Halloween night we had put Riley to bed after Trick or Treating and after spending time with our friends Kim and Rex. I was reading a story online in the Indianapolis Star about how retailers were holding back on placing Christmas merchandise out until after Halloween. Oh, really? They were? And right on cue, a Macy's Holiday commercial filled the TV screen.
But I was a little troubled by that story as the reporter apparently had not done much research in the field. Our local Target had Christmas lights out on the shelves alongside the Halloween decorations since September. Two or three weeks ago I was out shopping with friends at Kohls when I realized that they were playing Christmas music. Yup, it sure seems like retailers were holding back on the holiday blitz. I shudder to think what it would be like out there if they weren't restraining themselves.
The commercial that really irritates me is the one Macy's has out using music from Rent. Season's of Love is the name of the song. It seems to me that it's completely out of place in anything commercialized as the play is very much supporting Bohemian ideals and anti establishment. Up with artists! Down with Yuppies!
Thanksgiving isn't even here yet and I'm already weary of the Holiday barrage. What's the answer, short of moving out of civilization? A letter campaign to the retailers? Who has time for that. Turning of the TV might be an option. Or at least muting the commercials. I just need to wrest control of the remote from the rest of the household.
