Stephen wrote:
> Since, Hallowe’en is All-Hallows-Eve which is the evening befor
e All 
> Saints' Day it is not incongruous that two Christian celebrations are 
> advertised together.

Halloween is about as Christian as Christmas is, really.

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Warp wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aoldotcom> wrote:
>> Since, Hallowe???en is All-Hallows-Eve which is the evening before All 
>> Saints' Day it is not incongruous that two Christian celebrations are 
>> advertised together.
> 
>   A glowing pumpkin is as christian as a kamidana.

A glowing pumpkin is as christian as a yule log, more like. ;-)

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On 25/08/2010 5:04 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Stephen <mca### [at] aoldotcom> wrote:
>>> Since, Hallowe???en is All-Hallows-Eve which is the evening before
>>> All Saints' Day it is not incongruous that two Christian celebrations
>>> are advertised together.
>>
>> A glowing pumpkin is as christian as a kamidana.
>
> A glowing pumpkin is as christian as a yule log, more like. ;-)
>

LOL

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On 25/08/2010 5:03 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> Since, Hallowe’en is All-Hallows-Eve which is the evening before All
>> Saints' Day it is not incongruous that two Christian celebrations are
>> advertised together.
>
> Halloween is about as Christian as Christmas is, really.
>

True.

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	Stephen

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On 8/25/2010 7:30 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Today, on the 25th of August, I have just seen my first advert for
> something Christmas-related.
>

They are really trying to make it Christmas in July.....


I can't wait until it comes full circle and they start selling the stuff 
in December again.

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On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:30:06 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> Today, on the 25th of August, I have just seen my first advert for
> something Christmas-related.

You're lucky - here we occasionally see things as early as June....

> It's summer? Hello??

Hello. :-)

Jim

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Am 25.08.2010 23:50, schrieb Jim Henderson:
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:30:06 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>
>> Today, on the 25th of August, I have just seen my first advert for
>> something Christmas-related.
>
> You're lucky - here we occasionally see things as early as June....
>
>> It's summer? Hello??
>
> Hello. :-)

I guess "Hello World!" would be the appropriate answer here ;-)

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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:13:13 +0200, clipka wrote:

> Am 25.08.2010 23:50, schrieb Jim Henderson:
>> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:30:06 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>
>>> Today, on the 25th of August, I have just seen my first advert for
>>> something Christmas-related.
>>
>> You're lucky - here we occasionally see things as early as June....
>>
>>> It's summer? Hello??
>>
>> Hello. :-)
> 
> I guess "Hello World!" would be the appropriate answer here ;-)

LOL

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On 25/08/2010 02:21 PM, Warp wrote:

>    Regardless, it's also my understanding that this doesn't stop many
> people and places from starting selling Christmas ridiculously early.
> I think many shops will have Christmas and Halloween decorations at the
> same time (which, if you think about it, is rather weird and bizarre).

At the weekend, I was in Sainsburys. And they had Christmas and 
Halloween decorations up in the same shop. WTF?

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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:22:26 +0100, Invisible wrote:

> On 25/08/2010 02:21 PM, Warp wrote:
> 
>>    Regardless, it's also my understanding that this doesn't stop many
>> people and places from starting selling Christmas ridiculously early. I
>> think many shops will have Christmas and Halloween decorations at the
>> same time (which, if you think about it, is rather weird and bizarre).
> 
> At the weekend, I was in Sainsburys. And they had Christmas and
> Halloween decorations up in the same shop. WTF?

At our local CostCo, the Christmas decorations came out in September, as 
I recall.

Jim

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