to have wanted to scream hysterically

[petal2008]

in my local supermarket and run down the aisles sweeping aside all the bloody Christmas selection boxes and Christmas cards in my wake. No wonder I am getting more bah humbug every year. It is September, the kids are just back at school. We have yet to have Bonfire Night and Halloween and the sodding Christmas stuff is out.

can I join you ?

and me! YANBU

Normally they at least wait till Hallowe'en don't they?!

Have you got your sprouts on yet?

Me too! I bloody hate all the crap that is shoved down our throats between now and the end of December. No, I know you don't have to buy it but your kids will pester and pester for things. There were Halloween things in Matalan in August FGS.

I don't know why the retailers do it as most people loathe it and ramming it down our throats earlier and earlier hasn't let to an increase in sales apart from a few weirdos organised people who like to "sort out Christmas" in September

Ah well, starting my PGCE on Monday so unlikely to see the inside of a shop till we break up on 22 December

OH FFS, it's ruins Christmas, the build up is so long you're fed up of it all by November

What's worse is when the sensible among us pop to Tesco on Dec 23rd to get the Xmas supplies to find its all easter eggs and BBQ gear

I saw advent calendars in the shops at the start of the summer holidays.

Who buys them that early? Surely someone in the house would eat all the chocolate out of it long before December?

Nah, the Easter stuff doesn't come out as ridiculously early as Dec 23rd. They always wait until Boxing Day

I saw mince pies in the Co-op the other day- the use by date was the middle of October.