Yes, it's that time of year when, once again, the Festive Season is upon us!
"Oh for God's sake!" I hear you cry. "It's February, you looney!"
Well, yes. I know. My regular reader will remember that last year I was accused of having a similar senior moment in June when I saw my first Christmas advertisement on ITV2 on the 2nd of the month!
This year I can beat that. One of my readers in East Anglia emailed me a copy of the programme for Blackthorpe Barns in Suffolk, part of the Rougham Estate who provide the Christmas trees for number 10. The back two pages contain the following items :
"The Christmas shop...offers one of the widest ranges of best qualirty decorations ... Open daily from 5th November to 22nd December."
"Christmas Trees and natural decorations... daily from 26th November - 22nd December"
"Meet the reindeer on Sunday 4 and 11 December""
"New for 2011 - Santa's Grotto!"
So there you have it. Christmas advertising now officially starts on 14th February in East Anglia. I know they have a reputation for being a bit slow up there, but even so...
Happy Christmas to you all.
1 comments:
In fact this was to the day perfect for the Tesco revellers as they held their regional 2010 Xmas bash this very night, Sat 19th Feb 2011!
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