THREE MAJOR HOLIDAYS

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

This is such a confusing & chaotic time for retailers .... today I saw both Halloween candy and Christmas candy in the same section.

They are having sales on plenty of things for three different holidays coming up:

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Christmas, Hanukkah etc

I see a LOT of Halloween candy on sale already.

There are other holidays, but I wonder .... do you take it one holiday at a time, or do you buy "whatever" if you need or like it?

ALRATIBA · ‎07-15-2016

I don't decorate for any holidays. Small apartment and I don't entertain here.

BUT - our church is doing a Halloween (All Hallows Eve ... eve of All Saints Day) party for the kids and I donated a bunch of candy

PA Mom-mom · ‎05-27-2015

@Tinkrbl44 I''ve seen Halloween candy "on sale," but it isn't inexpensive. If you wait until the day of, there won't be anything left except the candy the kids don't want. I've already bought my bags of candy. I got 10.

I started planning my menu for Thanksgiving in early September. That includes practicing some new recipes or techniques.

I started shopping for Christmas cards in June (maybe February), and I'm not really satisfied with what I finally got. Some gifts are bought and I have decided on what most people are getting.

So, to answer you, I take them as I need to in order to save my sanity. DH would say I lost that long ago

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

I live in a small gated community so no trick or treaters here.

l decorate minimally, and I mean extremely minimally, for Christmas. I don't decorate for any other holidays. I actually don't care for holidays anymore. I like regular weekdays.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

ScrapHappy · ‎03-28-2010

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
This is such a confusing & chaotic time for retailers .... sales on plenty of things for three different holidays coming up ...

Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas, Hanukkah etc

I see a LOT of Halloween candy on sale already.

There are other holidays, but I wonder .... do you take it one holiday at a time, or do you buy "whatever" if you need or like it?

The opposite here concerning Halloween candy. Not much in the way of sales on candy. Usually by now, all candy has been picked over and not much left. I was at Target last night and 2 grocery stores this morning and there is still plenty of candy to be had.

Zwervend · ‎09-02-2023

I buy what I need, when I need it.

I'll be at the beach for Halloween and Thanksgiving. No trick-or-treaters as I'm in a security building. I don't like/won't eat the majority of the traditional Thanksgiving meal so I fix my own meal whenever I'm hungry with whatever is fresh from the seafood market the day before.

I'll be back up north for Christmas, but will rarely spend much time at home, so there's really no point (and less interest) in decorating.

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justashopper · ‎03-21-2010

They do it to themselves. Last year they basically did away with Black Friday and I see it's already started and it's not even Halloween... but all the deals and holiday specials aready started.

Two weeks before Halloween I couldn't find one Halloween platemat. LOL. It's ridiculious.

ellaphant · ‎12-13-2010

I no longer buy any holiday items. I have what I need. After my last move I got rid of a LOT!

Love living clutter free!

Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

I stopped giving out Halloween candy 10 years ago but if I do need something for Christmas I will buy it when I see it. I just bought a new tree skirt and waiting for Amazon to deliver it today. My Thanksgiving dinner is the same every year. It's just the two of us so it's not that difficult. I don't go all out decorating for Christmas either. A tree that's it.

willdob3 · ‎11-01-2010

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
This is such a confusing & chaotic time for retailers .... sales on plenty of things for three different holidays coming up ...

Halloween
Thanksgiving
Christmas, Hanukkah etc

I see a LOT of Halloween candy on sale already.

There are other holidays, but I wonder .... do you take it one holiday at a time, or do you buy "whatever" if you need or like it?

@Tinkrbl44 I don't celebrate Halloween and I don't need tons of things for any holiday. The retailers just want to sell stuff so their marketing tells us we need their stuff. No one is forced to listen to them.