Watching for signs of Halloween

[wind]

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Here in canada we have some dollar trees (seeing that is is an american dollar store) I have seen halloween stores out at dollar tree. Atleast the ones here in canada xD They have like decorations for the pourch and things xD

[Jembru]

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Saw my first this morning! It was in B&M, a fairly well-known discount store here in England (possibly all of UK). No kitty ears though.

[Corvus]

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Not yet but my mother still refuses to take down the clock that plays Christmas carols every hour of light (it's got some light sensitivity thing so it only plays when there's light on it). It's been up for almost two years... XD I cannot wait for the halloween season

[Larix]

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it 's Sept-ember now.

An -ember month, like Nov-ember.

One big step forward towards Halloween!

[Asrais]

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Not much happens here for halloween, that I've noticed, but last week I did see the first of the halloween stock in the shops. Some great big plastic cauldrons that would be awesome for my garden

[Celtic Tiger]

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Watching for signs of Halloween

Every year I notice with some amusement how the signs of Christmas in supermarkets get earlier and earlier.

One can rightly say: "Christmas starts in August!"

Can we play the same game with Halloween?

In other words: Have you already seen the first signs of Halloween somewhere - in shops - or elsewhere?

As a Christian, I found the commercialization offensive and when I was working in retail, refused to put up any Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving. I always did Halloween and Thanksgiving displays. I found that my customers, both Christian and non, appreciated it (I worked for Radio Shack for a number of years).

As a whatever-I-am-now-pagan, I still find it moronic, but whatever. I long ago divested my yuletide of commercial trappings.

I am, however, looking forward to Samhain!

[Clive]

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There are two stores in a nearby city, Halloween Spirit and Halloween City, that open temporarily at the start of September every year. They just happen to be directly across the main street in Vienna from each other. I'm sure the other stores have put out some things, but I don't shop much so I haven't seen anything.

My neighbors two houses down have adorned one of their shrubs with pumpkin lights and a makeshift ghost.

[lorraine02]

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Halloween is a concept which is exisist in TVs, for I did't have opportunity to go abroad .

[Caelia]

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Thought I'd share this here.

[Jembru]

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Wow, I was in Town with Miyo this afternoon, and thought it would be nice to get a scary pussy-cat necklace to wear at the quiz tonight. I changed my mind when I saw the costume shop. There was a queue outside and bouncers on the door letting in only a few people at a time. In fact, everywhere was busy. I had no idea shops were so crazy on Halloween.

[Maria de Luna]

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I went into AC moore on halloween to see what they had on sale, and they hadn't put the stuff out, they put it away! It was actively still halloween and they were packing up the haloween stuff and putting it away! As they brought out more Christmas junk! I'm so dissappointed...