{"id":2331,"date":"2018-11-15T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:37:35","slug":"random-thoughts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/random-thoughts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas before Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m a little late on this post, but the point still stands. It seems to me as though every year, Christmas shows up earlier in stores.<\/p>\n

I was really struck by it this year. I went looking for some orange yearn for a crochet project about 2 weeks before Halloween.\u00a0(Side note, orange yarn is difficult to find. I could hardly believe I couldn’t find orange right before Halloween.)<\/em> Already, Michael’s was half Christmas.<\/p>\n

Springfield Town Center was completely Christmas-ed out the weekend before Halloween. They at least gave Halloween a nod by draping spiderwebs over everything. It still didn’t make it OK in my book.<\/p>\n

\"Halloween<\/p>\n

I enjoy Christmas. I have no problem with decorations, celebrations, etc. What I dislike, what annoys me, is how Christmas is encroaching on the other holidays. It’s long since obliterated Thanksgiving, but now it’s taking over Halloween, too. What’s next, literal Christmas in July?<\/p>\n

I also often hear and read grumblings that Christmas sales are down during the Christmas season (Black Friday – December 24). Perhaps if Christmas sales and shopping opportunities didn’t start in October \u2013 I swear I saw stuff in mid-September this year \u2013 sales would improve. Just saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anyone else bothered by how early Christmas stuff shows up in stores?<\/p>\n

Keep ReadingChristmas before Halloween<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-reflections","tag-thoughts","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Z77k-BB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14387,"url":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/2024-colorvent-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":2331,"position":0},"title":"24 Days of Dupes 2024 – Week 4","author":"Rachel","date":"December 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m attempting to dupe the 2024 Colorverse Colorvent (NO SPOILERS). 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