the "monkey see, monkey do" effect. As in "gee, my competitor is starting Christmas sales a week earlier than he did last year. Well, I obviously must start my Christmas sales two weeks earlier than I did last year."
The fact we have a tax code that allows businesses to write off any losses they may incur by starting the season far too early doesn't exactly help matters either.
As for the tree - cutting it down well before you're going to set it up and use it isn't exactly the best idea. I can see it a month from now - Faneuil Hall patrons attacked by onslaught of shedding pine needles
PS - Love how the tree nicely obscures most of the "OVERSIZED LOAD" banner on the trailer.
I don't shop at places that roll out the Christmas crap this early, and I stick to it and I can't be the only one.
This year Best Buy lost my business (I don't remember them advertising before Halloween last year, but this year they're embarassing themselves), K-Mart never had it anyway, and I won't buy anything made by Lil Tykes.
Wish more consumers would stop with the me-too-ism.
stringing the Christmas lights in the trees on the Common. Would've made more sense for them to wait until all the leaves have fallen. But perhaps that's just me.
Now that it gets dark early, I prefer having Christmas lights on the trees o n the Common... even if it's early November. However, I do NOT want to hear Xmas songs in stores until after Thanksgiving.
To cut down, ship, install, decorate, cut down a second time. Never mind the tree lighting ceremony. It takes a few weeks just to decorate it.
We might as well get as much time out of the thing as we can.
The tree from Nova Scotia is a gift from Halifax to Boston as a continuing thank-you for when many in Boston dropped everything, cancelled their holiday plans, and steamed north on a moment's notice to aid the broken, blasted, and then Nor'Eastered city.
Ok you bah humbugers the REASON the tree shows up so early is because they set it up and individually drill in extra branches. This process (filling tree in, adding lights, decorating etc) takes around 2 weeks. The Tree lighting is November 21st right before Thanksgiving starting off the whole holiday season.
At least we still give children a chance to celebrate holidays. And give families a chance to get together for a fun event. The City of Boston goes through great time and expense to provide us these memories.
P.S. My tradition, I go to every city wide tree lighting and enjoy the family fun!!!
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Retailers must think early Christmas increases profit
The only way to stop it is to convince retailers that early Christmas decorations decrease profit.
This might mean large numbers of people conspicuously refusing to shop at places that put up Christmas decorations before the day after Thanksgiving.
Actually, most of it is
the "monkey see, monkey do" effect. As in "gee, my competitor is starting Christmas sales a week earlier than he did last year. Well, I obviously must start my Christmas sales two weeks earlier than I did last year."
The fact we have a tax code that allows businesses to write off any losses they may incur by starting the season far too early doesn't exactly help matters either.
As for the tree - cutting it down well before you're going to set it up and use it isn't exactly the best idea. I can see it a month from now - Faneuil Hall patrons attacked by onslaught of shedding pine needles
PS - Love how the tree nicely obscures most of the "OVERSIZED LOAD" banner on the trailer.
greed
I don't shop at places that roll out the Christmas crap this early, and I stick to it and I can't be the only one.
This year Best Buy lost my business (I don't remember them advertising before Halloween last year, but this year they're embarassing themselves), K-Mart never had it anyway, and I won't buy anything made by Lil Tykes.
Wish more consumers would stop with the me-too-ism.
A Single Tree Isn't Too Bad— Just Don't Start Decorating It Yet!
And they've started
stringing the Christmas lights in the trees on the Common. Would've made more sense for them to wait until all the leaves have fallen. But perhaps that's just me.
Now that it gets dark early,
Now that it gets dark early, I prefer having Christmas lights on the trees o n the Common... even if it's early November. However, I do NOT want to hear Xmas songs in stores until after Thanksgiving.
If only others could be like Sav-Mor
Last year's marquee:
As I recall from past years
they don't illuminate those lights until the Christmas tree from Halifax (see others postings below) is officially unveiled in early December.
Go boom
Nov. 5, a.k.a. Guy Fawkes Day. Coincidence or devious plot?
Plus
it's 72 degrees outside.
This tree costs over $100,000
To cut down, ship, install, decorate, cut down a second time. Never mind the tree lighting ceremony. It takes a few weeks just to decorate it.
We might as well get as much time out of the thing as we can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTsZOGkYZ0k
It's OK. Our main tree in the
It's OK. Our main tree in the Common is from our Northern friends.
2017 will be 100 years
100 years since the great Halifax explosion.
The tree from Nova Scotia is a gift from Halifax to Boston as a continuing thank-you for when many in Boston dropped everything, cancelled their holiday plans, and steamed north on a moment's notice to aid the broken, blasted, and then Nor'Eastered city.
It was the biggest human-made explosion before the atomic era: http://www.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/
You win for most interesting
You win for most interesting thing I did not expect to find, given the post's content. I didn't even know about this.
It's all fun and games until
It's all fun and games until some tough turkeys from the mean streets of Brookline roost in it and plot the overthrow of humanity.
I'm more worried about the
I'm more worried about the potential ent backlash.
The Faneuil Hall Marketplace Christmas tree is here
Ok you bah humbugers the REASON the tree shows up so early is because they set it up and individually drill in extra branches. This process (filling tree in, adding lights, decorating etc) takes around 2 weeks. The Tree lighting is November 21st right before Thanksgiving starting off the whole holiday season.
At least we still give children a chance to celebrate holidays. And give families a chance to get together for a fun event. The City of Boston goes through great time and expense to provide us these memories.
P.S. My tradition, I go to every city wide tree lighting and enjoy the family fun!!!