tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post8512266589454895349..comments2024-03-28T03:10:19.013-07:00Comments on Fraggmented: Short Thought For The DayJohn Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-27888757667280588732009-11-23T03:52:08.215-08:002009-11-23T03:52:08.215-08:00Another anecdote to back you up: In Brazil there&#...Another anecdote to back you up: In Brazil there's no thanksgiving (duh) or Halloween (although part of the media has been trying to bring it here for some time with varying degrees of sucess) and some shopping malls do put the decoration up as early as late October.Carlos Futinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760075455988814754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-24560222160834177142009-11-18T22:23:31.716-08:002009-11-18T22:23:31.716-08:00Halloween is the only thing keeping Christmas deco...Halloween is the only thing keeping Christmas decorations going up the day after Labor Day. To be honest, that never stopped my local Macy's.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832298140686677621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-35357319904138363682009-11-18T19:01:44.607-08:002009-11-18T19:01:44.607-08:00I suppose this might be because Christmas' sto...I suppose this might be because Christmas' stories don't have the unfortunate genocide implications...unless Santa built his Workshop on the elves' native soil and enslaved them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17773416732192167277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-52612331286323620482009-11-18T07:10:29.154-08:002009-11-18T07:10:29.154-08:00I think Lewis Black said it best: "Thanksgivi...I think Lewis Black said it best: "Thanksgiving used to be its own holiday, not Christmas: Part I!"<br /><br />I never put up Christmas decorations until 12/1, but I know I'm fighting a losing cultural battle.E. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211698571194443222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-50858777836278181592009-11-18T07:02:52.824-08:002009-11-18T07:02:52.824-08:00Unfortunately, I started seeing Christmas decorati...Unfortunately, I started seeing Christmas decorations, wrapping paper, advertisements, and accessories going up in mid-October this year. It took all my restraint to not blow the places up.Greg McElhattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07821210708381663086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15742539.post-68973052151543712932009-11-18T02:42:51.712-08:002009-11-18T02:42:51.712-08:00A data point in support of your theory: Halloween ...A data point in support of your theory: Halloween is not at all a big deal in Australia, and a lot of shops do indeed put up their Christmas decorations (or "Chrissie deccos" as we call them when there are any yanks around, just to annoy you) some time around the end of October. And then all right-thinking Aussies reach for their flamethrowers and barbecue the heathen scum, because some crimes are not forgivable.Eric TF Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17877525364475334374noreply@blogger.com