Holidays Approaching

Now that we're in late November I now feel it's justified to start thinking about Christmas. I think it's silly how early shops start selling Christmas stuff; the one I work at started at the beginning of October! And people were actually buying stuff! I suppose mince pies can be excused, they are only in the shops this time of year, so if people really like them they will buy them as soon as they appear on the shelves. But buying a Chrismas pudding in October? Seems a little silly to me. From a business standpoint , shops want to make money and Christmas is a good time of year for that, I guess it's down to us to decide when to start buying stuff.