The public appearance of a three-year-old unsigned Snopes-worthy memo, Hallowe’en at Toronto District School Board Schools: Scarrrrrry Stuff!, indicating that Wiccan kids shouldn’t risk becoming traumatized by the festivities, is proof that the "holiday season" has finally nudged its way into October – just substitute "Samhain" with "Chanukah", and you’ve got two entire months of talk radio squawk about how "certain people" want to ruin traditions for the rest of us. Will educator fears of October 31’s "commercialization of death" in the classroom be followed by lessons decrying December 25’s commercialization of birth? Let the record show that the year’s first press release concerning Christmas shopping appeared yesterday at 19:27 ET – when Toys "R" Us Canada released their Hot Toy List for the Holiday Season, less than a week after Wal-Mart Canada issued their Halloween costume top 10. Possibly unpopular Star Wars merchandise factors conspicuously on both.
Haunted louse
October 28, 2005 · 1 Comment
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Maria // October 28, 2005 at 1:55 pm
I received the Victoria’s Secret “Christmas” (or was it holiday? I don’t remember) catalogue about 10 days ago. It’s an American company, but they do deliver to Canada. I will probably blog about it this weekend (they’re selling a 12.5 million USD bra!!).
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