Ack!
So I was talking to my friend Joe, pondering just what I should update you guys about. Well, I was going to blather endlessly about the joys of plants that go dormant (which Joe sort of suggested…though I think he meant more like how to tell if your plant is going dormant or if it’s dead).
Well that’s not what this post is about. Instead I give you this picture. Of a poinsettia for sale at home depot. In october. Seriously?! I can see (sort of) buying lights and stuff now because they’ll still be just as usable in 8 weeks,but this? I can almost guarantee that the 5 people who actually want a poinsettia in October will have it dead 2 weeks into November. Plus who has a house that wouldn’t look absurd with a poinsettia before Halloween?! ::sigh::
The Midwestern Jungle 
I saw a few pointsettia plants at our local Fred Meyer (grocery, housewares, clothing…one stop shopping!) last week. I recoiled in horror.
I had a really hard time not having a rampage. I figured it was a bad day to get escorted off the property by the police…or worse…having to pay for all of them
I’ve been seeing poinsettias for weeks now (Christmas cookies and such, too). I’m not even shocked any more – I once saw poinsettias in AUGUST.
You know, I heard rumors of Europeans selling poinsettias for a lot more of the year than Americans but that is just ridiculous.
I think it might have to do with the fact that we don’t have any holidays in autumn – no Thanksgiving, and while Halloween does exist, it’s probably still not such a big deal, and there are some people who are strongly opposed to it – so we can jump from high summer straight to Christmas.
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It’s a shame that the retail industry seems to push Christmas earlier and earlier each year, Poinsettias sold so early included. It sort of devalues Christmas too.
It really does, I couldn’t have said it better.