It's chriiiiiiiiistmaaaaassssss

[Paul K]

Well someone thinks so anyway
BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4134656.stm)

Londoners may be more concerned about sunburn or potential hosepipe bans, but Harrods has launched its Christmas range - 138 days before 25 December.
A Santa, dressed in a bathing suit to remind people it is summer, arrived at the Knightsbridge store, west London, to unveil the Yuletide range.
He was accompanied by a donkey called Dino, from Blackpool beach, wearing large yellow shades.

Swimming trunks Santa and his Donkey "Dino"? Nice to see that the classic Santa is safe and sound :erm:

[Ramrod]

:nutter:

[AndrewJ]

Next we will be getting Xmas adverts on telly.

[Russ]

They'll come in september. Honest, you watch.

[MovedGoalPosts]

This is daft and commercialism gone berserk. Why oh why is it necessary. Who on earth actually want's Christmas stuff some 5 months before the event. :mad:

The shops are all complaining that takings are down. Maybe they ought to sell stuff customers might actually buy, relative to the season.

[Paul K]

They'll come in september. Honest, you watch.
Must be nearly time for the Valentines cards to go out too :disturbd:

[Nugget]

Must be nearly time for the Valentines cards to go out too :disturbd:

Well that must mean that it's nearly time for the Easter Eggs then. Good news for all of our chocolate fans :D

[Maggy]

This is daft and commercialism gone berserk. Why oh why is it necessary. Who on earth actually want's Christmas stuff some 5 months before the event. :mad:

The shops are all complaining that takings are down. Maybe they ought to sell stuff customers might actually buy, relative to the season.


:gpoint:

[Jules]

Who on earth actually want's Christmas stuff some 5 months before the event. :mad:


I do I love Christmas and love to shop early for it


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[Paul K]

Who on earth actually want's Christmas stuff some 5 months before the event. :mad:


I do I love Christmas and love to shop early for it


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Better go to WDW Orlando, they have a shop called "Days of Christmas" that sells Christmas goods all year round. Has Trees up and decorated all the time and sells some really nice decorations andbaubels. Not that I've been in there :angel:
http://www.wdwinfo.com/downtown/marketplace/

[Jules]

Oh my idea of heaven I wish we had some thing like that over here

[Paul K]

http://www.nutcrackerchristmasshop.co.uk/
52 High Street
The Royal Mile
Edinburgh
EH1 1TB
Tel: 0131 558 8228
Our new website features only a small selection from the extensive range of quality Christmas merchandise and nutcrackers we offer. Visiting our shops in Callander, Crieff, Edinburgh or Stratford upon Avon will reward you with the ultimate Christmas experience. We invite you to browse through our site and we look forward to your order from the range displayed. We are open throughout the whole year.

[Julian]

Must be nearly time for the Valentines cards to go out too :disturbd:

Funny you should mention cards Paul... the Hallmark rep came round 2 weeks ago so we could place our orders for Father's Day cards for next year! :Yikes:

Our Halloween & Christmas stock starts arriving later this month. :)

[Halcyon]

Please dont mention Christmas !!! Its way tooooooo early.
Soon we will see Santa giving out Easter eggs and carving out halloween pumpkins at the same time too.
Madness.

[Stuart]

Must be nearly time for the Valentines cards to go out too :disturbd:

Funny you should mention cards Paul... the Hallmark rep came round 2 weeks ago so we could place our orders for Father's Day cards for next year! :Yikes:

Our Halloween & Christmas stock starts arriving later this month. :)

In fairness to Hallmark, they need to know how many they need to print (so they can order in supplies). Having said that doing it now is a little excessive. I remember when I worked in the Catering department of our local hospital, we had to get our orders in for Christmas supplies in MAY.