Halloween merchandise has been on display in Home Goods since July. Anyone who expresses surprise at this or recites the knee-jerk "it gets earlier and earlier every year" is just plain out of touch. This has been going on for many, many years now. It's merged into a sort of "all one season" situation. To make sure people get the message, the Hallmark Channel runs ads for their holiday movies by showing Jack O'Lanterns with Santa hats on. And don't forget, about two weeks before Christmas the holiday merchandise is strategically withdrawn and tossed onto a "half price" table to make way for Valentine's Day merchandise. Again, it's not new. the first time I saw that was in Filene's at DTX, and how long has that been gone now?

Christmas tree shop

By Mark- on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 10:56am.

You can buy your (artificial) Christmas tree now at the Costco in Dedham.

So now we have Chelsea Christmas?

By jmeltzer on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 12:19pm.

Not just Allston?

there has to be a reason...

By JJ on Fri, 09/01/2023 - 1:07pm.

Does anyone buy this stuff four months out? I can't imagine a store wasting shelf space if not, but I've never seen anyone do so.

I hoped the were Valentine's gifts

By Daan on Sat, 09/02/2023 - 11:10am.

With all the big splashes of red I was hoping these were for stocking up for Valentine's Day.

Silly me. I was thinking of buying Halloween candy now so that I would be ready. Clearly I am too late.

Rule against starting Christmas sales if we have a heatwave?

By downtown-anon on Mon, 09/04/2023 - 6:41pm.

Granted the heatwave is to the south and west - not Boston, but there should be a rule. Like not wearing white pants after Labor Day.

Reminder: It's still summer

Comments

Globe Santa put in an

thanks for the reminder

plan ahead and enjoy the season

This is simply not new