Christmas creep in craft stores isn't normally worth a second glance. After all, if you want to finish your cross-stitched stockings and penguin-festooned potholders in time for December, you need to get started early.
But this tree is different somehow.
It's seasonally appropriate, but also not.
We're confused.
@UrIt: Both Halloween and Christmas are pagan holidays, like Easter.
]]>@Saboth: The Nightmare before Christmas is a fantastic film...
]]>@yentaleh: Dude, even Christians love Christmas trees.
]]>Oh Hobby Lobby, your checkout is so slow (no bar codes!) that when I enter for Halloween decorations it WILL be Christmas before I leave!
]]>Hobby Lobby (at least all of them in Georgia) has redesigned its strategy and stopped stocking many items.
My wife used to love to shop here for seasonal party supplies, picture frames, and general stuff that takes up room in our house, but that all changed recently.
Our local Hobby Lobby told her they laid off a ton of staff and are no longer selling anything but the big holiday stuff. Hence the Christmas wreathes on the wall in the picture taken in October...I think they'll be there year round now.
]]>Go to Michaels, they are still chuck full of Halloween goodies.
]]>@squinko - has 50 followers, what more do I need?!: Something like Ray Bradbury's Halloween Tree is what I was thinking.
]]>As for the Arbor Day series, I imagine it was decidedly spartan.
]]>This doesn't look like a Halloween tree, it looks like a fall/Thanksgiving tree. These are pumpkins, not jack-o-lanterns. The tip off is that Halloween stuff is usually cute and scary, while fall/TG stuff is usually more serious.
I like the tree. It's fun. My daughter has a little tree in her room that we decorate for all of the big holidays. She loves it. The funny thing is that we have had no trouble finding ornaments for other holidays.
]]>@Rectilinear Propagation: I see easter trees in my neighborhood, I guess it works....kinda weird seeing the easter bunny hanging off a tree imo
]]>@B: I'm holding out for the Easter Beagle.
]]>@Slave For Turtles: Lol.. my cats do that around their scratching post. It goes from floor to ceiling and they act like jungle kitties on that thing.
Heaven help you if you accidentally walk by just a little too closely.
]]>Otherwise, this is just baffling.
]]>@ReaveT: Do they? I've never heard of this. I've seen trees with Hanukkah related ornaments on it but that's about it.
]]>its abt utilizing the tree. why keep the tree covered in the basement/garage and use it once a year when u can use it year round? :D
you paid for it, now use it to the fullest plan. ;)
]]>@Saboth: Pumpkin Eggnog is AWESOMELY GOOD.
Just sayin.
]]>This is actually kind of awesome in that I love Halloween and I'm partially very lazy and hate taking down Halloween and fall decorations to put up a Christmas tree. I love the Christmas tree, it's the putting it together part I hate. So if there was a socially acceptable reason to have a Christmas-like tree in the apartment without the usual Christmas decorations, I think I'd do it.
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