Christmas Creep Begins: Home Store Has Sale on Fake Trees
From Reddit: Went to Garden Ridge today and this is the first thing I saw. It's August 2nd for fucks sake.
I think this is the first Christmas Creep pic to hit the net...if you have Christmas up in your store, send a shot of it to RHU!
Do people actually buy those hideously-colored trees on the right side of the picture? Who would want an orange Christmas tree?
Posted by: Mel the Library Slave | Saturday, August 02, 2014 at 11:30 PM
Garden Ridge is a lot like Hobby Lobby. They put stuff like this out early because a lot of people buy their deco a little at a time or several months before Christmas in order to keep from spending a fortune all at once in the winter. I did that with my first decorations and tree.
Posted by: ShutterBug | Sunday, August 03, 2014 at 01:31 AM
*falls to the floor twitching and foaming at the mouth*
Posted by: Ilia | Sunday, August 03, 2014 at 06:15 PM
I worked at a Garden Ridge, and YES, people buy these. I miss the days when they had books for a dime. That was one of the few perks working there.
Posted by: Sandman2010 | Monday, August 04, 2014 at 06:36 AM
Bad enough they're being put out in August, but those have got to be the ugliest Christmas trees I've ever seen!
I'd take a Charlie Brown-style droopy twig w/single ornament over one of those.
Posted by: Chicajojobe | Monday, August 04, 2014 at 05:29 PM