Christmas starts early in the stores and it ends early in the stores. Christmas starts in September and ends December  15 to make room for storage boxes, New Year’s and Valentine’s Day decorations. Don’t you feel cheated out of precious time? On the other hand, if t business keeps up the pace and continues to accelerate along the timeline, they will catch up with her own tail, like playful puppies, – so in a few years Christmas will be Christmas and New Year’s will be New Year again – even in the stores :-)….