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10/18/18 05:18 PM
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T Bird
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My local Walmart has had full blown Christmas inventory displayed since 1 Oct. Every time I enter the Garden Center I have to walk through the "Rise of the Inflatables" singing a medley of Xmas songs. No wonder a number of their employees seem to be suffering PTSD. 
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 Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937665
10/18/18 05:24 PM
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Hard Rain
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Tons of places have Christmas stuff out not even Halloween...truly disgusting.
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937688
10/18/18 05:47 PM
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Indianation65
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I love Christmas, any time of the year. This world needs more good tidings of great joy.
...wisdom!
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937693
10/18/18 05:52 PM
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Urban Fisher
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Man a bunch of hum bugs up in here. I think I'm going to dress up as Santa for Halloween.
Jane says I've never been in love - no
She don't know what it is
She only knows if someone wants her
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Re: Walmart
[Re: Indianation65]
#12937703
10/18/18 06:00 PM
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Hard Rain
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I love Christmas, any time of the year. This world needs more good tidings of great joy.
...wisdom! I hope you realize stores putting our Christmas merchandise this early had zero to do with good tidings of great joy and everything to do with marketing greed. To me the Christmas season starts the day after Thanksgiving. Anything more earlier cheapens the season.
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Re: Walmart
[Re: Hard Rain]
#12937708
10/18/18 06:05 PM
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Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 38,366
Kattelyn
Little Psycho Coffee
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Little Psycho Coffee
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I hope you realize stores putting our Christmas merchandise this early had zero to do with good tidings of great joy and everything to do with marketing greed. To me the Christmas season starts the day after Thanksgiving. Anything more earlier cheapens the season. ^^THIS^^ I'm not particularly a fan of Christmas anyway. It's too commercialized. I hate feeling like I'm required to give everybody I know gifts to prove that I appreciate them. If I see something I want to give someone, I'm going to buy it right then and give it to them regardless of the date. Give me Thanksgiving. I'd rather have the excuse to cook up a storm with folks I love and eat ourselves into a food coma.
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Re: Walmart
[Re: Kattelyn]
#12937718
10/18/18 06:14 PM
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JJ4MEL
TFF Team Angler
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TFF Team Angler
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I hope you realize stores putting our Christmas merchandise this early had zero to do with good tidings of great joy and everything to do with marketing greed. To me the Christmas season starts the day after Thanksgiving. Anything more earlier cheapens the season. ^^THIS^^ I'm not particularly a fan of Christmas anyway. It's too commercialized. I hate feeling like I'm required to give everybody I know gifts to prove that I appreciate them. If I see something I want to give someone, I'm going to buy it right then and give it to them regardless of the date. Give me Thanksgiving. I'd rather have the excuse to cook up a storm with folks I love and eat ourselves into a food coma. 
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937720
10/18/18 06:17 PM
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Woody Wood
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Time to hang the lights too
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937722
10/18/18 06:20 PM
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Indianation65
TFF Guru
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Really? No, I didn't know that department stores were in the business of marketing and selling merchandise.
Thanks for the edification. IN65
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937737
10/18/18 06:31 PM
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kjwolvy
TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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Heck, even Tractor Supply has had Christmas stuff out for a month.
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937804
10/18/18 07:35 PM
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grandpa75672
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All major holidays no longer hold their original meaning. Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas, Holloween, Fourth of July, Memorial Day are just commercial extra sales days for retail business. Got to make that extra dollar so Xmas (can't call it Christmas at Walmart) is celebrated starting Oct 1st.
I'm old. I remember when Christmas didn't hit the stores until the day after Thanksgiving. The true meaning of the holidays is lost. Christmas is for decorating your house with lights, reindeer, Santa Claus, and Frosty. It is for gift giving while the the most Precious Gift of all is lost among the commercials and sales.
It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.... W.C.Fields
I know a little about a lot of things but not a whole lot about anything....CGD
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937811
10/18/18 07:39 PM
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Derek 🐝
Queen of Bees
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Queen of Bees
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I like it. It makes me think of Christmas Jesus a lot. Christmas baby Jesus is my favorite Jesus.
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Re: Walmart
[Re: grandpa75672]
#12937813
10/18/18 07:39 PM
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Posts: 12,094
Urban Fisher
TFF Guru
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All major holidays no longer hold their original meaning. Thanksgiving, Easter, Christmas, Holloween, Fourth of July, Memorial Day are just commercial extra sales days for retail business. Got to make that extra dollar so Xmas (can't call it Christmas at Walmart) is celebrated starting Oct 1st.
I'm old. I remember when Christmas didn't hit the stores until the day after Thanksgiving. The true meaning of the holidays is lost. Christmas is for decorating your house with lights, reindeer, Santa Claus, and Frosty. It is for gift giving while the the most Precious Gift of all is lost among the commercials and sales. From a grumpy old man's perspective. I still see houses decorated, trees all light up, kids excited about the holiday and gifts, family getting together to over eat. Just cause your Christmas sucks, doesn't mean everyone else's does.
Jane says I've never been in love - no
She don't know what it is
She only knows if someone wants her
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937854
10/18/18 08:16 PM
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Posts: 14,793
Stump jumper
TFF Guru
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My local Walmart has had full blown Christmas inventory displayed since 1 Oct. Every time I enter the Garden Center I have to walk through the "Rise of the Inflatables" singing a medley of Xmas songs. No wonder a number of their employees seem to be suffering PTSD. yep, and in Walmart's mind pool maintenance ends. Really ticks me off that I can't make one stop any more. Probably better margins in the Xmas stuff. I wait for the clearance sales at end of December to buy that stuff.
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Re: Walmart
[Re: T Bird]
#12937875
10/18/18 08:36 PM
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Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,883
TheBiscuit
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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Reminds me of the fond, warm memories of Christmas.
Back To School sales in June not so much.
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