Yesterday, in several supermarkets, we noticed some really horrible Halloween goods - gruesome masks and costumes. I understand that children like to scare and shock, but some of these were beyond the pale in our opinion.
Also, in spite of it being only October, that blooming Elf on the Shelf thing was on sale all over the place. I had to explain to husband what parents do with Elf on the Shelf, and he thought it was a crazy idea. (In Africa, children are so well-behaved. And an Elf would be viewed as 'sorcery' and much frowned upon. Ditto the weird Halloween stuff.)