Valentines candy already out on Dec 23rd?!  

ah the joys of retail! yes, i was out shopping yesterday with my young daughter and i saw a little bit of valentine stuff out already! its really hard to believe that they do this!

I laughed my a## off as I was reading this post and my very sarcastic husband says "Just watch a few years from now they will be putting out christmas lights at the end of January!"
"That is so sad, maybe there isn't enough shopping days til christmas, there's always one more present to buy at Walmart." lol Susan, well mostly Jeff.

Since I'm avoiding the stores like the plague right now, I haven't seen this, but I do remember seeing Valentine candy out only a few days after Christmas last year. And EASTER candy! Lordy but that stuff will be stale by the time Easter rolls around!

yes they are and it is sad. but its not the stores fault its the man that wants to keep making that old mighty dollar and we are still dumb enough to fall for it because if we see something for valentines now we are likely to buy it now no matter what the holiday is for the moment. we just want to get it before someone else does,or buy it now so that we will already have it.

We need to celebrate the holidays as they come not 2 months earlyer. I hate the stores for doing that. Do they think they are going to make more money starting way early?

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The agony...! Oh...the agony... -_-
I'm happy to say I've not seen Valentine's stuff up. The worst part is, I'm not surprised something like this is happening. Think of how much emphasis a lot of people (and definitely retaliers) place on Valentine's. /temple rub.

That drives me crazy when I see that. Lets enjoy one holiday at a time. The stores are always one holiday ahead. Just like putting summer close out in January and Winter close out in July.

Good grief, these retailers are really getting out of hand aren't they?! I realize they're having a bad year because of the economy, but really, this is a little absurd to say the least. I haven't seen any Valentines stuff yet, and I'm hoping this isn't a new trend. Never thought about it before, but maybe (besides the economy and greed) they are having it out early so servicemen's wives can send care packages over. (Just a thought, but I'm sure $$$$ in the retailers hand is the real reason.)

Consider that the Christmas stuff starts showing up WAY before Thanksgiving is even here. I guess that is just so those who want an early start can have it, though like you I'd rather do one holiday at a time.

Yep, I saw valnetine stuff out on the shelf yesterday. i thought to myself can't they wait for one holiday to be over with before they start wanting money for another.

I'm starting to hand make more and more of the gifts I give. It's more personal and if some thing goes wrong with it, I'm there for the person to help fix it!