None of what I consider the "good" ads are even out yet: Target, Walmart, Toys R Us, Best Buy, etc. Too early to be making a blanket statement like "all the deals suck".
It's probably because the Black Friday site opened earlier than usual this year, so it seems like we've been waiting around forever because all of these topics have been talked to death already!
Three or four gifts are from Santa, the rest are from Mom & Dad. I don't want my kids to think that we buy Christmas presents for everyone but them - plus, why should Santa get all the credit?