Christmas in Japan Sets New Record for Early

Posted by Bill Belew on October 30th, 2008 in Japan | No Comments

Kobe Harbourland and my neighbor would get along grand. My wife and I can’t tell if my neighbor put his Christmas lights up early for this year or just left them up from last year. Doesn’t matter in the big picture I suppose.

Kobe Harbourland has put up a Christmas tree already. Santa’s landmark is 21.5 meters (70′) tall. It was put up last Saturday, October 25th.

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Of course, KFC is licking their chops, wishing they could have more than one Christmas each year. Go figure…Christmas day is the single best selling day for the Colonel year-around.

What’s the earliest sign of Christmas you have ever seen? Besides my neighbors, of course.

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  1. Tynee says

    October 30, 2008

    The Target near where I work, had Christmas stuff for sale October 1st

  2. Alicia, Mental Health Notes says

    October 30, 2008

    That’s a really pretty tree.

    I used to work at a retail store back in college, and we started getting Christmas stock in June.

  3. Briana says

    November 2, 2008

    Earliest sign of Christmas I can remember, is getting the Sears Wishbook Catalog in July one year!
    I’m pretty excited to decorate for Christmas, but I have waited until after Halloween at least!

  4. Sariko says

    December 16, 2008

    This year on Oct. 7 my local supermarket was already selling eggnog.