First Christmas display of the year... in July

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Way to go, Costco. Yuck.

And I'm dying to know, who are the weirdos who get the urge to buy things like that right now? who are those weirdos?
I'm kinda thinking there are no people who feel the urge to buy Christmas things in the peak of summer. It's all just marketing and placement isn't it? shame on Costco
- My birthday is coming up, and I love all things Christmas. Also an atheist. Humans aren't rational. Also life is short, do what makes you feel.
- they're just celebrating true christmas!
- Before this was a thing in stores, elderly family members would buy things on sale so year for holiday and other special occasion gifts, because resources were limited. And there's nothing wrong with being wise, even if one has sufficient resources. There's a difference between that and stinginess/greed, and the line is thin and can easily become blurred. If I have what I need and operate from, hmm a lack mindset (”I lack personal operable transportation, poor me!), it is easy to fall into stinginess. When I operate from abundance mindset (”Good neighbors/friends/family go a bit out of their way, to make sure I can get to appointments and do other necessary errands! I'm so fortunate!" And compensate with gas money, chores, small but meaningful gifts if the others are declined or money is tighter), I can be wise and keep in my lane because the lines are seen more clearly.
Font looks like Sam’s, and I saw similar Christmas stuff there recently
- You probably did and that's probably a standard font.

Fun fact: in Danish, July is called Juli, which when split into to words is jul i, which in turn means Christmas in.

So it sounds like saying "Christmas in christmas in"?
- Yeah, "Christmas in July" in Danish would be "jul i juli" 😁

Costco had Halloween out a month ago

Does Costco sell calanders? Because I think Costco needs a calander.
- They have a nice assortment of advent calendars out right now. Some candy ones, some booze ones.
- Not a calendar or clock in sight.
Honestly it was before a month ago, probably 6-8 weeks ago I saw the first Halloween stuff there. Then it'll all be completely gone by the end of September and they'll spend the entire month of October celebrating Christmas
- I was there today, and most of the Halloween stuff was gone.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go buy stuff like a good little consumer!

Tbh those peppermint squishmallows are adorable, though.

Ugh so cute. Costco, I guess I'm coming. Omg and a eight pack for 17?? Actually amazing. Although they are the small boys.

Eh. It's Costco. They're going to have shorts and swimsuits in store by the start of January.

Swim wear is useful at that time of year if you're travelling to a country in the southern hemisphere.
- That's not why Costco is doing it though. The crowd they're catering to buys things in advance of when they need it, rather than just-in-time, and usually well before the actual seasons for thing.

Pshh, my place was already putting up trees in June.

It's Christmas in July, duh. They even made a movie.

All those comments, and only you knew what was really up? People really do treasure their ignorance...
- Well... maybe. My response was mostly tongue-in-cheek... it wouldn't surprise me a bit if Costco was just selling Christmas kitsch in July with no other considerations.

I've heard of Christmas in July before. Seriously. Might be capitalizing on that.

At least it doesn't look like chocolate stuff, always great to get those turning white because they baked in mid summer heat.

Last year, about this time or even earlier, a supermarket in a major city here suddenly had a wealth of Chrismas products (mostly sweets) on offer. Of course, people wondered, and it turned out that the supermarket chain had been shooting pictures for their Christmas campaign near that location, and instead of throwing the stuff away, they simply sold them off.