Big retailers in a holiday rush | The Columbus Dispatch

Before the jack-o'-lantern is off the porch, Christmas ads are hitting the airwaves as retailers push the season to its earliest start ever.

[mycroft6]

It used to be called the Christmas creep. now it is a flat out run for our money.

[Erik]

Where's the cheapers WII?

[Not I]

I for one intend to spend very little this Christmas season, Why? Because everyone already buys what they want all year long. My children both in HS get new clothing, new electronics etc... all year long. The days when children and adults only bought large ticket items at Christmas time are long past. As for giving gifts to others, people under 30 don't even bother to send cards to each other, let alone expensive gifts, if you are lucky you will get a Christmas email or text message.