When should stores start putting out Christmas decorations?

[Lucy68]

July

October 31st

November 1st

Day After Thanksgiving

December 1st

I Don't Celebrate Christmas

[Anonymous]

OMG!!!!! I used to work in a retail store that sold decorative items as well, and I can tell you, as much as people complain and whine about how early we started putting out Christmas decor, please know that EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE of those knick knacks and wreaths, and baubles, and gifts had to be individually unwrapped by me or my co-workers and then placed on a shelf, or rack. There were like thousands of pieces which took a long a-- time to do freight. If back then, we had started in December, people would be complaining about why there isn't enough stuff on the shelves. It literally had nothing to do with wanting to start early just because we wanted to get to the holidays. If you wanted all that holiday crap, we had to start early or we'd never get it to the shelves by the time you actually wanted to look for pieces. Rant over!

[Lucy68]

I worked in retail and now in a warehouse and omg I feel your pain

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you, someone gets it!!! I remember I could never have nails around this time of year because of all damage from opening all the thousands of endless boxes during the season. Don't miss those days.

[Lucy68]

I work with a lot of women and what they would do is get gel nails but that's expensive as hell

[BlueScorpio]

After Thanksgiving, they always put crap out way to early, it wasn't even holloween/Thanksgiving yet and I started seeing Christmas stuff the 1st of October. I'm seeing holiday bodycare and such out already.. like geez chill.

[Lucy68]

Honestly I prefer getting Christmas stuff by November just to avoid the crazy December. But I do see where you come from

[BlueScorpio]

I think it's better yo get the day after Christmas cause all the Christmas stuff will go on sale and be discounted.

[Lucy68]

True

[USLegionary]

No. It always remembers me of the hoos in the Grinshill that stole Christmas where they started preparing for the next Christmas notvlong after Christmas. I think Christmas is over exposed and should be only start getting ready for 2 week before at most.

[Cubus]

After November 1st, which is an All Saints Day.

[Cubus]

Thank you for Most Helpful

[Guy13]

November 1: In Biden’s Economy seeing the decorations early just pisses consumers off.

It reminds everyone how much less expendable income there is as compared to Trump years. Global debt and crash is coming to a head as Consuming less Americans I know will be making and baking this Christmas season away.

[Massageman]

Stores already had Christmas stuff up for a week or two.

Can't we get past Thanksgiving, yet alone Halloween, first - please?

[MCheetah]

[I don't know when stores should start doing it. And I wrote most of the answer to this question without reading the question properly and thought it was asking when should PEOPLE start putting up decorations. And I'm not going to now erase it all. So, just pretend like I knew it said "stores" the whole time, anyway.]

I can't speak for stores doing what they do, but...

I grew up too poor to pretend like Christmas mattered or that I ever got anything on Christmas. In fact, Christmas was a worse time for me, because it meant I had to stay home with my mother, and there was nothing open to hang out all day at to avoid her, and no friends were around to hang out with, and it was too cold to just be outside all day long during nothing. I won't say I "hated Christmas," but it definitely was not a good time for me growing up.

Anyway... My grandmother usually would put up Christmas decorations and window lights in her house the very day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday), and so did most everyone else in her neighborhood. That was the unofficial day they all did it. And you had until January 7th to take your stuff down off and stop leaving the Christmas lights on.

So I'm not sure whether to vote Option F or D. I didn't live with my grandmother though, so it was Option F in my home.

As for answering the question about stores, they're going to usually do it on Black Friday, just to sell the most money. Or even before then.

[Ian69]

Here in the United Kingdom, Christmas decorations are already in the stores now. Some stores I went into at the end of September, were just starting to put them out.

[slatyb]

In the US it used to be the day after Thanksgiving, but now it's more like November 1.

[Lucy68]

@slatyb if you go to places like Hobby Lobby some will have Christmas decorations by May and some the beginning of July

[Summeroflove]

I say a little before Thanksgiving. So you can buy some if you need it. But. Stores learn. If they put them out early. People will buy them.


It’s crazy to me. July? Seriously? Before Halloween? Good grief shouldn’t they be selling Halloween decorations?

[NathanDavis]

whenever they have those Black Friday sales...

shopping for Christmas always starts way before Christmas is celebrated, lol

[Havthrills]

I think at least after Halloween. The Christmas stuff has been in stores for almost a month with the Halloween stuff on clearance. Kind of early. Lol

[TrueConfection]

C. November 1st. I'm fine with them in October too.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

I would think the day after Thanksgiving Day would be just right.

[slatyb]

I don't celebrate Christmas and I don't shop for anything besides groceries.

[slatyb]

We may put up a tree this year. That's an old European tradition that predates Christianity by many centuries. Here's a link to my favorite Christmas song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNvZqpa-7Q

It gets me every time I hear it.

[HighValue]

December 1st or a couple days after Thanksgiving. (After black Friday.)

[MrPickles13]

1st of December is the only acceptable one. It's ridiculous how early that stuff ends up in. Stores and this is for something that is only 2 days.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

This looks the best

[Pudsmucker]

I seen a lot of the Christmas decorations out now in a lot of stores here in central United States.

[TroyDT2]

I saw Christmas stuff in Kohls in September this year. That's too early even for me.

[20yearsolder]

The day after Thanksgiving in my opinion

[eagle1951]

after TG like it use to be

[XXblack88]

I think nov 1st

[BJP21]

When its actually December.

[User3191989]

Technically, never