Get your Purses and Wallets at the Ready!!!!

[horseshoes]

http://uk.news.yahoo....ctions-120348988.html

Don't you think this is madness?

[boxtops]

Yes, but people have no money so are spreading the cost - I wouldn't actively go Christmas shopping but we have already bought a few bits and pieces as we can afford them (and when we see something just right for someone).

[wolf63]

We have been selling diaries and calendars for next year for a while now - I thought that it was just Oxfam being numpties but all the charity shops are the same.

I am not that organised.

;-)

[horseshoes]

Yes Boxy, I suppose I do that too. Especially the little bits and pieces for stocking fillers which can soon mount up.

[Arksided]

I can understand the reason to spread the cost of Christmas over the year, it does make financial sense. This however is taking the proverbial P. I know that they start earlier each year it seems but it's still only July.. isn't it?
The footy season hasn't kicked off yet (Premiership)

[dotty.]

At work the 2012 kids annuals have started to arrive already, a month earlier than last year,

[bednobs]

according to the article, they normally launch them in August. therefore they are doing it about 4 days early. Big Whoop.

[boxtops]

when we were on holiday in Malta, the shops were full of souvenir photocalendars for 2012 (we bought one...)

[emmie]

Bonkers, i really hate this, you don't have time to get through spring, summer, before getting the xmas tree down from the loft, some people may like it but not me.