Christmas Shopping Season

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It's November 1st - Are all the stores in your area already prepped for Christmas season sales?

Why do the decorations stay up for 2 months BEFORE Christmas, but barely a week after Christmas you'd hardly know that we had celebrated this religiously significant holiday?

The 'Christmas' shopping season isn't about 'giving' anything - it is all about buying and selling products that may or may not keep retailers solvent for another year or only a few months.