I've held on to all of them since the start of October. It's not a lot -- fourteen assorted catalogs. Some of them can be forgiven for arriving before the first trick-or-treater showed up at the door. You see Herrschner's in the lower left; that's a crafters' catalog, and crafters have been receiving Christmas-themed mailings since April. Some of those handmade Christmas presents take a looooong time. You think Ralphie's aunt threw together his pink nightmare bunny suit overnight?
Also, we have a couple of Catholic catalogs, and they feature items that the faithful may want for Advent. Advent begins on December 3 this year -- actually later than usual -- and if you want an Advent wreath or Advent calendar, you'll want it soon after Thanksgiving.
The others are just piling on, trying to get top-of-mind when the season starts in earnest.
November 1 seems pretty early for Christmas, but you know what? All together these catalogs are smaller than the famous Sears Wish Book, which used to arrive right after Labor Day. So there's that.
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Just think, magazine publishers are right now planning December editions. December 2024. And gathering ideas for December 2025. But they can’t be wedded to ideas too much.
rbj13
It was good that the Wish Book came out so early...it took a lot of bathroom trips to go through it & decide what you wanted Santa to get you from Sears. ;>
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