Christmas is a rum game isn't it? We visited a nearby garden centre this afternoon. There are times when we need to escape the festivities and on a dismal afternoon even the garden centre cafe will do. The coffee is pretty good so that helps.
All the Christmas tat was being sold off and as far as we could tell it was selling fairly well considering how horrible most of it is. Most of the stuff was being sold at half the pre-Christmas price so presumably there are a number of canny folk buying their supplies of Christmas tat for next year.
What happens to the tat which doesn't sell even at a 50% discount? I don't know but maybe there are dealers prepared to take it. It's a strange business because surely we all know the stuff is mostly tat.
4 comments:
Harrods? Selfridges?
Back into the warehouse to be dragged out again next year?
The same question was raised in the car today when we passed a field in which had been erected various fence-like structures. Leaning neatly against them were about twenty well-wrapped but obviously unsold Christmas trees.
I suppose it all gets shipped out to places where they haven't had Christmas yet, because it is now Summer there!
Demetrius - possibly, but in special stylish packaging.
Jannie - I wonder if it is worth storing the stuff. Maybe not given the big reductions on all the unsold items.
Scrobs - or possibly Russia as their Christmas is later.
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