Christmas Advertising Already?

[LogDog75]

I'm watching the San Diego Padres (my team) and the Chicago White Sox and I just say an ad for "Holiday Market at Petco Park 2024." C'mon, it's the last nine days of September and they're already advertising for Christmas. It used to be you'd see Christmas ads after Thanksgiving and then it moved to just after Halloween and now before October 1st. I know the last three months of the year are traditionally where general businesses usually make their profit but at least they could keep it from overlapping other holidays, couldn't they?

[hlthe2b]

1. Costco is full of them... even while Halloween decorations are on display for sale.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. And I Saw 4 People Today...

...decorating for Halloween & one putting out turkey cut-outs.
On September 22nd.

[jimfields33]

3. To me. The day after thanksgiving is so much more

exciting. Too early and I think it actually negatively impacts the profits because it turns people off. I’m all for stores making their profits the last part of the year, but 30+ days was so successful in the past. Let’s go that route again!

[orthoclad]

4. XM$: money is always in season.

[Sibelius Fan]

5. I don't mind it. Life moves faster than it used to and time really flies.

I really don’t care how things worked in the 50s.

[tritsofme]

6. They must think you guys aren't getting out of the Wild Card...so they're squeezing it in now! 😜

[LogDog75]

14. Yeah, I don't think so

The Holiday Market at Petco Park 2024 has been happening for a couple of years.

[TwilightZone]

7. It's an event that requires tickets.

Since tickets are limited and required, it makes sense that they would be advertised ahead of the event.

It's not really traditional holiday advertising. It's advertising for a specific event that starts a few weeks before Christmas.

[LogDog75]

15. The event goes from December 5th through the 27th

There are other similar holiday events around here that have been going on longer by they don't start advertising, IIRC, until after Thanksgiving.

[rsdsharp]

8. I walked into a Sears store on Labor Day, and it was decorated for Christmas.

That was in 1987. The whole point of A Charlie Brown Christmas was that it had become to commercial. That debuted in 1965. So this isn’t new.

[2naSalit]

9. I saw that stuff...

A couple weeks ago already!

[Xavier Breath]

10. Yep, the Macy's at our mall had trees and decorations up weeks ago.

The Hallmark store had Christmas stuff on display in August some time. Sheesh.

[ailsagirl]

11. Wait!! There's still Halloween and Thanksgiving!!

PS Welcome to DU

[Iggo]

12. All the money's in Xmas.

Halloween’s decorations, costumes, and candy.
Thanksgiving is one dinner.

Xmas is huge money on big ticket items from coast to coast and beyond. Money, money, money, money, money.

[ailsagirl]

13. This is true

It just seemed to me to be ridiculously premature.

[republianmushroom]

16. Have you been to COSTCO, lately ?

[LeftInTX]

17. Petco? I get craft stores, but pets?

Heck, when we were growing up there wasn't such as thing a holiday market at a pet store!

[Hekate]

18. I am unbothered. I worked in retail all thru college, & in that time & place you had to mail gifts very early...

…if you wanted them to arrive on the Mainland in time for the December holidays.
Happy Holidays and Mele Kalikimaka.