I haven't seen any Christmas advertising yet

[Candlelight]

It's November 1st tomorrow. Last year we got bombarded on tv and radio in mid-September. This year - zip.

Is it the recession? Is it the fact the retailers finally understand we're not interested/pissed off?

Have you had heaps? In New Zealand it's unusually quiet...

 

[sidious618]

Hopefully they won't start too early.

 

[Lookingglassman]

I have.

 

[Ruaidhri]

One of the things that really annoys me about Canada is the length of the Christmas season. It kicks into gear as soon as Halloween is over. At least in the States it usually waits until after Thanksgiving. Here it's two solid months of Noel and I'm sick of it by the first week of December.

 

[sidious618]

Eh, I've seen plenty of pre-Thanksgiving Christmas stuff here in NY over the years. There's a Christmas store that has opened come to think of it.

 

[Mallory]

When I was in the pharmacy this morning I noticed that they'd already switched over to Christmas from Halloween. All the candy canes and chocolate covered marshmallow Santas a person could want. Along with a bunch of other stuff like tree lights. Sheesh, it's too early for this shit.

 

[StolenThunder]

It's on our TV now, plus lots of perfume advertising. I don't watch much commercial TV though, so I am spared its full force.

 

[Finn]

I have too, here in DC and at the Holyoke Mall back in Western Mass.

 

[nx1701g]

I'm in PA and we have Christmas advertising started already here on both television and in stores.

 

[Australis]

Couple of TV ads, nothing much, but the supermarkets are bulging with Xmas stuff. It offends me a little. It doesn't really need to be there until December 1, IMO.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

From Oct 25th the tv ads started in the UK ~ I remember thinking they've timed it exactly 2 months. Which is at least a month too early!
I hate the ads, especially the perfume ones, they just set people up for disappointment
Yours, Scrooge, who never gets what she wants for Christmas.

 

[RoJoHen]

I haven't seen any ads, but last week I was at Walmart and they had a huge Christmas section set up next to the Halloween stuff.

 

[WillsBabe]

There's Christmas stuff all over the place here in the UK. Over the years I've gone through finding it irritating, depressing, infuriating... I've reached the stage where I don't give a crap about any of it anymore!

 

[Captain Shaw]

In the UK someone went round threating shops that put there Christmas stuff out early
Its not Christmas untill you see the coca cola lorry AD.

 

[Finn]

Went to a Best Buy today. There were adverisements for Christmas already. The store next door, The Container Store had a section decidated to gift wrapping for the holidays all set up with the bells and whistles.

 

[Mallory]

I just read my first post containing the word "crimbo". A sure sign that the advertising apocalypse is nearing.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I have.

Me too. A lot of stores are already whoring out their Christmas stuff.

 

[Star Wolf]

It's November 1st tomorrow. Last year we got bombarded on tv and radio in mid-September. This year - zip.

Is it the recession? Is it the fact the retailers finally understand we're not interested/pissed off?

Have you had heaps? In New Zealand it's unusually quiet...

US postman here. Its the recession. Advertising virtually dried up this spring. Magazines have become paper thin as they are unable to sell space. The universal market circulars have been cut by 2/3rds in West LA.

Normally the Tuesdays after the US Labor and Columbus Day holidays ar4ew black days in the service as traditionally the Christmas catalog seson kicks off. While there is some recovery in the ad business it is still down. Down far enough that the Postmaster General pleaded with congress to cut a delivery day per week. Now the cost of veterans benefits and health care which was hidden because sold stamps covered it is back in the deficit numbers.

I forgot which discount store maybe Sears/K-Mart started their Christmas displays and music on the Labor Day week, first Monday in September.

 

[auntiehill]

^I know Target had their Christmas music and ornaments out a few weeks ago, when I went to look for Halloween stuff. I've already gotten a few Christmas catalogs, and I've noticed the annoying perfume ads on TV.

I LOVE Christmas, so I don't mind it. But the whole onslaught of the retail Christmas does seem a bit scaled back this year.

 

[Star Wolf]

It may have been Target I know it was a discounter. The thing is 14 of the last 15 years you would have gotten a lot of Christmas catalogs already. Carrying ads on my back gives me my own instant economic analysis.