Current Events > I'm at Costco atm and they've got a bunch of Christmas stuff out

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This is despressing, cant we celebrate Thanksgiving first before we start Christmas

thank you for the information. My parents may want to go to Costco for their Christmas purchases

by the way, Christmas products sell much more than Thanksgiving products

Why do you need to go to the atm at Costco? Just use your card to checkout

Everyone knows that stores start their Christmas inventory the instant August ends.

Did you get a $1.50 hot dog and soda combo?

As far as stores are concerned, "Thanksgiving stuff" isn't really a thing. You don't decorate for Thanksgiving, you just buy stuff like food. Thus, it makes sense to go Halloween -> Christmas, when it comes to displays.

Well yeah. The 12 weeks of Christmas already started. Why wouldn't they have the decorations out?

/s

eventually, the Christmas decorations will come out on Janurary 1st and the entire year will be non-stop BUY BUY BUY SPEND SPEND SPEND PRESENTS PRESENTS YAY CAPITALISM instead of just November and December.

StealThisSheen posted...

As far as stores are concerned, "Thanksgiving stuff" isn't really a thing. You don't decorate for Thanksgiving, you just buy stuff like food. Thus, it makes sense to go Halloween -> Christmas, when it comes to displays.

but we are over a month away from Halloween

But then they discount the stuff before Christmas so if you wait you can get a good deal.

PeteyParker posted...

Did you get a $1.50 hot dog and soda combo?

That and the $5 rotessaree chicken, too good to pass down

I was at Lowes on Monday and was shocked too.

It is ridiculous.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

eventually, the Christmas decorations will come out on Janurary 1st and the entire year will be non-stop BUY BUY BUY SPEND SPEND SPEND PRESENTS PRESENTS YAY CAPITALISM instead of just November and December.

but we are over a month away from Halloween

And they also have Halloween stuff out. They just have both, because while Halloween is the current upcoming holiday, there's a good chance people may go "Ooh, Christmas trees on sale!" and buy one in preparation for the next holiday.

It's a "Think one step ahead" approach, that retail takes.

EDIT: And, to be fair, it's not like Costco is literally decorated for Christmas. They just currently have a Christmas tree/decoration section. A majority of stores are, indeed, only decorated for Halloween, right now.

EDIT EDIT: That said, Costco is a poor example in general, since Costco doesn't decorate like other stores do. They just put shit out for you to buy.

But Costco yanks all the Christmas stuff on December 24 (or earlier). No after-Christmas sales for them.