Wrecking Ball: Corporate Christmas

Every year, when I go to Walmart right after Labor Day, I walk in, look to my right and way up at the top with flashing lights is a big ol’ Santa in his sleigh. This is a full two months before Halloween, three before Thanksgiving and four before Christmas. While I do understand Christmas is the biggest shopping season for these companies, there is no need to bring Christmas decorations into store before Halloween rolls around.

Let’s take the worst offender out of the group, Hobby Lobby. According to a statement released by the company themselves, they have two seasons, spring and Christmas. The Christmas season for Hobby Lobby starts June first, a full seven months before Christmas. The next month, Hallmark, the company which made sappy Christmas movies popular, releases their holiday lineup and movie schedule. Yes, they have been playing movies since JULY. It’s absolutely outrageous. Nobody in their right mind watches Christmas movies in July.

Another problem with Christmas is that the biggest day of the shopping season, Black Friday, has slowly turned into Black Week. Many stores like Kohl’s and Walmart start Black Friday the day of Thanksgiving. Why would people want to leave all the delicious food to go shopping in a cramped store and leave battered and bruised from angry mobs?

The only way for this to be fixed is for people to only buy Christmas stuff in December. However, 40 percent of people surveyed by the National Retail Federation start their winter holiday shopping before Halloween. The most likely scenario is that it will only be pushed back farther and farther without anybody having a problem. It’s almost like people actually enjoy Christmas in July. Yuck. Leave it for December.

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