Christmas Deals Come Early This Year

Consumer advocate and finance guru Clark Howard is predicting that sales for Christmas will begin mid-late October this year and run through December 10. He says that there will still be Black Thursday deals, but that consumers will have more options this year. I don't know whether that's a) good for all of us because there are more deals to be had, b) bad because we will be inundated with the Christmas trappings even earlier this year, or c) a clear picture of the sorry state of the economy.