I went to Costco last week. Nothing too strange there. Got something to eat with my family. Again, nothing unusually rare. But then as we did our routine "let's just walk around and browse" thing, I came across something a bit odd.
There, in one of the middle aisles was a tree. But not just any tree. A tinseled Christmas Tree?! I mentally check my calendar. August. Huh.
Of course, my 3 year old goes Crazy and starts asking, "Is it Crithmath time? Mommy, it is Crithmath time!"
Oh thank you, dear Costco, for the wonderful conversations that followed. The ones where I try to explain to a feverishly excited 3 year-old that Christmas is actually a really LONG way off. Yes, even though there sits a gen-u-ine Christmas tree.
Now don't get me wrong, Costco. I LOVE Christmas time. I love that I can walk into your store in late September, when the air feels like Autumn in full swing, and see Christmas Cheer by way of an 8-foot blow-up snowman. Seriously. The whole thing makes me all giddy. Truly it does. But this was August. and close to a suffocating 100 degrees. The giddy feeling was replaced by something not so full of cheer.
It just makes me wonder if next year you'll dust off your packaged Christmas Cheer yet another month earlier. Giving all new meaning to Christmas in July. And who knows....maybe you'll get to the point where you just leave the stuff out ALL year round? Hmm. Wouldn't that be quaint?
So Costco, in closing, I must say though I do like that you display your vast array of Christmas-in-bulk early... Can't you do a mom a favor and hold off just a little bit longer? Because I've been trying to convince my girls since early February that we will not be watching Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Barney Christmas for a very very very long time (insert parental sigh of relief). But now that You, my dear giver of the 10 pound box of cereal, have paraded the tinsel and the lights, I'm not sure how long I'll be able to convince these little ones that I am right and you are wrong in the whole monthly-holiday-placement thing.
Have I said Thank you yet? Cause really, I'm feeling that some sort of thanks are in order. Hmm... maybe I'll let you borrow my children, free o'charge, so you and your staff can solidify this whole Summer Christmas Combo thing you guys are pushing. Pop some popcorn and watch Frosty the Snowman. I know my girls will love it.
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Thats so funny. Joseph has been asking for at least 2 weeks now, and on a daily basis "Is it Christmas yet?!" I'm not sure that I'm ready to pop in the Veggietales, The Toy That Saved Christmas quite yet. Let's try to convince our children that it has to at least be cold enough to wear pants outside first (and I mean as opposed to shorts not nothing!) :) Best of luck to you as you talk your way out of Rudolph and Barney!!
Thankfully, they haven't mentioned it again. Out of sight, out of mind. So far today, anyway. But I'm thinking NEXT time we go into Costco, they'll have finished unloading all the tinsel-trimmed stuff. ;)
Is it really September already?!!
All I have to say is..
HA HA HA! So Funny! Wait until they grow into 'It's a Wonderful Life'.. then it won't be such a drudge..
Hilda
As a confirmed Grinch, Christmas already comes way too early...
:-)
Seriously? That is just too much. I haven't seen any Christmas stuff around the shops here, but I am sure Santa is well on his way!
Just thought you might want to know... our trip to the library this week was a wintery one. We brought home a Winnie the Pooh Christmas. "Mommy, is it Christmas NOW?" As if asking 1,000,000 times will make me cave and say "yes, ok you win. Today IS Christmas!"
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