Coffee break- what happened to Thanksgiving?
I am at a Starbucks where I stopped on my way to my first meeting and was shocked to find that overnight the decoration theme changed from Halloween to Christmas. Everything is just too red in here for my taste. I was hoping for some nice burnt orange fall theme first. Ahh, commercialism.
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THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!!!! WHY WOULD A COMPANY DO THIS TO A HOLIDAY THAT IS SO RELIGIOUSLY LOADED AND PERSONALLY IMPORTANT TO SO MANY CONSUMERS???
At least Stores like CVS in my area had the decency to start shelving Christmas merchandise BEFORE Halloween actually happened. I feel bad that your Starbucks had the audacity to wait until AFTER Halloween. I am a “cup half full” guy, so maybe Starbucks was just trying to be EXTRA EALY for Christmas 2009.
The local mall has had Xmas crap up for a couple of weeks. And the local costco has xmas music playing. Makes me glad I’m not an Xian. But it’ll all work out in the end. In a few weeks when gas hits $4 a gallon, no one will have the money for a 3 month Xmas anymore and it might drop back to after thanksgiving.