Given my situation of being a professed over-the-hill loser

and living in a provider wasteland, I've got to work really to get on a girls schedule; however, this months seemed to be a little different. There seems to be more than the average number of marketing texts coming from service providers. Once I get the discount coupons I'm in...
Gals, you marketing hard to get some extra cash for the holidays or is Dec a slower time of year?
Gents, notice any uptick in 'marketing' around the holidays?
MTny