Not necessarily. The reason they come out with that stuff now is out of the hope that you'll buy the candy (and people generally buy stuff they like), get tired of staring at it after a couple weeks and devour it, then have to buy more. The earlier it's out, the more times this can happen, potentially doubling or tripling their profit. Same reason you see halloween stuff out so early in the year. Especially halloween, because of the lag in "gift" holidays over the summer.

At the same time, I'd think Valentine's day would be the stuff you'd see now.

valentines day is not that emphasised here.
There's not the comercialism here either.

I'm one of the lucky ones, I can legally host my own private fireworks show.
GET READY FOR THE BIG BANGS!

have a happy 2004

titanium_geek

Nah - we tend to see Valentine's Day stuff about a fortnight before the event. All those sickly sweet teddy bears, yuk. Frankly, if I gave my g/f one of those, you'd next hear about me in conjunction with the following words "....and the badly mutilated body was found in a ditch."

My g/f hates Valentine's Day and so, luckily, I don't have to bother.

My friends and I have (well had) an apt name for Valentine's day....

Singles Awareness Day

The man just wants you to feel bad so you'll buy all that chocolate to soothe the depression. Just remember....

Girls are no substitute for a playstation.

Outstanding.

I predict that you'll go far Dewar.

regards

John