Selection boxes in the shops!

SkyBlueClouds · 12-10-2014 9:02pm #1

Saw some selection boxes down my local Tesco's today.

:eek:

Halloween used to be the benchmark for Christmas goods to get slapped on the shelves. Every year it gets earlier and earlier without fail! Before you know it we'll be buying our baubles and tinsletoe in the summertime along with the beachtowels. ;-)

When will the madness end? Pudding in March? :pac:

fleet_admiral · 12-10-2014 9:06pm

I saw them in Tesco about 6 weeks ago.

Sir Arthur Daley · 12-10-2014 9:06pm

The whole country is going to fcuk.

12-10-2014 9:07pm

Stop looking for excuses to complain about Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year dontchakno.

Chucken · 12-10-2014 9:10pm

Candie wrote: »

Stop looking for excuses to complain about Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year dontchakno.

http://www.xmasclock.com/

SkyBlueClouds · 12-10-2014 9:10pm

Candie wrote: »

Stop looking for excuses to complain about Christmas

It's the most wonderful time of the year dontchakno.

I love Christmas from about 10th December onwards.

12th October is just abhorrent :pac:

Links234 · 12-10-2014 9:12pm

This happens every year, when are we going to get the **** over the faux outrage of Christmas stuff in shops? Far more tiresome hearing people moaning about it right on queue every single year!

Pumpkinseeds · 12-10-2014 9:12pm

Meh, I much prefer Halloween to Christmas. Brown Thomas' Christmas shops have been open for ages.

12-10-2014 9:14pm

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

I love Christmas from about 10th December onwards.

12th October is just abhorrent :pac:

Don't make me come over there and smack you. :mad:

Littering is abhorrent. Vomit is abhorrent. Spitting is abhorrent.

Christmas is magic and twinkly and happy and I'd have the tree up in October and down in March and roast turkey every day in between if I could persuade the rest of the world to accept it.

12-10-2014 9:16pm

Chucken wrote: »

http://www.xmasclock.com/

I have one like it on my phone and as my tablet screensaver!

I prop it up on my desk to annoy anyone wandering into my office

daheff · 12-10-2014 9:17pm

Its gotten ridiculous...at least wait until Nov 1

Sure some of the Xmas stuff they are selling now doesnt even have the shelf life to make it to Xmas... :eek:

allthedoyles · 12-10-2014 9:19pm

You can select whichever box you like , but when I see this kind of thing , it makes me buy less and less in store .

hfallada · 12-10-2014 9:19pm

I love how everyone likes to get an "early start on the christmas shopping". Which usually means buying tins of Roses mid-October and eating them about a week later.

Chucken · 12-10-2014 9:20pm

daheff wrote: »

Its gotten ridiculous...at least wait until Nov 1

Sure some of the Xmas stuff they are selling now doesnt even have the shelf life to make it to Xmas... :eek:

Most of it isn't out of date until March

You see folks, Santa likes to be organised.;)

Links234 · 12-10-2014 9:21pm

daheff wrote: »

Sure some of the Xmas stuff they are selling now doesnt even have the shelf life to make it to Xmas... :eek:

We should be able to get mince pies all year round!

the groutch · 12-10-2014 9:24pm

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Every year it gets earlier and earlier without fail!

No it doesn't, get over yourself.

Fr. Ned · 12-10-2014 9:27pm

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Saw some selection boxes down my local Tesco's today.

:eek:

Halloween used to be the benchmark for Christmas goods to get slapped on the shelves. Every year it gets earlier and earlier without fail! Before you know it we'll be buying our baubles and tinsletoe in the summertime along with the beachtowels. ;-)

When will the madness end? Pudding in March? :pac:

A shop near me has their full Christmas display up already, completely bypassed Halloween....

SkyBlueClouds · 12-10-2014 9:28pm

Links234 wrote: »

We should be able to get mince pies all year round!

Mmm. That'd be nice. Maybe buy a ton of them in the post Dec 26th flog sales and deep freeze them?

lulu1 · 12-10-2014 9:28pm

How does that song go again

Oh I wish it could be xmas every day let the bells ring out for xmas

gg2 · 12-10-2014 9:30pm

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Halloween used to be the benchmark for Christmas goods to get slapped on the shelves. Every year it gets earlier and earlier without fail! Before you know it we'll be buying our baubles and tinsletoe in the summertime along with the beachtowels. ;-)

TinsleTOE?

Chucken · 12-10-2014 9:30pm

SkyBlueClouds wrote: »

Mmm. That'd be nice. Maybe buy a ton of them in the post Dec 26th flog sales and deep freeze them?

I did that last year. Tesco had them marked down to 5c a packet.
Got about 25 packets of them.

SkyBlueClouds · 12-10-2014 9:32pm

Chucken wrote: »

I did that last year. Tesco had them marked down to 5c a packet.
Got about 25 packets of them.

Genius. I'm defo going to stock up on the shortbread too!

SkyBlueClouds · 12-10-2014 9:33pm

hfallada wrote: »

I love how everyone likes to get an "early start on the christmas shopping". Which usually means buying tins of Roses mid-October and eating them about a week later.

It's to test the quality of the confectionary, mandatory. Utmost importance before buying another tin as a ''gift''

Trebor176 · 12-10-2014 9:36pm

For Christmas, and to quote Andy Williams, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. . ." But, it does seem a bit ridiculous to have Christmassy stuff up in shops from August/September when we're just getting over the summer, and Halloween is still weeks away. My local garden centre has opened its Christmas section already, and there is a smaller Halloween section right beside it. Even Brown Thomas opened their Christmas section a few weeks ago (no recession on there, says you).

I know of some that did their Christmas shopping weeks ago, and have it all done. It's madness really. I prefer to do it in early December when it actually does start to feel like Christmas with all the lights, the music, etc. Also, it avoids the rush somewhat.

Chucken · 12-10-2014 9:39pm

Trebor176 wrote: »

For Christmas, and to quote Andy Williams, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year. . ." But, it does seem a bit ridiculous to have Christmassy stuff up in shops from August/September when we're just getting over the summer, and Halloween is still weeks away. My local garden centre has opened its Christmas section already, and there is a smaller Halloween section right beside it. Even Brown Thomas opened their Christmas section a few weeks ago (no recession on there, says you).

I know of some that did their Christmas shopping weeks ago, and have it all done. It's madness really. I prefer to do it in early December when it actually does start to feel like Christmas with all the lights, the music, etc. Also, it avoids the rush somewhat.

As I said already, Santa needs time to get organised

I've all my shopping done.