way too early.

I do wish we could take a break from the frenzy of commerce. It's really overdone at this point.

I hear you! I ran into Hobby Lobby last week to pick up some craft paint and the place was filled with Christmas trees and decorations! I snapped this pic to send to my DD. Too, too early for me!

Every year, around this time, DH and I go to Costco and he says, "Halloween stuff already?".

Shoot, and I need 4th of July stuff! Guess I have to wait until Christmas.

Dollar General has Halloween candy and decor on the shelves too. I actually did buy a big bag of indiv. wrapped animal crackers to pass out to the wee ones at trick or treat. If I wait, they'll all be gone. Hmmm, I wonder if they will be stale by trick or treat night. ha.

I'm one of those weird people that looks at Christmas decor year-round. I love it. I'm already thinking about party menus and table setting ideas. When I leave here, I'm headed over to Horchow for inspiration!

Mtn - Horchow does have a papier-mâché deer on pre-order. I know there were a few here, including KSWL who used them in their homes.

http://www.horchow.com/Pewter-Bronze-26-Sitting-Deer-Pewter-Bronze/cprod121450007_cat26970741__/p.prod?icid=&searchType=EndecaDrivenCat&rte=%252Fcategory.jsp%253FitemId%253Dcat26970741%2526pageSize%253D30%2526No%253D0%2526refinements%253D&eItemId=cprod121450007&cmCat=product

I didn't get this email.. but I did get one on new Michael Aram pieces which made me think of Christmas.

I admit .. I did buy a few Christmas gifts last week. I've been shopping quite a bit lately.. three nieces birthdays this month and college care packages.. so when I happened on a few great gifts, I grabbed them!

I about lost it when my local grocer started selling mums this week.

I about passed on on my way into Wegmans from the smell of scented pinecones for sale just outside.

Huh?

We received the Bronner's catalog in late July.

A long while back, I posted here about my surprise that HL, of all places, started displaying their Christmas items in August. A bunch of crafters jumped all over me. I still have an issue with it as many of the items shown are not craft items. And HL loves to tout their Christian values but apparently they don't extend to the commercialization of Christ's birth.

d_gw, money is the real god in America. Trumps all. (Ugh, sorry for that pun).

I thought it was way too early when I got a Grandinroad Halloween catalog the other day. Christmas?? Nooooo!! Buying Christmas gifts throughout the year is a whole different matter. When I see something that appeals to me for a gift, the time of year doesn't matter.

At Home, formerly Gardenridge has Autumn, Halloween, AND Christmas stuff on their shelves. Like fun2bhere, i'm looking all year long since many of the things I put on the tree aren't necessarily Christmas. I have cats, ballerinas, bunnies, frogs, fairies, and an assortment of other odd 'decorations'. I

I think I'd be turned off to have received a holiday catalog already too, but I must admit just this morning I got a little shiver of excitement thinking about Christmas. I'm not one to go all out for the holiday; in fact, I tend to be a bit of a Scrooge until the last minute when I usually do get caught up in the spirit - but I'm going to try to have a little more enthusiasm, a little earlier, this year.

I just saw outdoor jack o'lantern pieces in front of Kroger before the kids are back in school and thought that was bad. Have received a couple of Halloween/fall themed catalogs recently, but not Christmas (unless DH is pitching them before I see them). I understand stores that sell for crafting stocking early. It can take months to do some projects (needlework, esp) and some folks start making in quantity to sell. I', used to those showing up in July, but I can't think about Christmas when kids are still out of school and we're being told we are just getting to the heart of hurricane season (supposed to be an active one and we haven't really ahd anything yet). And until the rain hit this past weekend, we'd been up over 100 degrees.

I give craft stores a bye on this one, at least when it comes to crafting items (as opposed to straight-up decor items). If I'm going to make something and have it be ready in time for Christmas, I should probably start now. (Not really. But things start getting crazy in November through the end of the year, and I can barely keep up with Christmas cards and putting up the tree, much less craft projects).