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malaise

(269,025 posts) Mon Aug 10, 2020, 10:39 PM Aug 2020

Don the Con and his goons have started the war on Christmas

You'll get your Christmas cards and USPS posted presents next year. Spread the word.

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Don the Con and his goons have started the war on Christmas (Original Post) malaise Aug 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2020 #1

And it isn't mid-August yet? malaise Aug 2020 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Aug 2020 #3

When I started working on a newspaper in the mid-'70s, Xmas ads appeared around Turkey Day . . . Journeyman Aug 2020 #4

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malaise

(269,025 posts)

2. And it isn't mid-August yet?

Reply to Chin music (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 10, 2020, 11:12 PM

Aug 2020

Damn!

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Journeyman

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4. When I started working on a newspaper in the mid-'70s, Xmas ads appeared around Turkey Day . . .

Reply to Chin music (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 02:02 AM

Aug 2020

When I left journalism, ten years later, the first ads would appear in late September.

I'll be surprised this year, especially given the economic downturn, if the trees and decorations don't stay up year 'round.

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