Humbug to early holiday programming

As I was watching my favorite shows on Hulu this week, I noticed something annoying about the commercials that pop up every ten minutes—they were Christmas commercials.

Now I'm not an idiot, so I am very much aware that advertising for Christmas starts on November 1.  In some cases it starts in the middle of October, but Halloween usually gets its time. Thanksgiving, on the other hand, can forget it.

I couldn't help but wonder—why so early? I mean, it's the number one complaint people have about Christmas: they think stores advertise too early and radio stations play music too soon.

Do companies honestly think that anyone forgets when Christmas is?  I agree that it is probably the biggest holiday, but still.

ABC Family has this special every December; it's called the "25 days of Christmas." They show special Christmas movies—some originals, some classics and some that have nothing to do with Christmas at all, like the "Harry Potter" movies.

Don't get me wrong, I am one of the biggest Potter fans but, COME ON. Just because they have a Christmas scene for three minutes does not qualify it as a Christmas movie. ABC Family does this to get everyone in the Holiday spirit, and they obviously wait until December to do it; I appreciate that.

However, for the past couple of years, they have done a countdown to the 25 days of Christmas where they play similar movies and TV shows. That's right: they have a countdown to their countdown of Christmas.

Another disadvantage of running these commercials too early could be running the risk of overexposure and fatigue if you show advertising over and over again.

Plus, that one Coca-Cola commercial where the city is inside of a snow globe and Santa is creeping hardcore on them, then tilts the snow globe city slowly and everyone is falling over is just down right creepy.

Also, wouldn't it make sense for food companies to advertise during Thanksgiving due to the fact that everyone has a huge dinner?

I don't know, I guess I just like it when all the holidays get their time in the spotlight.