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Outdoor gear and sporting goods retailer REI is canceling Black Friday this year. No promotions, no hourly sales, no doorbusters, no waiting in line.

In an unprecedented move for the modern-day holiday shopping season, REI's 143 stores will be closed the day after Thanksgiving.

 

I know someone that doesn't take their Christmas lights down. The lights stay attached to the house... All he does is flips the light switch on just before Christmas.... And then he flips the light switch off after Christmas...

There....

Done...

Ready for next year....

Bah Humbug....

 

I set out the menorah on the kitchen table on the first night of Channukah, light the candles each night for 8 days. Then put the menorah back in the cabinet till next year.

Is it too soon for Hannakkah Carols?

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Awww man, that means I'll also have to compete with REI employees at Walmart on Black Friday. And they have better equipment to camp out for the door opening.

 

Just to be clear on this.... Not me...

 

We put our decorations up in early Nov. (on a 'nice' day) and we turn them on Thanksgiving night. They stay up till 12/25 and are take down on the next warm day. Our artificial tree goes up on the day after Thanksgiving, and it is really fun seeing all the special ornaments we have collected over the years on the tree.

And this year I asked Santa for Koni shocks for Christmas. It was either that or a RMW stoker engine.

 

We put up our xmas tree on xmas eve and take it down on the fifteenth of January.
My wife follows the Russian calendar for the holidays, because that's what they did when she was a kid, their new year is January 14th.

 

I have two young daughters (ages 7 and soon-to-be-5), so our Christmas decorations go up right after Thanksgiving and stay up until the first week of the New Year. The absolute glee on their little faces as they help hang ornaments on the tree, and then every night when we turn on the lights, is completely worth it.

Now back to my pre-holiday shopping... hmm, new designer purse, or car parts? Decisions, decisions... :ihih:

 

I worked for REI many years ago. I'm not surprised to see them do this. They are also paying their employees to NOT work on Black Friday.

As for decorations, I let my ex-wife have them all. Our house looked like Santa's workshop from Thanksgiving to New Year's day when we were married. That got old really fast. My house now has zero decorations for any holiday, although I am sometimes tempted to put up a Festivus pole. :biggrin5:

CD

 

About 16 minutes in, you can see the results of that idea.

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That is a great idea. I'm going to play the game by myself and put my decorations up this weekend. Just think of the fun I'll have getting home...

 

Yeah, that was kind of the plan. :biggrin5:

CD

 

Go for the new handbag Stef!!

 

Haha!! Twist my arm, Jon!

 

There is a house that I pass daily on my way to work that has been decorated for Halloween since the beginning of October. It is pretty cool and it doesn't bother me at all. I'm good with people decorating a month out from the holiday (if I was going to go through the trouble of decorating, I would want to be able to admire my work for more than a couple of days). I also understand getting Christmas lights put up while the weather is warm, but don't want to see them turned on until after Thanksgiving.

 

We often put up our Xmas lights (although the displays gets smaller and less complicated each year) when it's warm, usually sometime close to T-Day, but we don't turn them on till after Thanksgiving, and they go off the day after New Years - that's more than enough in my book......

But speaking of Halloween - do any of you without young kids at home still give out treats that night?

We used to, but we're down to about 3 small children in our 'hood.....most years we can count on one hand how many little beggars show up - some years we get none at all.

 

That's exactly how it worked in South Korea when I lived there in the 90's

You can't imagine how much more special Christmas becomes when it's short.