Anybody else think Christmas advertising shouldn't start until Black Friday?
i wish it'd start on december 1st. in france, halloween is a really new holiday (used to be allsaint's day and the day of the dead that was honored, and wasn't a big deal outside of florists). on the plus side, we've got cheap candy, decorations, and costumes on sale in october. on the downside, it's also triggered christmas creep. we're on november 2nd, and stores and businesses are already starting to deck themselves out in "winter cheer". nevermind that snow is uncommon around here. so far, no merchandising to be seen outside of in-store decorations, though. might wait one or two weeks.
say, quick question for any americans living in the southwest. despite the desert, do businesses use fake snow in their storefronts? and is it ludicrous, egregious, or well done?