Friday, 1 January 2016

It's Easter already...

I have been known to complain about how early Christmas goods appear in the shops.  It is one of my best known ‘Grumpy Old Man’ themes.  But now I have another.   Partner-who-loves-tea and I were in Marks and Spencer’s food store in Heswall yesterday (i.e. the Seventh Day of Christmas) and guess what we found on the shelves. 




To quote Victor Meldrew "I do not believe it!"
Posted by Scriptor Senex at 06:57

11 comments:

  1. Helen1 January 2016 at 10:35

    Happy New Year Grumpy Old Man!

    Is it not standard these days to replace things on the Christmas aisles with Easter products, and things on the Halloween aisle with Christmas goods? It's been following that pattern here for a few years.

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    1. Scriptor Senex1 January 2016 at 16:36

      And a Happy New Year to you too.
      I can almost accept the replacing policy but, jeepers, Christmas isn't even over yet!!

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    2. Helen2 January 2016 at 11:34

      I agree that Christmas isn't over, but I'm no longer shopping for Christmas chocolates etc. Perhaps if everyone feels like that then there's no point in the shops keeping the Christmas things on the shelves past Christmas Day.

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  2. Kay G.1 January 2016 at 13:26

    Oh! For a moment there, I thought you were in HAWAII! My poor eyes.
    Easter chocolate? Bring it on!

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  3. Tabor1 January 2016 at 13:31

    OMG!!! This is so annoying the way they want our year to move on so that they can make money. Imagine how stale this candy will be by Easter.

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  4. Librarian1 January 2016 at 17:08

    Still plenty of Christmas choccies in the shops here, at reduced prices now. But I am sure it is only a question of weeks before the first Easter bits appear on the shelves.
    I don't mind - I simply don't buy them until I feel it is time.

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  5. Heather2 January 2016 at 02:16

    WOW! I was in the store today - here, it's Valentine's Day.

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  6. messymimi2 January 2016 at 04:20

    A blessed and beautiful Happy New Year to you and everyone you love! They should be putting out king cakes, Mardi Gras beads, and Valentine Cards. At least, that's what we are seeing around here.

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  7. colleen2 January 2016 at 18:37

    Maybe if they called them Mardi Gras eggs it would make just a little better sense.

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  8. VirginiaC3 January 2016 at 12:40

    WHAT??? I can't believe it....way too early.
    Happy New Year to you and your family CJ!!

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