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.

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.