What the EFF is it with stores and CHRISTMAS?!!?

So, this past Saturday, the date of which was OCTOBER SECOND, I went to my friendly local neighborhood Ralphs to buy some foodstuffs. A few seconds after walking in, I knew something was wrong. Dreadfully wrong.

The checkout people were wearing, brace for this, SANTA CLAUS hats. There were HOLIDAY DISPLAYS set up everywhere, consisting of holiday (and I mean Christmas, not the still upcoming Halloween and Thanksgiving dates still a month and two months away, respectively) foods, and MYLAR FLOATING CHRISTMAS TREE BALLOONS. How on earth is one of those balloons going to last until December? Beats me. Maybe they perfected some space-age new Mylar that never loses helium and does, in fact, make it's OWN helium, thereby keeping it in mid-air forever. Don't ask me.

Not only was all of the above going on, but to add insult to injury they were also playing FRANK SINATRA CHRISTMAS MUSIC on the in store speaker system. I felt like I had stepped through a time-warp to the first week in December. Which would have really sucked because then I'd only have THREE WEEKS to do my Christmas shopping, vs. the 90 days I have now. Better get right on it.

THANK YOU RALPHS. AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.

Hell, why don't they just leave that stuff up year round?

Comments

[MattG]

That's EFF'd up, dude. They at least need to wait until Thanksgiving is over.

[Carina]

I think the Easter decor goes up next month.