Christmas Comes But All The Year

Joel Achenbach hit the mark with a blog yesterday on Starbucks Coffee's over-early Christmas decor.

Maybe the retail wizards, fearing predictions of a glum holiday season, have decided that if the season is made into two months, rather than one, they can claim to have outpaced last year and performed well in the fourth quarter. Whatever the reason, I'm not listening to holiday tunes with coffee until Advent, so now I know where not to go. Here are the readers' takes.

TBG says Starbucks is not alone in rushing the seasons. "Caribou Coffee is keeping right up with Starbucks. Went into Caribou this morning only to hear Christmas Carols and to see and excess of holiday decor. Even the cups and napkins have snowflakes on them. Yikes."

Mo screams, "I HATE IT WHEN THEY PUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS UP BEFORE THANKSGIVING! *whew* sorry... i couldn't hold it back! and that whole Christmas in July crap? ARGGGHHHHHHHH! don't get me wrong... i love love love Christmas - everyone is so warm and fuzzy and loving and i love the smells and getting just the right tree and so forth but that's because it's "special" - it's a "special" time of year - let's not whore it out for that extra buck! " A-freakin-men, Mo.

"Christmas is nice, but Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It gets no credit, no kudos. But I think if it did, it might not be so special anymore," says TA. Yes, that's something to be thankful for.

And LP postulates that, "...perhaps sometime in the distant future the whole Christmas-too-early thing may cease to be a problem, as retailers discover it drives consumers away more than it lures them in. Maybe this is just wishful thinking."

By Lindsay Howerton |  November 11, 2005; 12:03 PM ET  | Category:  Consumer Issues
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