• MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Eh, we just had like four deaths in our extended social group in the last month. We put up our ofrenda early this year

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          6 days ago

          better than i should be. i process fast and i just ran into mary poppins. not julie andrews, the broadway one, who is a dear friend of mine from high school, who i thought i would never see again, and now it looks like i’ll be part of the annual get together, so that’s neat.

          thanks for your well-wishes.

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      7 days ago

      Costco put out Christmas stuff near us. These companies are literally completely destroying the meaning of the holidays.

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        7 days ago

        Costco is particularly infamous for this. They start putting out Halloween in July and Christmas in August. By September, Halloween is over and it’s all Christmas

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        I feel like the only companies who should have stuff out early like that are craft stores because people need time to craft things.

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        7 days ago

        You have to go back pretty far to have the meaning of holidays not be about rampant consumerism.

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            7 days ago

            Kinda annoying but also, just because it’s for sale doesn’t mean it has to be that season…

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              Sure, but it’s half a year away. The holiday was so much more fun when it was a special time of year when you started to see any of it. Christmas decorations weren’t sold until November when I was a kid. There’s zero reason to sell them in August except to ruin the holiday.