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Christman overkill

bargainsgirl — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:18:58 GMT

I am already so tired of Christmas. Sure seams like it all started way earlier this year. All holidays seem meaningless anymore with all the hoopla and commercialism...

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Miss Pepsi — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:21:13 GMT

It started in June and I love it. January starts the new year new you stuff and the endless gardening shows. Not my cup of tea at all. I really wish they had one Christmas channel. for me, that would be perfect.

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JYWilliams — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:36:54 GMT

I love the holidays but understand what your saying.

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cjm61 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:40:58 GMT

No matter how early the holiday season starts @bargainsgirl , it would never become "meaningless" for me and many others. I personally need all the time I can get and love all the ideas introduced.

Currently this is right in the middle of my busiest time of the year. My table is covered with my crafts I am making. I already wrapped a couple gifts and am in full force into my Christmas shopping and preparedness.

No Christmas decorations up yet but I am still in the spirit and can never get too much. There are several shopping channels to choose from, so far there hasn't been an hour that all of them are Christmas themed.

I love the holiday movies already showing, the commercials, the stores, and the shopping channels. Love it.

Christmas overkill

They CallMe MRWILKES — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:09:29 GMT

Virtually all retailers of any sort survive solely due to the holiday season.

"Black Friday" was given that name for good reason.

Without this season there would be very, very few general merchandise retailers in existence.

Without a successful Christmas-Gift Giving Season, retailers couldn't continue the next 9 calendar months. It's a tough business often with slim operating margins. There is nothing until back-to-school and Halloween, and even those are rarely sufficient.

It's just basic business common sense.

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:00:22 GMT

I LOVE all things Christmas! CIJ was fun, and I've been watching most of the Christmas shows today. However, since I really don't need anything, I'm watching on mute and have SiriusXM "Holiday Traditions" playing on my Echo.

I don't start to decorate until just after Thanksgiving, because I love my Fall decorations. But, Christmas is always in my heart.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:00:56 GMT

@bargainsgirl A few days after Labor Day all X-mas gifts have been mailed out.

The only gifts left are the wine & liquior gift baskets I send to my children which I will send this upcoming weekend for them to receive the Monday before Christmas which falls on a Thursday.

After Turkey day, I love going to the malls watching everyone running around like chickens w/their heads chopped off, unattended children running around inside the stores while their exasperated parents are running in circles in the mall looking for them, teenage girls wearing extra long spider leg eyelashes, teenage boys looking prison buffed to impress, etc.

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kaydee50 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:11:14 GMT

@bargainsgirl I agree. It almost seems sacrilegious to me with the emphasis on buying and not on the true meaning of what is being celebrated. I think starting after Labor Day is plenty of time for everyone to do their "shopping."

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rms1954 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:22:19 GMT

@bargainsgirl wrote:
I am already so tired of Christmas. Sure seams like it all started way earlier this year. All holidays seem meaningless anymore with all the hoopla and commercialism...

If you choose to look at all holidays as meaningless it's because you choose that persepective.

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Oznell — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:27:08 GMT

All the hyper mercantile promotions surrounding this holiday can be discouraging, you're right, @bargainsgirl .

I find if I purposely ignore all that, turn away, and just focus on the actual meaning of Christmas, the incredible gift that it is, in and of itself, then I can see it as the blessing that it is.

The glitz never has to interfere with our deep appreciation of this most important holiday.

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rms1954 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:45:23 GMT

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haddon9 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:56:28 GMT

@cjm61 wrote:
No matter how early the holiday season starts @bargainsgirl , it would never become "meaningless" for me and many others. I personally need all the time I can get and love all the ideas introduced.

Currently this is right in the middle of my busiest time of the year. My table is covered with my crafts I am making. I already wrapped a couple gifts and am in full force into my Christmas shopping and preparedness.

No Christmas decorations up yet but I am still in the spirit and can never get too much. There are several shopping channels to choose from, so far there hasn't been an hour that all of them are Christmas themed.

I love the holiday movies already showing, the commercials, the stores, and the shopping channels. Love it.

@cjm61 Would you care to share what crafts you are making?

I have mentioned before that I take a wet felting technique class once a week and have been working on some items. Scarves and a few vessels. I hope to make a small vessel in class tomorrow.

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Tinkrbl44 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:00:45 GMT

@kaydee50 wrote:
@bargainsgirl I agree. It almost seems sacrilegious to me with the emphasis on buying and not on the true meaning of what is being celebrated. I think starting after Labor Day is plenty of time for everyone to do their "shopping."

@kaydee50 @bargainsgirl

For crying out loud, keep in mind these are RETAILERS.

Their business is to offer products and show a profit, which is what their shareholders expect.

Yes, there is symbolism in bringing gifts to the newborn in the manger, but these are STORES.

If you want more emphasis on the true meaning of Christmas, shouldn't you be seeking that with your religious organizations of choice?

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Estellee — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:13:23 GMT

Come to think of it, I have been celebrating since June. Love the shopping channel programming, being out in stores and listening to music and watching holiday movies. Come January, no more. Christmas can be different to many people, many have suffered loss of family or income. I completely get it.

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kitcat51 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:13:25 GMT

I never get tired of Christmas...celebrating the true meaning, gift giving, decorating & all the hoopla that goes with it. I always shop early because it fits my budget since I have a huge property tax bill due in December. I live in the country near a small town that goes all out for CIJ, it's always crowded ...Main Street is decorated & closed, there's free activities for the kids, all kinds of goodies & bargains to keep shoppers happy & the business owners in business. I enjoy all the Holidays, hope I always will...truth is, they are what you make them.

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Carmie — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:17 GMT

I am not a fan of the Christmas season. I'd skip it if I could.

I prefer a laid back approach....church and dinner.

So, after many years of following tradition, I changed things. I just cook and bake... a lot because I like to spend the day with my family.

I no longer shop, decorate, wrap or run myself ragged for the things that don't really matter.

I give cash and a nice card, provide a really nice meal and many, many cookies and baked goods for my family and some friends.

The heck with retailers. They have no place in my Christmas. That stuff isn't important to me. I celebrate Christ's birth, not the secular holiday.

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wagirl — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:08:52 GMT

Agreed--am, tired of it now too, but understand that retail has got to get while the getting is good. You know, with the wonderful, beautiful tariffs and all----my shopping is done--since October as a matter of fact.

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Miliaktar — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 22:59:24 GMT

Every year it feels like Christmas gets pushed earlier and earlier. I swear I saw decorations before Halloween this time.

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Sooner — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:02:32 GMT

@bargainsgirl wrote:
I am already so tired of Christmas. Sure seams like it all started way earlier this year. All holidays seem meaningless anymore with all the hoopla and commercialism...

@bargainsgirl I am sick to death of football and basketball already and doesn't do me any good. And basketball lasts almost year around now.

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Shelbelle — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 23:11:13 GMT

Well, at least we got the World Series over with!!!