Or, well, so some marketers would like to have us believe. For several years now as the Christmas catalogs arrive earlier and earlier I’ve been vowing to myself to make note of the arrival date of the first Christmas catalog of the season. Just for kicks, you know, and also so I can complain about the egregiously early arrival of the marketing hype. Anyway, the first catalog came today from Northstyle. Here it is, with a look at the excitement on the back cover:
Consider yourself warned-the Christmas shopping season is officially open!
(The fact that today is August 2oth and the thermometer topped out in the low 90′s does put a bit of a damper on my enthusiasm, somehow….)
Wow. And I thought it was bad that the Halloween displays had already started! Insanity!!
You know, it is so funny that you mention the early Christmas vibe that sometimes happens in the summer. I was just saying to my husband today that we need to slowly start shopping for the boys’ gifts now, so that we are not spending a frillion dollars all at once in November and December. It does feel weird Christmas shopping in August, but somehow I feel relieved knowing that I haven’t left it all to the last minute!