Has the calendar gone mad?

[Guest]

From the back page of today's Guardian magazine:

Habitat invites you to indulge in 20% off Christmas Lighting and Decorations.

Our Christmas gift to you.

Ends Sunday 13 November.

(So we have eight days to get ready for Christmas!)

[Flosshilde]

Never mind about the calendar - didn't Habitat go out of business?

Ah - having checked I see that it's now owned by the company that counts Argos & Homebase as its principal 'brands'.

[mangerton]

Happy Tat?

I was dragged there screaming and protesting by my wife thirty five years ago.

Haven't been back since.

[french frank]

Just remembered. Forum clock may advance to GMT + 1 this afternoon/evening (for Guests/ Not Logged In members only) to check which weekend it prefers to return to GMT

[vinteuil]

re: Habitat -

Happy Tat?
I was dragged there screaming and protesting by my wife thirty five years ago.
Haven't been back since.

... well, after all, we wouldn't want to confused with the sort of people who have to buy their own furniture...

Amateur51 reminds us on the Marxism thread -

Alan Clark famously quoted what he claimed was Michael Jopling's "snobby but cutting" dismissal of the ambitious Michael Heseltine: "The trouble with Michael is that he had to buy his own furniture" ...

[MrGongGong]

They are selling Christmas trees in B&Q
and probably hot cross buns in Morrisons

what on earth is the point in having seasonal festivals etc when they all seem to be able to happen at the same time ?

[Don Petter]

And mince pies are already being sold off reduced in our local Co-op.

[Flosshilde]

& Christmas cakes are available with a use-by date before Dec 25th