[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:42:21 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Northern Central Valley here, been raining all damn day as well. Love it :)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:01:21 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
South Texas?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:20 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Georgia
Exaskryz ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:38:09 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I left the house at 1. Got to the store. Came back out and saw my car's clock saying it's 4! Freaked out that I was there for three hours, but, then I remembered, the song of my people. "Deception. Disgrace. Evil as plain as the scar on his face."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:28 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that a Lion King 2 reference?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:51 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I appreciate the Lion King 2 reference, given my username.
Jodah ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:15:11 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is reddit, people here don't see the sun for months at a time.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:02 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This statement needs to be immortalized somehow for future generations to know we saw it coming.
dgrimm121 ยท 313 points ยท Posted at 18:21:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First they came for Thanksgiving.
I did not speak out, for I cared not for turkey,
Then they came for Halloween.
I did not speak out for I am too old for candy.
Then they came for Labor day.
Still I did not speak out. Who gives a fuck about labor day?
But then... then they came for Mardi Gras.
And there was noone left to speak. Margaritaville was empty, for everyone was off buying presents...
cykloid ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:33:16 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unions seriously care about labour day just saying
Gatraz ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:34:54 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Teamster that's worked every labor day since I joined the union some years ago, we do care. We care very much about that dank, dank overtime/holiday pay compounding.
cykloid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:53:05 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha yea, we do not work though companies cannot afford our triple time.
True story: under communism, in the Soviet Union since religious "superstition" was discouraged they moved Christmas traditions to New Year's Eve instead. Although religion is now welcomed in Russia, New Year's remains the more popular and holiday-ish season.
So yep, Christmas and New Year's have their own Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
This is the most accurate description I've ever heard.
K5cents ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:23:10 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Christmas Nazis are battling on two fronts! Christmas in July is getting stupidly popular. The two forces emanating from December and July will meet and obliterate the entire calendar and engulf the nation in mistletoe and candy canes.
kjhatch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:15:45 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The page you linked to forwards to another page, and that page links back to the first one. It means the pages are set to load back and forth forever. Smart browsers identify the issue and don't bother to load the pages, but older/dumb ones can't handle the situation. These days there's not much danger, but historically redirect loops were often used by trolls because they would hang up browsers badly.
dragn99 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 17:28:34 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what if they just move Black Friday up? I like how all the deals happen on some random weekend for us, instead of right after a big family holiday.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:01:03 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's because they haven't figured out how to market and profit off of Thanksgiving itself. But now that "Black Friday" has begun to erode the last noncommercialized holiday left, it's only a matter of time. Thanksgiving's not dead yet, but it's dying.
Resist, brothers! Don't put up Christmas shit until November 25th! Spend "Black Friday" with your family instead of racing to stores to buy shitty presents your family won't appreciate anyway.
The best beer, football, basketball, hockey, and playoff baseball. The fact that in a single week you could have anything from a nice summer day to frost on the ground in the morning. Fall lineup on television. The list goes on.
Really? Thanksgiving sure seems like a big consumer holiday. People spend extra on food, there are a bunch of Thanksgiving day parades, you have Thanksgiving-specific decorations, and it's a big day for football.
And that's actually happening now. People are realizing the deals aren't that great. They're ruining the holiday and you can get good deals online. A lot of places even close on black friday now.
It's not even the mediocrity of the deals. It's just become such a clusterfuck that it's not worth the hassle. Oh I can save $10 on this thing I kinda want to buy if I spend an entire day stressfully dealing with a hundred other shopping psychopaths? No thanks.
Not to mention you can get the same mediocre deals or better online in the comfort of your computer chair in unwashed underwear.
Jodah ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:18:43 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait...I have to wear underwear?
Bubbline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:26:02 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just enjoy the holiday season. I actually love getting it early and being in the season for a month and a half.
Exaskryz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:42:09 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A month and a half? That would be better than the very nearly 8 weeks (55 days) that is being forced onto us. Nevermind any Christmas that goes on beyond the 25th.
[deleted] ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 15:32:46 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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isles ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 15:36:07 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he meant the day before Black Friday.
Phoxxent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just the Christmas shit going up early, EVERYTHING goes up early in retail.
Last winter I went to Target looking for a sled in January. All the sleds were gone and the section was replaced with swimming pool stuff. WTF. Who is buying a snorkel and goggles in January?
bfaithr ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:34:57 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving is just a pre-Christmas feast. After the pre-Christmas feast then you can shop for Christmas presents. No buying Christmas presents before pre-Christmas!
My theory is because you don't do anything special for Thanksgiving. You just do more of what you already do. "Ah, Thanksgiving - time to eat some food. No, more food than usual."
That's it. You don't do anything special, you just do more of your usual thing.
Little does America know that this is all the plan of the turkeys to overthrow the terror known to us as Thanksgiving but to the turkeys as the Reaping.
Alman99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:35 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Glad thanksgiving is before halloween in Canada for that very reason!
TThor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:11 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
because Thanksgiving largely failed to be commercialized
As a Canadian who has thanksgiving in October, I am okay with this.
lesonj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:15 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're from Canada! Already had thanksgiving :)
daftne ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 21:10:32 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving is one of those things that you come to realize shouldn't be a holiday for the reasons you were taught it was meant to signify, like Columbus Day. It's...not a good point in history to reflect on and celebrate. Given that stigma, especially in this crazy as fuck pc culture we seem to be wrapped up in at the moment, I think most people and stores just gloss over it, cater to those who like to shop early for xmas, and encourage the less genocide related aspects of the holiday like being thankful for the food you have, giving food to others who have less, and having a meal together with loved ones, whether they're family or friends. Honestly, I wouldn't mind calling it Foodsgiving, as that seems like a more appropriate and modern term that doesn't even take away from what most people love about it, which means both sides of the pc fence can be satisfied.
I was at a store this past summer, and joked with the person at the counter "Hey its August time for Christmas haha" and they said that's actually how it works.
August is literally their time to prepare for Christmas.
Exaskryz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:45:23 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The older you get, the sooner you prepare for the next Christmas.
Grandmas get ready for Christmas of the next year. (Sometimes because they forgot they already bought presents earlier, or misplaced them, and only find them come spring cleaning.)
buckX ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 20:06:20 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The ever present Frozen merchandise has only paved the way for greater Christmas dominance.
Drudicta ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:27:26 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had Christmas stuff in my grocery store this August. The only Halloween stuff was the candy. in the Christmas themed Holiday aisle.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:59:19 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Trees were up at the mall near Chicago in September.
Tashre ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think retailers were stupid to put shit out so early, but then I realized that people were actually buying all this stuff super early, so I can't really fault the stores for meeting demand.
Dakam ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 16:46:44 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I left my Christmas lights up last year and plugged them back in for Halloween. In my defense they were orange and green.
buckX ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 20:08:08 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly the market is ready for strands of multicolored LEDs that can be toggled between white, Halloween and Christmas patterns, suitable for full-year use.
Did they turn them on? Because putting them up when it's warm is actually clever, to avoid freezing one's ass off when Xmas actually gets close. Turning them on that early is highly offensive to my sensibilities however.
Exaskryz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:48:16 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
80s.
Let it get down to below zero before you talk about freezing asses.
I decorated my place "nightmare before Christmas" theme a few years back. Christmas decorations but spooky basically. They've been up ever since and I've never had a need to change them. I'm pretty sure those fake spiderwebs are real spiderwebs now though..
wwfmike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:09 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dollar General here has had 2 aisles of Christmas/Halloween for a few weeks. As the Halloween stuff sold, the Christmas stuff took over the available space.
Some of us love Thanksgiving. More than Christmas.
There are dozens of us!!!
Thybro ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 17:16:33 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I went by my Mom's house Friday and the Hallmark channel was already showing a Christmas marathon. And Fucking spam mails are calling this black November and cyber Monday every Monday. WTF did they eat up a whole holiday?
I'm guessing thanksgiving has no presents so it just doesn't sell that well. But this shit is getting worse than presidential campaigns. Next Year Halloween will just been Black November's eve.
I'm guessing thanksgiving has no presents so it just doesn't sell that well.
Yup, you got it. A 5-year-old knows it perfectly well too. He said he loves Halloween and Christmas, and I said "I like Thanksgiving too." He said "I don't like Thanksgiving. All you get is love and stuff."
What use is stupid old love compared to candy and presents?!
I love it - Just spending time with your family, fooding and drinking, without some BS gift giving and religions crap. Thanksgiving represent.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:54:56 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my neighborhood, trick or treating went from 6 to 7. We were heading back to the house at 7:01, when all of a sudden a guy goes running down the road past us singing Christmas carols. Definitely made me laugh. Trick or treating is officially over, it is now Christmas time.
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:51:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah seems like bullshit, right? It was actually fine though. We were getting rained out anyways, and I don't think my nephew was having a ton of fun without any other kids to walk around with.
Chevron ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:25:21 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What like the neighborhood came together and decided on an allotted time for trick or treating? Then they stop handing out candy or what? This sounds pretty strange.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:39 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can look up trick or treating times for any city. Look yours up.
Chevron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:53:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not finding anything. My parents who took/sent me out trick or treating years ago have never heard of it either. I'm sure it's just a regional/local difference, it's just a strange concept to me. Who makes the decision? Is it just a guideline on when you can expect most people to be available for it or what?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:01 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The city makes the decision. Like the city government. All of the towns in my area have a designated time frame that you're allowed to trick or treat in, and everyone is aware of those times and behaves accordingly. In my small town (literally less than a square mile) the police will stop and tell people that trick or treating hours are over. Sort of laughable, I will acknowledge, but that's the way it is.
I'm thinking your town is an oddity in this. All the towns around me have curfew, but it's rarely enforced. Never heard anybody talk about allotted trick or treating hours though.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:03:56 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could be a state/county thing. All the towns and cities around me have trick or treating hours.
telehax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:57 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Makes sense for countries which didn't celebrate Halloween but have areas which are cultural enclaves for Americans.
Especially good this year, with Halloween falling on a Saturday. What with bonfire night being midweek the following Thursday, there were firework displays this Sunday, and there will be still more next weekend.
"I'm so sick of Christmas coming earlier and earlier every year. In protest, I'll only be buying $1000 worth of gifts and decorations before Halloween this year. That'll show them!"
- Everyone
Places like Lowes and Kohls by me had the Christmas stuff out by late September. Christmas season is the entire back end of the year now. Halloween and Thanksgiving are speed bumps.
jroddie4 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WHERE ARE THE NOSES
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:11:14 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To me Christmas starts on the 23rd and end on the 25th.
Only if you build a clock and your name is Ahmed Mohammed.
And by build a clock I mean take the electrical parts of a clock out of it's shell and screw them into a suitcase-looking pencil case with no other modifications and your name is
I had like 5 good horror movies I had been waiting to watch with friends, and we ended up just doing some other stuff and not getting to any of them Saturday night. Literally the next day no one wants to watch a horror movie anymore :(
Wow, I'm sort-of glad I already had Thanksgiving, and also not, because now there's nothing to break up the monotony that is the encroaching Christmas season.
Menopause is also known as 'the change'. Not half as festive though...
rmm45177 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:37 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend works at a Walmart. They've had Christmas stuff up since the beginning of October, before Halloween. They also had a much bigger Christmas section, too.
I don't get it. She told me old people buy that crap, but what do they do with all their decorations from last year?
I remember when you wouldn't hear Christmas music until Thanksgiving evening....this year, one local radio station started Christmas music on September 24th.
What if you only ate chocolate for every meal?
You'd get sick of it.
One of these years, I'm going to skip Christmas, maybe start doing it only every other year.....three months of Christmas is just too much for me...
Ilpav123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:47 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck that, we need to take back November for Thanksgiving. It's the holiday about getting together with friends and family, and eating way too fucking much, and enjoying the weather before it starts freezing our dicks off, without the obligation of buying presents. Also getting mildly drunk and watching football. I refuse to give up Thanksgiving. I want to only see beige, brown, yellow, and orange for the entire month as I shit out whole, intact pumpkin pies and turkeys covered in undigested corn. And bleed cranberry sauce. IT'S THE GREAT AMERICAN HOLIDAY OF LETHARGIC EXCESS, AND I WANT IT BACK.
Master_Tallness ยท 229 points ยท Posted at 16:51:03 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thought this was going to be a Daylight Savings Time comic.
whisperingsage ยท 60 points ยท Posted at 20:43:12 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Daylight Savings is the harbinger of Christmas.
[deleted] ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 21:46:27 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Iamloghead ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 22:36:04 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You didn't wake up yesterday wondering why the fuck it was so early and why the fuck the sun was doing its thing a whole hour early?
[deleted] ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 22:44:52 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's been raining nonstop where I am, so I wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for my car clock.
[deleted] ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 00:19:43 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Non-Californian confirmed.
smokey187 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 02:19:18 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We've actually had rain all day, in the Central Valley at least.
iruleanaheim ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:42:19 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just got rain and a blackout in corona
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:42:21 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Northern Central Valley here, been raining all damn day as well. Love it :)
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:01:21 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
South Texas?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:11:20 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Georgia
Exaskryz ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 00:38:09 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I left the house at 1. Got to the store. Came back out and saw my car's clock saying it's 4! Freaked out that I was there for three hours, but, then I remembered, the song of my people. "Deception. Disgrace. Evil as plain as the scar on his face."
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:15:28 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that a Lion King 2 reference?
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:11:51 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I appreciate the Lion King 2 reference, given my username.
Jodah ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 00:15:11 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is reddit, people here don't see the sun for months at a time.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:49:02 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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Iamloghead ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:09:29 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What a wonderful day. I'm headed to the bar for the first legal time in about 30 minutes. I'm pretty pumped.
thegillmachine ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 01:42:00 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No microwave, eh?
turboladle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:33 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You should change your car clock.
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 670 points ยท Posted at 15:21:59 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving has been absolutely destroyed. Christmas has engulfed it entirely. Now Christmas is coming after Halloween? I don't like this.
thechapattack ยท 687 points ยท Posted at 17:10:10 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Christmas is the third Reich of holidays. We gave it Thanksgiving hoping it would stop but now its advanced on Halloween.
PenguinPerson ยท 188 points ยท Posted at 17:42:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This statement needs to be immortalized somehow for future generations to know we saw it coming.
dgrimm121 ยท 313 points ยท Posted at 18:21:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
First they came for Thanksgiving.
I did not speak out, for I cared not for turkey,
Then they came for Halloween. I did not speak out for I am too old for candy.
Then they came for Labor day.
Still I did not speak out. Who gives a fuck about labor day?
But then... then they came for Mardi Gras.
And there was noone left to speak. Margaritaville was empty, for everyone was off buying presents...
cykloid ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 02:33:16 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unions seriously care about labour day just saying
Gatraz ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 04:34:54 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Teamster that's worked every labor day since I joined the union some years ago, we do care. We care very much about that dank, dank overtime/holiday pay compounding.
cykloid ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 09:53:05 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Haha yea, we do not work though companies cannot afford our triple time.
dgrimm121 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:25:29 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
:)
HiDDENk00l ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:44:06 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I get this reference!
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:25:08 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Don't worry I saved it
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 18:59:56 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hooray thanksgiving is Poland!!
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 19:37:11 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think Thanksgiving is the Rhineland. It isn't until Christmas attacks Halloween that we are finally up in arms. Halloween is Poland confirmed!
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 11 points ยท Posted at 21:03:26 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Polen can into spooky!
CaptainBecket ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 23:28:24 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think this means New Years is Russia, since Christmas seems to have an agreement with it and hasn't advanced in that calendar direction.
traveler_ ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:55:01 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
True story: under communism, in the Soviet Union since religious "superstition" was discouraged they moved Christmas traditions to New Year's Eve instead. Although religion is now welcomed in Russia, New Year's remains the more popular and holiday-ish season.
So yep, Christmas and New Year's have their own Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
EmperorBeef ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:58:20 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
AMERICA IS THE 4TH OF JULY, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE'RE HERE TO SAVE THE MOTHERFUCKING DAY WOOOOOOOOO
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 17:11:54 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is the most accurate description I've ever heard.
K5cents ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:23:10 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Christmas Nazis are battling on two fronts! Christmas in July is getting stupidly popular. The two forces emanating from December and July will meet and obliterate the entire calendar and engulf the nation in mistletoe and candy canes.
wastelander ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:06:13 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are you suggesting we start a war on Christmas?
thechapattack ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 00:11:07 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It already declared war on us
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 02:12:54 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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kjhatch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:45:01 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You've posted a redirect loop. Don't do that.
rosebug92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:56:32 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have not idea what that is, but I am sorry.
kjhatch ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:15:45 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The page you linked to forwards to another page, and that page links back to the first one. It means the pages are set to load back and forth forever. Smart browsers identify the issue and don't bother to load the pages, but older/dumb ones can't handle the situation. These days there's not much danger, but historically redirect loops were often used by trolls because they would hang up browsers badly.
rosebug92 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 13:21:30 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's what I get for trying to make a meme from my phone.
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:56:34 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
So you're saying my halloween costume next year should be santa?
DaftFunky ยท 44 points ยท Posted at 17:17:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Adopt Canadian Thanksgiving.
dragn99 ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 17:28:34 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
But what if they just move Black Friday up? I like how all the deals happen on some random weekend for us, instead of right after a big family holiday.
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:01:03 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gross, no way.
The_Narrator_9000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:21:05 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
B-but, I thought we were friends ;_;
[deleted] ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 03:32:05 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We are, I was just goofin'.
CeruleanRuin ยท 39 points ยท Posted at 20:23:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That's because they haven't figured out how to market and profit off of Thanksgiving itself. But now that "Black Friday" has begun to erode the last noncommercialized holiday left, it's only a matter of time. Thanksgiving's not dead yet, but it's dying.
Resist, brothers! Don't put up Christmas shit until November 25th! Spend "Black Friday" with your family instead of racing to stores to buy shitty presents your family won't appreciate anyway.
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 20:45:16 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I have never put Christmas decorations up before December. Ever.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:04:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me too. I get my christmas tree and decorate the first weekend in December but not before. I love fall too much to give it up so quickly :(
Xangurla ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 22:46:57 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude Fall is definitely he best season.
The nice, crisp air, the beautiful colors the leaves change, Halloween and Thanksgiving, there's just so much good stuff.
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:07:59 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The best beer, football, basketball, hockey, and playoff baseball. The fact that in a single week you could have anything from a nice summer day to frost on the ground in the morning. Fall lineup on television. The list goes on.
Tischlampe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 07:32:03 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Me neither. I also never had Christmas decoration after December 25, or before. IamMuslimdon'thateme
i_love_Cheekzz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:38:55 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Hey if my family wants to go out at midnight to buy me gifts at a cheaper price, I'm not complaining.
ChadtheWad ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:44:19 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Really? Thanksgiving sure seems like a big consumer holiday. People spend extra on food, there are a bunch of Thanksgiving day parades, you have Thanksgiving-specific decorations, and it's a big day for football.
Pete_Iredale ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:28:25 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My black Friday tradition is to put up the Christmas lights. I like that better than shopping all god damn day for mediocre deals.
[deleted] ยท 88 points ยท Posted at 18:25:06 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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[deleted] ยท 76 points ยท Posted at 21:20:23 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
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TastyBrainMeats ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 22:19:40 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Skip Black Friday. The deals aren't even that good.
beaglemaster ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 22:26:35 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Depends on what you're buying.
I've saved a ton on movies on black friday.
greg19735 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 22:27:53 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
And that's actually happening now. People are realizing the deals aren't that great. They're ruining the holiday and you can get good deals online. A lot of places even close on black friday now.
JohanGrimm ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 23:27:12 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not even the mediocrity of the deals. It's just become such a clusterfuck that it's not worth the hassle. Oh I can save $10 on this thing I kinda want to buy if I spend an entire day stressfully dealing with a hundred other shopping psychopaths? No thanks.
Not to mention you can get the same mediocre deals or better online in the comfort of your computer chair in unwashed underwear.
Jodah ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 00:18:43 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wait...I have to wear underwear?
Bubbline ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:26:02 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
yo dude wash yo chonies
CeruleanRuin ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:27:04 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Amen, brother.
RedAnarchist ยท -5 points ยท Posted at 23:37:50 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You guys are such salty cunts.
Just enjoy the holiday season. I actually love getting it early and being in the season for a month and a half.
Exaskryz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:42:09 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
A month and a half? That would be better than the very nearly 8 weeks (55 days) that is being forced onto us. Nevermind any Christmas that goes on beyond the 25th.
[deleted] ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 15:32:46 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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isles ยท 17 points ยท Posted at 15:36:07 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think he meant the day before Black Friday.
Phoxxent ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:02:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Is that what the Catholics call it?
Bluedemonfox ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:56:27 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well for me thanksgiving seems to be just an American thing.
misguidedSpectacle ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 21:30:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving was weak. Absorbing it made Christmas stronger, but Halloween's power level is pretty high; it's not going to be an easy fight.
gotnate ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:57:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Case in point: Daylight Saving Time used to end before halloween. Now if only our halloween overlords can end DST for good.
Ithinkiplaygames ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:01:06 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
No way. You can't end DST. Every morning I need to be at the bus stop at 6:45, and before the DST change I couldn't see my hands in front of my face.
TheTannerMan ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 16:16:39 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love thanksgiving too :(
joeroganfolks ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 19:38:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Home Depot had Christmas trees and decorations out the first week of October.
FrankPapageorgio ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:38:02 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's not just the Christmas shit going up early, EVERYTHING goes up early in retail.
Last winter I went to Target looking for a sled in January. All the sleds were gone and the section was replaced with swimming pool stuff. WTF. Who is buying a snorkel and goggles in January?
bfaithr ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 19:34:57 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving is just a pre-Christmas feast. After the pre-Christmas feast then you can shop for Christmas presents. No buying Christmas presents before pre-Christmas!
girouxfilms ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:18:09 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I know... I was just about to write how much I am looking forward to Thanksgiving.
Air0ck ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:38:00 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You Americans laughed at us when we said we were gonna celebrate Thanksgiving before Halloween... Who's laughing now, eh?! Hahahaha!!
sorry
LegendofJoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:49:21 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not if you're in Canada
jfb1337 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:36:09 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or somewhere that doesn't celebrate thanksgiving.
themastersb ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:28:24 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What do you mean? I seem to remember Thanksgiving fondly just a few weeks ago.
DiggingNoMore ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:55:12 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My theory is because you don't do anything special for Thanksgiving. You just do more of what you already do. "Ah, Thanksgiving - time to eat some food. No, more food than usual."
That's it. You don't do anything special, you just do more of your usual thing.
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:51:52 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As someone who doesn't see his family except for Thanksgiving, that's pretty special.
n60storm4 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 01:57:42 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving isn't a thing outside of America AFAIK so internationally it goes straight to Christmas.
definitely_not_HIM ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:43:40 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Historians still refer to the following years as "The War of the Holidays."
LiamIsMailBackwards ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:38:48 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Or "Holi-wars" for short.
Lieutenant_Mustard ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:47:25 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just move to Canada where Thanksgiving is before Halloween
Lurking_Grue ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:15:35 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I just celebrate Decemberween.
Gearjerk ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:54:15 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
While it's more Thanksgiving than Halloween, I think the sentiment still applies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI9yBLeTI48
VectorLightning ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:04:35 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Little does America know that this is all the plan of the turkeys to overthrow the terror known to us as Thanksgiving but to the turkeys as the Reaping.
Alman99 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:15:35 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Glad thanksgiving is before halloween in Canada for that very reason!
TThor ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:11:11 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
because Thanksgiving largely failed to be commercialized
4umlurker ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:43:26 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As a Canadian who has thanksgiving in October, I am okay with this.
lesonj ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:51:15 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Unless you're from Canada! Already had thanksgiving :)
daftne ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 21:10:32 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving is one of those things that you come to realize shouldn't be a holiday for the reasons you were taught it was meant to signify, like Columbus Day. It's...not a good point in history to reflect on and celebrate. Given that stigma, especially in this crazy as fuck pc culture we seem to be wrapped up in at the moment, I think most people and stores just gloss over it, cater to those who like to shop early for xmas, and encourage the less genocide related aspects of the holiday like being thankful for the food you have, giving food to others who have less, and having a meal together with loved ones, whether they're family or friends. Honestly, I wouldn't mind calling it Foodsgiving, as that seems like a more appropriate and modern term that doesn't even take away from what most people love about it, which means both sides of the pc fence can be satisfied.
Super_Satchel ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 21:10:11 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Might as well just accept our fate. I can't wait for next year's Labor Day Christmas celebration. /s
[deleted] ยท 136 points ยท Posted at 16:14:10 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's that beautiful time of year where you can drink both pumpkin spice AND eggnog!
boot20 ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 17:17:16 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pumpkin spice eggnog is fucking awesome
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 21:31:34 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Behold
ZippyDan ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:29:57 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
that looks awful
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:34:57 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Believe me... it's ice cream in liquid form
ZippyDan ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 05:45:54 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not a big fan of candy canes... Someone mentioned pumpkin spice egg nog...? That sounds awesome
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:52:07 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It tastes alot different than pumpkin, but if u like mint ice cream then ull like this :p
[deleted] ยท -29 points ยท Posted at 17:49:29 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
fucking awesome
Azumikkel ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 20:16:23 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/shittytumblrgifs
[deleted] ยท -20 points ยท Posted at 20:45:23 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm a lazy gif finder. Deal with it.
Glampkoo ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:52:34 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
/r/HighQualityGifs
Azumikkel ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 21:57:34 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
http://i.imgur.com/rE5AS5a.png
[deleted] ยท 27 points ยท Posted at 19:56:16 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
When the Oktoberfest and Pumpkin beer sampler packs overlap with the Christmas beer. It's a delicious time of year.
buckX ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 20:09:15 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
We have a lot of overstock beer places in my area where that's true in July.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:35:55 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
That is some lucky shit right there.
buckX ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:28:36 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It's pretty sweet. I picked up a case of one of Rogue's seasonal beers there for $16.
ifuckinghateratheism ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:52 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Aren't the dates bad by then though?
buckX ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:55:13 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
It matters a good deal less than you'd think.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:57:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
mmm. beer.
pruwyben ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:18:19 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pumpktobermas
thebeardedchild ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:43:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Plus, it's the season for fresh hop IPAs and pale ales!!!!!!!!
JPOnion ยท 28 points ยท Posted at 19:30:51 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Since we're all discussing how the holidays are coming earlier and earlier, here's a relevant picture I took at my local Rite Aid last week: Link
Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
buckX ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:11:12 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
At least the bulwark of Christmas will fend off Valentine's day well into January.
Animate_XOR ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 00:11:03 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I feel like I have a good one. Please note this was taken on September 15th
http://i.imgur.com/9s1eVfJ.jpg
JPOnion ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:22:35 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good lord. My city was in the middle of a record breaking heat wave at that point. Seeing that would have been surreal.
drawavid ยท 207 points ยท Posted at 14:20:42 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)*
Shit, Xmas season starts before Halloween nowadays.
Pumin ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 16:19:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stores just want to push that sweet Christmas marketing earlier every year.
DavidToma ยท 73 points ยท Posted at 16:39:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was at a store this past summer, and joked with the person at the counter "Hey its August time for Christmas haha" and they said that's actually how it works.
August is literally their time to prepare for Christmas.
spacepilot_3000 ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 17:01:25 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Gotta start preparing at half-Christmas
Exaskryz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:45:23 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The older you get, the sooner you prepare for the next Christmas.
Grandmas get ready for Christmas of the next year. (Sometimes because they forgot they already bought presents earlier, or misplaced them, and only find them come spring cleaning.)
buckX ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 20:06:20 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The ever present Frozen merchandise has only paved the way for greater Christmas dominance.
FrankPapageorgio ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 21:39:04 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Who the hell goes to a store in October and goes "Yup, time to buy a fake Christmas Tree and decorations!"
The shit is not even on sale.
thescribblery ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:26:18 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had a customer asking if we had Christmas cards yet in August. I wish I were joking.
benduker7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 08:14:28 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Stores started stocking egg nog in the beginning of September... I'm not even mad, I freaking love egg nog
Colorfag ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:36:33 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yep. We already got our Christmas candy up
[deleted] ยท 20 points ยท Posted at 19:36:32 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
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MargarineOfError ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 20:09:15 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
If that will translate into more PTO for me, I, for one, welcome our new holiyear overlords.
swuboo ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:27:44 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, there's Lent.
Not really a lot of merchandising opportunities there unless you're a fishmonger, though.
And Ramadan.
_JustToComment ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:12:04 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They don't count as holidays. Don't you know that holi means marketable and profitable
stargaret ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 16:20:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I saw two Christmas commercials this past week...
Drudicta ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:27:26 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had Christmas stuff in my grocery store this August. The only Halloween stuff was the candy. in the Christmas themed Holiday aisle.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:59:19 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Trees were up at the mall near Chicago in September.
Tashre ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:37:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I used to think retailers were stupid to put shit out so early, but then I realized that people were actually buying all this stuff super early, so I can't really fault the stores for meeting demand.
RightCross4 ยท 58 points ยท Posted at 14:26:10 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I saw Christmas decorations up on Halloween.
Dakam ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 16:46:44 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I left my Christmas lights up last year and plugged them back in for Halloween. In my defense they were orange and green.
buckX ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 20:08:08 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Clearly the market is ready for strands of multicolored LEDs that can be toggled between white, Halloween and Christmas patterns, suitable for full-year use.
whisperingsage ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 20:45:14 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just leave three of them up and plug them in when appropriate.
buckX ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:29:09 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Starts looking pretty janky with that many strands up.
Iamloghead ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:36:58 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Not to mention finding that one stupid light bulb that went out.
Exaskryz ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 00:47:23 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Iamloghead ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 06:10:41 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I haven't put up lights since early 2000's
DefaultGen ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:37:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Someone put out icicle LEDs in early October on my street in NC. The high that day was in the 80s.
richalex2010 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:57:28 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Did they turn them on? Because putting them up when it's warm is actually clever, to avoid freezing one's ass off when Xmas actually gets close. Turning them on that early is highly offensive to my sensibilities however.
Exaskryz ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:48:16 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
80s.
Let it get down to below zero before you talk about freezing asses.
richalex2010 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:57:36 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I mean doing it when it's warm (in the 80s) vs freezing one's ass off when it is literally freezing in December.
emohipster ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 19:20:07 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some store in town put 2 big ass christmas trees up 3 weeks ago. That's like not even halfway October, what the fuck.
stoicambience ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:24:43 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I decorated my place "nightmare before Christmas" theme a few years back. Christmas decorations but spooky basically. They've been up ever since and I've never had a need to change them. I'm pretty sure those fake spiderwebs are real spiderwebs now though..
wwfmike ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:41:09 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dollar General here has had 2 aisles of Christmas/Halloween for a few weeks. As the Halloween stuff sold, the Christmas stuff took over the available space.
LurkAddict ยท 97 points ยท Posted at 15:42:21 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Some of us love Thanksgiving. More than Christmas.
There are dozens of us!!!
Thybro ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 17:16:33 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dude I went by my Mom's house Friday and the Hallmark channel was already showing a Christmas marathon. And Fucking spam mails are calling this black November and cyber Monday every Monday. WTF did they eat up a whole holiday?
I'm guessing thanksgiving has no presents so it just doesn't sell that well. But this shit is getting worse than presidential campaigns. Next Year Halloween will just been Black November's eve.
thunderling ยท 14 points ยท Posted at 20:23:19 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yup, you got it. A 5-year-old knows it perfectly well too. He said he loves Halloween and Christmas, and I said "I like Thanksgiving too." He said "I don't like Thanksgiving. All you get is love and stuff."
What use is stupid old love compared to candy and presents?!
DharmaCub ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:30:16 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm all about the food. Stuffing, cornbread, cranberry sauce, beer, and pumpkin pie?
Yes please.
brysonreece ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 18:35:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I noticed that, too, while I was there.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 21:07:31 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving rules, best holiday.
LurkAddict ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 21:14:54 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Well, my birthday is Halloween, so I'm going to have to say Thanksgiving is a close second.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:19:13 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah, that's understandable.
CivEZ ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 17:37:55 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Booo!! Booooo!
Thanksgiving can suck it!
Christmas rules!
FizzBitch ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:45:00 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love it - Just spending time with your family, fooding and drinking, without some BS gift giving and religions crap. Thanksgiving represent.
[deleted] ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 19:54:56 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
In my neighborhood, trick or treating went from 6 to 7. We were heading back to the house at 7:01, when all of a sudden a guy goes running down the road past us singing Christmas carols. Definitely made me laugh. Trick or treating is officially over, it is now Christmas time.
Countdown369 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:49:47 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You had one hour?
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:51:05 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah seems like bullshit, right? It was actually fine though. We were getting rained out anyways, and I don't think my nephew was having a ton of fun without any other kids to walk around with.
Chevron ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 23:25:21 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What like the neighborhood came together and decided on an allotted time for trick or treating? Then they stop handing out candy or what? This sounds pretty strange.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:39:39 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You can look up trick or treating times for any city. Look yours up.
Chevron ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:53:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not finding anything. My parents who took/sent me out trick or treating years ago have never heard of it either. I'm sure it's just a regional/local difference, it's just a strange concept to me. Who makes the decision? Is it just a guideline on when you can expect most people to be available for it or what?
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:34:01 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The city makes the decision. Like the city government. All of the towns in my area have a designated time frame that you're allowed to trick or treat in, and everyone is aware of those times and behaves accordingly. In my small town (literally less than a square mile) the police will stop and tell people that trick or treating hours are over. Sort of laughable, I will acknowledge, but that's the way it is.
MisterDonkey ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:34:28 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm thinking your town is an oddity in this. All the towns around me have curfew, but it's rarely enforced. Never heard anybody talk about allotted trick or treating hours though.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:03:56 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Could be a state/county thing. All the towns and cities around me have trick or treating hours.
telehax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:58:57 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Makes sense for countries which didn't celebrate Halloween but have areas which are cultural enclaves for Americans.
Gotta politely delineate your culture.
noahwhygodwhy ยท 32 points ยท Posted at 15:28:29 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
IT"S FUCKING TURKEY MONTH.
rumilb ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 19:22:02 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Uhh maybe where you're from, but that's kind of gross.
IDoNotHaveTits ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 17:43:45 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
BUT WHAT ABOUT BONFIRE NIGHT?
Calypto52 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:17:03 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Found the brit/aus/nz! Guy Fawkes is great fun.
IDoNotHaveTits ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 22:48:27 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I'm an Englishman!
mister_zurkon ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:27:10 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Especially good this year, with Halloween falling on a Saturday. What with bonfire night being midweek the following Thursday, there were firework displays this Sunday, and there will be still more next weekend.
Awkwardcriminal ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 03:26:30 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I love bonfire night, but its being swallowed by christmas and halloween.
MaxwellSalmon ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 16:28:13 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I will decorate my Christmas tree with damn pumpkins!
Ikarus3426 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 19:53:39 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I'm so sick of Christmas coming earlier and earlier every year. In protest, I'll only be buying $1000 worth of gifts and decorations before Halloween this year. That'll show them!" - Everyone
ShoddyShoe ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:02:53 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I work at a Walmart, this is bassicly what happens Saturday night
CeruleanRuin ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 20:20:57 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
This is some consumer culture brainwashing bullshit right here.
DefaultGen ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:36:14 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Places like Lowes and Kohls by me had the Christmas stuff out by late September. Christmas season is the entire back end of the year now. Halloween and Thanksgiving are speed bumps.
jroddie4 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:46:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
WHERE ARE THE NOSES
[deleted] ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:11:14 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To me Christmas starts on the 23rd and end on the 25th.
sourcreamjunkie ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 15:27:58 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Do people actually still say "the bomb" nowadays?
Drudicta ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 17:28:49 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes.
But never at airports. Planes being the bomb would not be looked upon well.
telehax ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:00:17 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Yes, the saying is still, how you say, "The Bomb"
QuickStopRandal ยท -18 points ยท Posted at 15:40:56 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Only if you build a clock and your name is Ahmed Mohammed.
And by build a clock I mean take the electrical parts of a clock out of it's shell and screw them into a suitcase-looking pencil case with no other modifications and your name is
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CopyriteInc ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 15:52:36 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
W E W
MissYAmIHere ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 16:36:09 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
LAD
Vitztlampaehecatl ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:05:44 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Are... Are those bold trumpets?
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bento_g ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:42:55 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
N I C E M E M E
LegendofJoe ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 20:50:38 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I think I'll just celebrate Halloween all year around in protest
apjane ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:42:07 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought this was going to be about menopause. Am disappoint. 2/10
ajc1239 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:35:34 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty soon people will dress as Santa and christmas trees for Halloween.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 17:22:53 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Now it's just " the day before Black Friday". Fuck Christmas!
mark_wooten ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 17:39:02 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I got an email from Newegg yesterday that called it "Black November."
Lawnknome ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 18:11:57 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Dont worry, insane savings! That 980 Ti GPU was $20 off! (mail in rebate)
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:39:08 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh, i have some news for you. Stores had "black weekend) sales that started Wednesday. Stores were open thanksgiving day selling shit.
RogerDeanVenture ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 16:47:54 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I live in a small town that happens to have TWO year-round Christmas stores and a gift shop that always has a fair amount of Christmas items.
No love for the best holiday - Thanksgiving.
phatwithaphd ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 21:34:31 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like you're also missing out on a Halloween in January store.
infinitezero8 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:35:41 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
People already putting up xmas lights in my neighborhood.
jordanlund ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:45:53 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving always gets shafted.
Worst_Username_Yet ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:51:02 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought the middle guy was giving the other two the finger
brownix001 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:31:21 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The clock should have gotten back an hour though.
the_dayman ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:38:03 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I had like 5 good horror movies I had been waiting to watch with friends, and we ended up just doing some other stuff and not getting to any of them Saturday night. Literally the next day no one wants to watch a horror movie anymore :(
Bladewing10 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:03:50 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I thought this was going to be another clock/bomb joke.
Jstbcool ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:17:24 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
You would probably hate the fact that my wife and I went as Santa and Mrs. Claus for Halloween 3 years ago. Plus side, we handed out presents.
Geordant ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:21:23 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Pfft keep Xmas for now, we have Bonfire night bitches!
CloudLighting ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:48:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I went to CVS in hopes of finding some spider webs on the day of Halloween. I found more Christmas decorations than Halloween decorations.
jimethn ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:51:00 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What about Thanksgiving?? It's not Christmas season until after Thanksgiving!!
RumHam88 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 20:55:44 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Good luck trying to tell any commercial store to wait until Oct 31st, let alone Nov 1st, to wait to shove holiday cheer down our throats.
THEIZZARDKING ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:49:37 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when this comic used to be about thanksgiving.
kindofboredd ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:53:04 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
lately it seems like it goes christmas right around september followed by the week of halloween being reserved for halloween.
Jonnydoo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:25:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
They have Christmas candy in the supermarkets before Halloween, it's crazy !
notapotamus ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:51 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Thanksgiving is kind of a bullshit holiday anyway.
blackcarnage13 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:59:30 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Why does everyone forget food day!?
Nightslash360 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 23:32:48 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Idk why but in the last frame the people look like villagers from Animal Crossing.
erethangbagel ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:03:54 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
... Our tree is up...
The_Whole_World ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:08:22 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Wow, I'm sort-of glad I already had Thanksgiving, and also not, because now there's nothing to break up the monotony that is the encroaching Christmas season.
Suspiciously_high ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:20:13 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Can confirm. I bought eggnog at the grocery today
dachungdynasty ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 02:32:13 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
What happened to Thanksgiving?
mmjcol ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 03:44:36 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Poor thanksgiving, everyone's forgot about you
kabukistar ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:32:46 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Middle guy's shoulders make it look like he's giving a discrete middle finger to floor guy.
Yoghurtmoment ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:55:25 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Menopause is also known as 'the change'. Not half as festive though...
rmm45177 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:50:37 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
My friend works at a Walmart. They've had Christmas stuff up since the beginning of October, before Halloween. They also had a much bigger Christmas section, too.
I don't get it. She told me old people buy that crap, but what do they do with all their decorations from last year?
jpowell180 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 05:57:19 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I remember when you wouldn't hear Christmas music until Thanksgiving evening....this year, one local radio station started Christmas music on September 24th.
What if you only ate chocolate for every meal?
You'd get sick of it.
One of these years, I'm going to skip Christmas, maybe start doing it only every other year.....three months of Christmas is just too much for me...
Ilpav123 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:42:47 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
The commercials already started...
husky_humpernickle ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 07:34:48 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Fuck that, we need to take back November for Thanksgiving. It's the holiday about getting together with friends and family, and eating way too fucking much, and enjoying the weather before it starts freezing our dicks off, without the obligation of buying presents. Also getting mildly drunk and watching football. I refuse to give up Thanksgiving. I want to only see beige, brown, yellow, and orange for the entire month as I shit out whole, intact pumpkin pies and turkeys covered in undigested corn. And bleed cranberry sauce. IT'S THE GREAT AMERICAN HOLIDAY OF LETHARGIC EXCESS, AND I WANT IT BACK.
substa1711 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 10:48:33 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
SPEND ALL YOUR MONEY OR YOU DONT LOVE YOUR FAMILY :)
isthca7 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:54:17 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I actually haven't seen a single Christmas post on here. Only posts complaining about them...
weeddo ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:29:24 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
As an American, I think you skipped something here.
prosof6 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:48:56 on November 4, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
To be fair, it's closer to Christmas on November 1st than October 31st.
flyingawaymirror ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 18:58:54 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Tried to find a costume on the 31st in the shops and they'd already chucked it all out and replaced it with Christmas stuff...
doctorsnorky ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 21:32:46 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
Just came back from Kmart. Christmas music.
hungry4nuns ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 18:02:22 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
> "Halloween is the bomb"
> Cuts to clock
parrotsnest ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:23:10 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I was waiting for the joke... it never happened. :(
hungry4nuns ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 00:41:10 on November 3, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
"I was waiting for the joke,
It never happenedI didn't get it"[deleted] ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 17:56:42 on November 2, 2015 ยท (Permalink)
I can't be the only person who saw "the bomb" and a clock and made the mental link...