Christmas is coming early this year

September 2, 2009 – 10:45 am – No Comment

A recent trip to the Dollar Store uncovered something kind of interesting to me; Christmas is coming early this year.

This summer’s retail sales were abysmal for the most part and it looks like even the local dollar store is trying to make up for any lost sales by starting Christmas sales early. Just behind the nearly cleaned out school supplies display at the front of the store, was Christmas decorations including lights, wreaths, and ornaments.

This year it looks as though Halloween is already over and Thanksgiving doesn’t really exist either. I don’t like Thanksgiving too much, but I will miss Halloween. One of the amusing parts about seeing the decorations at the dollar store was that there weren’t any Halloween decorations out yet. When I asked, they hadn’t gotten the truck yet.

It is not just the local dollar store that is trying to cash in on Christmas early this year. Other retailers have started to get their Christmas and winter merchandise and put it out on the sales floor hoping that anxious shoppers will start stocking up before the rush hits in November…nearly three months from now.

I am a big fan of getting Christmas shopping done as quickly as possible to beat any rush that I might have to fight with as the season approaches, but I am really not looking at buying Christmas decorations or gifts in August or September.