Selfridges opens Christmas store in August
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http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/lifestyle/london-culture/ho-ho-no-selfridges-opens-christmas-store-in-august/8622.article
A bit too early to open up mid august
A bit too early to open up mid august
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I can honestly see a christmas store opening up all year round at some point.
http://www.harrods.com/content/the-store/news-events/2013/july/visit-harrods%E2%80%99-christmas-world-in-store-now!
There's one at Cheddar Gorge which sells Christmas items and decorations all year.
http://www.oldrowlands.com/
Complete with Santa stood outside all year round!
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-m5qaktJdpEQ/TgG5P4gSzWI/AAAAAAAAAi0/lDx2eaoFT8U/DSCF0496_thumb2.jpg?imgmax=800
There's been a christmas shop near to us in Lechlade since 1984.
THE CHRISTMAS SHOP
To some extent Harrods have always done that.
It was originally done because a lot of their customers lived overseas and they had to allow enough time for the items to be delivered by ship, although in the past it was never as early as July!!!
There's one on Tooley Street.
EDIT: here it is.
.......is it something to do with 'climate change' ?
If that can make a living 12 months a year, I guess Selfridges can for 5.
We saw people shopping in them toom (in June) - it's beyond me I'm afraid. I don't even want to think about Christmas until the beginning of December!
Likewise. It's yet another thing I just don't understand.
I've been in that shop a few times and yes I've been in there in the summer I went there in the summer because someone had told me about it and I live in Ireland so I don't get to go to it often.
We only ever seem to remember to go @ Christmas!
That's no problem if you live locally I guess, but I don't and I'm only really free to travel in the summer as I'm busy with exams in college before Christmas.
My reply wasn't meant as a criticism of when you go, I just meant that even though we could go any time, we only seem to remember the shop is there in December!
and on boxing day the cream eggs are probably in the shops. There is no gap between the hard sell of events any more.
Not that I give a shite.
Disney Christmas Shop is open 365 days a year...... in Orlando!
Santa is a seasonal gig. Can't fault the man for trying to earn a buck.
Wandering down the 'seasonal' aisle in my local Tesco, back in early January.
They were flogging off the Xmas stuff cheap. I got some nice tins of Cadbury's biscuits for £2 a tin.
When I reached the end of the aisle, the last section was full of Cadburys Mini Eggs.