Johnny Carruthers (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chocolatescifi) wrote,@ 2008-10-31 13:30:00 |
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Seasonal Dichotomy
There is something interesting about walking into a store like Target or Walgreens on Halloween. Maybe even going in a few days before Halloween, but definitely Halloween itself.
There is an interesting dichotomy taking place when you walk over to the aisle containing the seasonal merchandise. On the one hand, there is still plenty of Halloween merchandise on the shelves. The costumes might be down to just a handful that have been picked over (probably more than once), but there are still enough for those who waited, for one reason or another, to select their costume at the last possible moment.
There is also still more than an adequate selection of candy, for those who have decided that they need just another bag or two for the trick-or-treaters. Or for those who may have not planned to hand out candy until the last moment. Or for those who need something else for their Halloween party. Or . . . well, you get the idea. Whatever the reason, there is still plenty of candy.
But even while the store is trying to sell as much Halloween merchandise as possible, they are also wanting to get ready to get the Christmas merchandise on the shelves as quickly as possible. There may already be a few shelves that have Christmas decorations in place. You might already see candy canes alongside the bags of Fun Size Milky Way bars and candy corn. And you might even see red and green side-by-side with orange and black.
And while it may not show on the faces of the store's personnel, you know that one thing is going through their minds. That would be, How quickly can we get the Halloween stuff moved over to a clearance section tonight, so we can really start putting out the Christmas stuff tomorrow?
Yes, it's interesting walking into Target or Walgreens on Halloween. It will be even more interesting to walk in there tomorrow, when the seasonal shift has really begun.
-jc-
There is something interesting about walking into a store like Target or Walgreens on Halloween. Maybe even going in a few days before Halloween, but definitely Halloween itself.
There is an interesting dichotomy taking place when you walk over to the aisle containing the seasonal merchandise. On the one hand, there is still plenty of Halloween merchandise on the shelves. The costumes might be down to just a handful that have been picked over (probably more than once), but there are still enough for those who waited, for one reason or another, to select their costume at the last possible moment.
There is also still more than an adequate selection of candy, for those who have decided that they need just another bag or two for the trick-or-treaters. Or for those who may have not planned to hand out candy until the last moment. Or for those who need something else for their Halloween party. Or . . . well, you get the idea. Whatever the reason, there is still plenty of candy.
But even while the store is trying to sell as much Halloween merchandise as possible, they are also wanting to get ready to get the Christmas merchandise on the shelves as quickly as possible. There may already be a few shelves that have Christmas decorations in place. You might already see candy canes alongside the bags of Fun Size Milky Way bars and candy corn. And you might even see red and green side-by-side with orange and black.
And while it may not show on the faces of the store's personnel, you know that one thing is going through their minds. That would be, How quickly can we get the Halloween stuff moved over to a clearance section tonight, so we can really start putting out the Christmas stuff tomorrow?
Yes, it's interesting walking into Target or Walgreens on Halloween. It will be even more interesting to walk in there tomorrow, when the seasonal shift has really begun.
-jc-
