I am having a small Halloween party for DD and some of her friends on Monday. I've done this every year.
I went into Tesco at the start of the week and there was nothing in stock except a few costumes and some of those Halloween themed mini rolls. OK, whatever. I knew I would be in a bigger town today and thought I'd get something there.
Did I fuck. Went into four different shops, including Poundland, Asda and another Tesco. Fuck all. Loads of pumpkins outside Asda, but I had to ask for anything else - was shown one tiny bit of the seasonal aisle with a few masks and fake blood. Everything else was head to toe Christmas
Halloween isn't even here yet....all I wanted was some paper cups with fucking skulls on, and some of that spider web stuff.
The lady who helped me said they'd basically cleared out everything to make way for Christmas
I'm not a last minute shopper, it's the week before Halloween, aibu to think I should still be able to get Halloween themed tat?
I don't think I've every known so much Christmas stuff to be in the shops so early, at the expense of everything else
First world problem I know. But it's a bit bloody silly isn't it? We'll start getting bored of every seasonal celebration before the bloody date rolls round
There was more Halloween stuff in my local Tesco and town centre shops than I’ve ever seen before. I was walking around thinking “there’s an awful lot of Halloween stuff around”. Maybe it depends on where you are.
My local tesco had the Christmas aisle in place before there was any sign of halloween. I’d complain but I grew up in Germany and Lebkuchen (little soft gingerbread type cookies) remind me of my childhood so the earlier I can get hold of it the better for me!
They won't restock the shelves when there is only a few days until Halloween. It would be a waste of time. Can you not make the decorations out another things instead? Has your dd got her costume already?
jonsnow it was virtually non existent here until a few years ago when I found a pack in Waitrose, since then they show up most years in the seasonal aisles if you are looking for them. Currently have 3 bags of them in my cupboard and have introduced DS to them too, creating a little family tradition here
