I think they just shoot themselves in the foot starting so early. Right now people aren't in the giving holiday mood and by the time the actual holiday season begins (Thanksgiving to Christmas) people are already sick of them.SportsFan68 wrote:Our Salvation Army workers start the week of Thanksgiving. Back in the day of soaring real estate prices, there would often be $50 or $100 bills in the pots. Now, not so much.Southpaw Fanny wrote:I saw my first Salvation Army bell ringer outside the grocery store on Tuesday. It's going to be a long 7 weeks.... At least they will have canned the exuberance by Thanksgiving and just lean against the wall and give a half hearted shake every now and then. Ha!Kazoo65 wrote:I was flipping radio stations earlier today and to my horror, I heard Bono singing "It's Christmas Baby Please Come Home".
The calendar says November 12th. There is no snow anywhere. In fact, the leaves are still falling. It'w WAY too early for Christmas music- but apparently one of our local stations doesn't think so.
So far, no holiday tunes at the stores around here-although they've got trees up and decorated.
Ho Ho NO!!!!!
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Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated holiday of all time. The second Halloween is over, everyone focuses their attention towards Christmas. Maybe if Thanksgiving had better football games, people would care more.
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heelsrule1988 wrote:Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated holiday of all time. The second Halloween is over, everyone focuses their attention towards Christmas. Maybe if Thanksgiving had better football games, people would care more.
Maybe if everyone had to work the morning after sales, they'd appreciate the day a bit more......
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Maybe now, youngster, but Back in the Day, November was all about Thanksgiving. Christmas season didn't start until the day after and the month was chock full of cornucopias and turkey and fall wreaths and Pilgrims and whatnot, with nary a snowflake, a Christmas tree or a Salvation Army bellringer as far as the eye could see! It was glorious.....heelsrule1988 wrote:Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated holiday of all time. The second Halloween is over, everyone focuses their attention towards Christmas. Maybe if Thanksgiving had better football games, people would care more.
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And did you carve up a big pterodactyl for the Thanksgiving feast back then, Aunt Fanny????Southpaw Fanny wrote:Maybe now, youngster, but Back in the Day, November was all about Thanksgiving. Christmas season didn't start until the day after and the month was chock full of cornucopias and turkey and fall wreaths and Pilgrims and whatnot, with nary a snowflake, a Christmas tree or a Salvation Army bellringer as far as the eye could see! It was glorious.....heelsrule1988 wrote:Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated holiday of all time. The second Halloween is over, everyone focuses their attention towards Christmas. Maybe if Thanksgiving had better football games, people would care more.
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Of course not! Us kids weren't allowed around the c-c-c-cutlery, Mimi Kiki did the carving....littlebeast13 wrote:And did you carve up a big pterodactyl for the Thanksgiving feast back then, Aunt Fanny????Southpaw Fanny wrote:Maybe now, youngster, but Back in the Day, November was all about Thanksgiving. Christmas season didn't start until the day after and the month was chock full of cornucopias and turkey and fall wreaths and Pilgrims and whatnot, with nary a snowflake, a Christmas tree or a Salvation Army bellringer as far as the eye could see! It was glorious.....heelsrule1988 wrote:Thanksgiving is the most underappreciated holiday of all time. The second Halloween is over, everyone focuses their attention towards Christmas. Maybe if Thanksgiving had better football games, people would care more.
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Southpaw Fanny wrote:Of course not! Us kids weren't allowed around the c-c-c-cutlery, Mimi Kiki did the carving....littlebeast13 wrote:And did you carve up a big pterodactyl for the Thanksgiving feast back then, Aunt Fanny????Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Maybe now, youngster, but Back in the Day, November was all about Thanksgiving. Christmas season didn't start until the day after and the month was chock full of cornucopias and turkey and fall wreaths and Pilgrims and whatnot, with nary a snowflake, a Christmas tree or a Salvation Army bellringer as far as the eye could see! It was glorious.....
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Ansd she probably did the spanking when the conversation turned to syphilis......
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Ha, you never forget a trick do you? Except that was Christmas dinner, social diseases aren't really appropriate conversation at Thanksgiving, you know.....littlebeast13 wrote:Southpaw Fanny wrote:Of course not! Us kids weren't allowed around the c-c-c-cutlery, Mimi Kiki did the carving....littlebeast13 wrote:
And did you carve up a big pterodactyl for the Thanksgiving feast back then, Aunt Fanny????
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Ansd she probably did the spanking when the conversation turned to syphilis......
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Southpaw Fanny wrote:Ha, you never forget a trick do you? Except that was Christmas dinner, social diseases aren't really appropriate conversation at Thanksgiving, you know.....littlebeast13 wrote:Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Of course not! Us kids weren't allowed around the c-c-c-cutlery, Mimi Kiki did the carving....
Ansd she probably did the spanking when the conversation turned to syphilis......
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Said Screwball Fanny with her fitting 1225th post..... (YAY!!!)
If I didn't have to work Christmas night, I'd come out there for dinner this year......
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Damn, if I'd noticed that I would have stopped! And I know what you're doing, goading me into posting constantly this morning. Stop that, I need to save them!littlebeast13 wrote:Southpaw Fanny wrote:Ha, you never forget a trick do you? Except that was Christmas dinner, social diseases aren't really appropriate conversation at Thanksgiving, you know.....littlebeast13 wrote:
Ansd she probably did the spanking when the conversation turned to syphilis......
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Said Screwball Fanny with her fitting 1225th post..... (YAY!!!)
If I didn't have to work Christmas night, I'd come out there for dinner this year......
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And I can't guarantee you'd get a conversation on venereal disease, because conversation has to begin organically, but I can guarantee my family would be entertaining. In addition, the NUGGETS!!!!11 are playing on Christmas Day, so you'd get to see them kick Blazer bahonka in glorious HD.
Plus watch a game with a rabid pack of NUGGETS!!!!11 fans that never run out of game commentary, that's always an experience....
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Southpaw Fanny wrote:Damn, if I'd noticed that I would have stopped! And I know what you're doing, goading me into posting constantly this morning. Stop that, I need to save them!littlebeast13 wrote:Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Ha, you never forget a trick do you? Except that was Christmas dinner, social diseases aren't really appropriate conversation at Thanksgiving, you know.....
Said Screwball Fanny with her fitting 1225th post..... (YAY!!!)
If I didn't have to work Christmas night, I'd come out there for dinner this year......
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And I can't guarantee you'd get a conversation on venereal disease, because conversation has to begin organically, but I can guarantee my family would be entertaining. In addition, the NUGGETS!!!!11 are playing on Christmas Day, so you'd get to see them kick Blazer bahonka in glorious HD.
Plus watch a game with a rabid pack of NUGGETS!!!!11 fans that never run out of game commentary, that's always an experience....
That's it, I'm going to call off.......
Save me a place..... and some of the skin!
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Don't you mean two places? Because you know you're not getting out of there without MaBeast....littlebeast13 wrote:Southpaw Fanny wrote:Damn, if I'd noticed that I would have stopped! And I know what you're doing, goading me into posting constantly this morning. Stop that, I need to save them!littlebeast13 wrote:
Said Screwball Fanny with her fitting 1225th post..... (YAY!!!)
If I didn't have to work Christmas night, I'd come out there for dinner this year......
lb13
And I can't guarantee you'd get a conversation on venereal disease, because conversation has to begin organically, but I can guarantee my family would be entertaining. In addition, the NUGGETS!!!!11 are playing on Christmas Day, so you'd get to see them kick Blazer bahonka in glorious HD.
Plus watch a game with a rabid pack of NUGGETS!!!!11 fans that never run out of game commentary, that's always an experience....
That's it, I'm going to call off.......
Save me a place..... and some of the skin!
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Screw you guys, I'm going home.
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Southpaw Fanny wrote:Don't you mean two places? Because you know you're not getting out of there without MaBeast....littlebeast13 wrote:Southpaw Fanny wrote:
Damn, if I'd noticed that I would have stopped! And I know what you're doing, goading me into posting constantly this morning. Stop that, I need to save them!
And I can't guarantee you'd get a conversation on venereal disease, because conversation has to begin organically, but I can guarantee my family would be entertaining. In addition, the NUGGETS!!!!11 are playing on Christmas Day, so you'd get to see them kick Blazer bahonka in glorious HD.
Plus watch a game with a rabid pack of NUGGETS!!!!11 fans that never run out of game commentary, that's always an experience....
That's it, I'm going to call off.......
Save me a place..... and some of the skin!
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I'd call her from Slimy, Kansas, which is of course where the LBN would break down.....
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Exactly. Our neighbors across the street usually put their lights up mid-November but NEVER put them on before Thanksgiving.silvercamaro wrote:I don't begrudge people who start putting up their outdoor decorations before Thanksgiving. (After all, weather can be unpredictable, so if a nice day comes along, they might as well take advantage of the chance to work outside.) I just don't want to see the lights turned on before Thanksgiving!
And when we head to TLAF's on Wednesday, we will take the Christmas decorations down from the attic so that we can put things out Thanksgiving weekend.
I did a quick flip of our local radio stations yesterday and didn't find any Christmas music.
Of course, that doesn't mean they AREN'T playing Christmas music.
All that means is they might be playing songs twice an hour or something until the full Christmas music rotation starts and I just missed them.