Like it or not, the Holiday Season is in full swing. The Holiday Season is defined as the large group of year-end celebrations which includes Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah. It officially begins right after July 4th when the drug stores change the seasonal sale aisles from barbecue grills, lawn chairs, and mosquito repellent to Christmas tree ornaments, candy canes, and cassettes of Slim Whitman's Christmas Favorites Volume 17. You can't say they don't give you fair warning.
Holidays are big business.
To put this in perspective, that's almost twice what Jim Carrey will get paid for his next movie but less than half what Jerry Hall will probably take home from her divorce settlement with Mick. This consumer binge has made Halloween the second biggest for holiday spending, ahead of Easter and behind Christmas. Obviously the egg and rabbit industries just aren't trying. It doesn't take much to create a holiday anymore. Take Cinco de Mayo.