• tyler@programming.dev
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    5 days ago

    Costco put out Christmas stuff near us. These companies are literally completely destroying the meaning of the holidays.

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      Costco is particularly infamous for this. They start putting out Halloween in July and Christmas in August. By September, Halloween is over and it’s all Christmas

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      I feel like the only companies who should have stuff out early like that are craft stores because people need time to craft things.

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      You have to go back pretty far to have the meaning of holidays not be about rampant consumerism.

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          Kinda annoying but also, just because it’s for sale doesn’t mean it has to be that season…

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            Sure, but it’s half a year away. The holiday was so much more fun when it was a special time of year when you started to see any of it. Christmas decorations weren’t sold until November when I was a kid. There’s zero reason to sell them in August except to ruin the holiday.