing Brown Thomas in Limerick on Monday (the first of September) and I commented (as a joke) that we'd probably be seeing Christmas decorations by the end of the week. Now that it's come true, I no longer find it funny! Advertising/Consumerism annoys me.

LouOB

Pennys got a whole lotta things for christmas
got alot for the family

tralalalalllaaaaa tralllalalalala

flanzer

Tescos in Clare Hall, has an aisle full of Xmas decorations, swags etc. The haven't even got the Halloween stuff in yet!

missingtime

Shur it comes earlier every year.

Solarball10

Bah humbug!

anniehoo

LouOB wrote: »

Pennys got a whole lotta things for christmas
got alot for the family

tralalalalllaaaaa tralllalalalala

Noooo get it outta my head....

KTRIC

My local Edeka (supermarket) had Christmas cookie's early last week.

phasers

so what do you all want? I want a pony

Fratton Fred

BTs probably want to get theirs in and sold before everyone realises you can buy exactly the same elsewhere for 10% of the price.

I want Holly Willoughby.

anniehoo

phasers wrote: »

so what do you all want? I want a pony

Barbies dreamhouse, a bike and a....surprise!:p
AH dya remember waitin for santy...xmas eve nite would drag on for aaaaages! My dad used to purposely get dressed reeaally slowly on xmas mornin to drag out the anticipation of opening the sitting room door!

fakearms123

I dont know what the big deal is i've already put up my christmas tree, the house is decorated from head to foot in glitter, now that everythings ready for jesus's birthday, all i have to do now is wait.....

phasers

anniehoo wrote: »

Barbies dreamhouse, a bike and a....surprise!:p
AH dya remember waitin for santy...xmas eve nite would drag on for aaaaages! My dad used to purposely get dressed reeaally slowly on xmas mornin to drag out the anticipation of opening the sitting room door!

we used to be FORBIDDEN from going downstairs before 7 "or santy wil take all the presents back!"

the waiting was agony! :pac:

girl_friday

Saw that Pennys had their decorations in end of last month... Vaguely remember seeing cards etc in Next too but could be wrong on that one!!

FX Meister

whiskeyman wrote: »

I, for one, welcome our new Christmas pimping overlords...

lame :rolleyes:

tweety1

debenhams also have their xmas stock on the shelves..

r3nu4l

mike65 wrote: »

and start flogging Christmas trinkets.

Aw class! Excellent.

LouOB wrote: »

Pennys got a whole lotta things for christmas
got alot for the family

tralalalalllaaaaa tralllalalalala

I loved that ad

I do admit to loving shops that have a Christmas section all year long.

JustCoz

I'm ashamed to admit that I worked in the BT Christmas shop a couple of years ago and they opened it in September then too.
It ruined Christmas for me, I still can't listen to most of the usual Christmas jingles without shuddering a little :eek:

anonymous_joe

JustCoz wrote: »

I'm ashamed to admit that I worked in the BT Christmas shop a couple of years ago and they opened it in September then too.
It ruined Christmas for me, I still can't listen to most of the usual Christmas jingles without shuddering a little :eek:

It's not your fault you were corrupted. :pac:

Toto Wolfcastle

FFS my mum told me that they had Christmas decorations in there and I didn't believe her.

Kintarō Hattori

What are they selling already Mike? Does this not really annoy anyone? It's rediculous how early it is. Surely there must be some way of getting businesses to hold off until closer to december.

Does anyone actually care? Is there someone we can moan too?

whiskeyman

I didn't see anyone complaining when clothes shops started selling their summery clothing in March / April, and our Summer never even happened!

:pac:

simu

Well, people are always bitchin' about the lack of forward planning in this country - maybe we should welcome BT's foresight. :-p

OPENROAD

mike65 wrote: »

FFS

That bastion of middle-brow good taste has decided to get in like Flynn and start flogging Christmas trinkets, just fcuk off!

Mike.

Harrods have been selling christmas stuff since beginning of August.
Although suppose they are aiming it mainly at tourists.

FX Meister

whiskeyman wrote: »

I didn't see anyone complaining when clothes shops started selling their summery clothing in March / April, and our Summer never even happened!

:pac:

It happened.

gandhi123

there's nothing wrong with coming early



oh wait........................:rolleyes:

KnifeWRENCH

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

Does this not really annoy anyone? It's rediculous how early it is. Surely there must be some way of getting businesses to hold off until closer to december.

Does anyone actually care? Is there someone we can moan too?

My Mam owns a small gift shop and she usually puts her Christmas stock out at the end of October. But if other gift shops in the area put their stock out earlier, then she'll have no choice but to put hers out at the same time. Otherwise, people will have bought enough at the other places.

We all complain about shops putting out Christmas stock this early, but if people weren't buying it at this time then they wouldn't be selling it. So there must be some people who actually do buy little bits for Christmas this early!!

whiskeyman

FX Meister wrote: »

It happened.

Damn.

I must have been taking a dump and missed it...

McSandwich

I really feel sorry for peole working in these shops. Christmas music on a loop for nearly 4 months can't be good for their mental health.