People, the rules are simple:
No Halloween merchandising until October
No Thanksgiving merchandising until after Halloween
No Christmas merchandising until after Thanksgiving
like it says in the danged bible.
@janisf
The makers and ren-festivants fear no wrathful deity.
The retailers, however, better watch their window displays, lest divine wrath descend upon them and depress their quarterly earnings.
@inthehands For behold, I bring you tidings of great cha-ching, and it shall beareth forth great employment statistics. The widows shall eat and there shall be great rejoicing in the streets at the wall.
(You know, I know this stuff. I should work on this....)