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I was looking for planters 2 weeks ago. Heard Target had a pretty good selection so I went. After not finding a single flower pot, I asked an employee where they were.
He gave me a deflated sigh and said, "if there's any left, it'd be in aisle 7 between the greeting cards and sports....but I think it's all Christmas stuff now"
And he was right. Two full aisles of Christmas stuff. In the middle of October.
The xmas part of that is insane but...
It actually makes a lot of sense to not stock too many planters in stores in October (in North America)? You aren't planting much outdoors because the first frost is either here or coming harder than Mariah Carey's agent in late October. And indoors... some plants you DO start indoors but not 4-6 months ahead of time.
Don't get me wrong. There are still use cases. But it makes a lot of sense to take advantage of a nation-wide infrastructure for delivery or in-store pickup rather than shipping a number to every single location.
Houseplants! I wanted indoor ceramic pots. I agree it doesn't make sense for Target to have their gardening section stocked all year but I was surprised to find literally nothing.
Houseplants are great for winter, I just bought a new one this weekend lol
No? Lots of outdoor planting is in September / October. Gives them time to work on their root system without too much top work. Roses, clematis all sorts of things.
For anyone looking for planters: I got a few from the clothing store ROSS (???) but I'd recommend a thrift store first. I've gotten several for under $5. Otherwise, Home Depot has a good selection IF they have a good garden section - most do not.
Christmas has even creeped before Halloween at the store i went to buy Halloween decorations at. I want to riot
I've given up. Next year I'm giving out candy canes.
Same, I'm tired of Christmas colonising autumn!
A couple years ago I went somewhere for my cousin's birthday and they had haloween, bonfire night AND christmas decorations up all at the same time.
If I were some mad tyrant ruling the world and making arbitrary laws on a whim, one of my first acts would be to declare that every month will have one major holiday, and that all holidays shall be contained in their month. Bank holidays don't count, just the big thematic ones.
Since I'd also be fixing the calendar, that works out to 13 holidays, plus new years and leap day.
I’m here for this. Can you also limit Christmas music to like…. The week before Christmas?
My version of this has always been 30 days before the holiday, or the day after the previous holiday, whichever is less.
First day showed for...
Valentine's Day? January 15th
Easter? March 18th - March 25th (since Easter can be between March 22nd and April 25th, but can't encroach on St Patrick's Day territory on March 17th)
Thanksgiving? November 1st
Christmas? November 25th - November 29th (Turkey Day ranges from Nov 22nd to Nov 28th)
I'm with you on New Year's Day not being January 1st and instead being a non-day.
New Year's should be Dec 21.
In the UK we had Guy Fawkes' night for that, though it has now been somewhat supplanted by the reimported Hallowe'en traditions from the USA.
Of course, the USA was supposed to have Thanksgiving to hold Christmas at bay, and apparently that didn't work, so good luck.
i only know one thanksgiving song. maybe if thanksgiving had more good music maybe it could fend off the assault of the winter elves.
Linda has the best Thanksgiving song. And some banger thanksgiving jingles.
And I love the hell out of Regular Show, but this song is trash.
Hey fellow brit! I'm scared of fireworks so avoid them like the plague. They're exploding fire ffs!
FUN!
Critical support for Friendsgiving despite its colonialist background, that autumnal décor always gets me
We've taken to calling it feasting day, celebrating it on the last Friday of November, and the intent is to eat foods and officially change over to winter wardrobe.
I take it you're living pretty far south? End of November is definitely too late for me to change into winter wardrobe, I'm pretty much already wearing most of it.
South central Kansas. This is that weird period where it's 40 at night and anywhere from 60 to 90 at noon.
Damn, that's annoying. It's been 10°C day and night here for a while.
Oh I'd literally kill to live somewhere that stable! Please enjoy it a little extra today on my behalf, I can't wear my sweaters today because it's going to be 26C and sunny.
I mean this weather is at least somewhat unusual, but I will enjoy it on your behalf nonetheless 👍
We get Christmas BEFORE Halloween now. It's fucking ridiculous. Y'all out there buying Xmas crap in early October need to take a serious look at your priorities. JK.
OK, but consider this: Christmas sweets are fucking delicious. I'd buy that stuff in summer if I could.
Bro, Christmas shit was on the shelves in August around here.
👻💀Jack and Sally Hold The Line💀👻
This is wonderful!
Ugly sweaters and garish lights are their very own counterculture though, and I appreciate their supporters. They steel us against January's nihilistic void. It takes real courage to be kitsch. We should accept sanguine maniacs as much as our melancholic depressives.
I think that's what makes me so mad about the Christmas-shit-in-October. January is bleak. Christmas celebrations originally started on Christmas Day and lasted until near the end of January, which makes a lot of sense. December should be the quiet interim between autumnal harvest festivals and light-in-the-dark feasting.
And that's not even as bad as madness that is making January into the no booze, new diet nonsense. Originally that kinda thing was in early spring with Lent, which at least is a point in the year that you can start feeling hopeful again. January should be for warm fires, big meals and socialising, not feel bad that you've not been to the gym as much as you planned.
Christmas stuff shows up in August where im at. You'll have a few aisles of Halloween and a couple Christmas. Its been this way since about 2015 or atleast thats when I noticed it as I was working retail at that time. Lots of people give me shit for not celebrating Christmas until mid December. Its not really magical if we're just gonna celebrate it half the year.
The war on Christmas rages on.
Hold!
That!
Line!
Hallowe'en
These apostrophes are out of control.
They're taking over...
Also called Hallowe'en
I refuse.
that's an accepted spelling, though?
Well, don't forget Bonfire Night after Halloween.
I enjoy it way more, Halloween is kinda boring for me (I don't enjoy scary things), but Bonfire Night? Everybody sets off fireworks non stop for HOURS and we light thousands of bonfires and we eat bonfire treacle toffee and have chilli and burn effigies of the people that tried to take down the government it's FUCKIN SICK BRUH 🔥🔥🔥
"Battalion of baubled barbarians" is a juicy phrase.
I'm quite close to the family my brother married into. Both he and they are all Christmas music fanatics. The second Halloween stops until.. probably January. Drives me up a wall.
the monday after statesian thanksgiving or whenever we put up christmas decorations (usually the saturday after statesian thanksgiving) we play the albums that herald the beginning of christmas. Alvin and the Chipmunks, Mariah, and the Dr Demento Novelty Christmas Music Album kick it off and then as long as you don't play one of the songs someone hates (like Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree) anything goes musically.
I'm far more beltane than Samhain aligned, but thank you goths
They haven’t done a really good job recently, with Christmas decorations creeping in since mid-September
Al gave us our battle cry.
Every day is halloween.
Whatff do you meanf?
continues to eat ginger bread since August
Guess that makes me a goth. Dresses as Terraria's Unicorn