Christmas Before Halloween

"Christmas Before Halloween" is a meme format derived from the iconic scene in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 psychological horror film The Shining, where Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) chops through a door with an axe, shouting "Here's Johnny!" while his terrified wife Wendy looks on. The meme typically highlights the premature arrival of Christmas decorations, music, and festivities, often beginning right after Halloween or even as early as September. It humorously captures the overwhelming, aggressive, or intrusive feeling of holiday creep—when Christmas commercialism and spirit aggressively break boundaries far too early, startling people just like the movie scene. Users frequently employ it to joke about stores or overly festive individuals rushing the holiday season.