Chars Life and Times

We all realize that we are in a recession, but Christmas just comes once a year. I am not really into shopping any time of the year, much less at Christmas time, but you can’t help but wonder about all the traffic on the streets lately. I had to go to Petsmart for my weekly stock up the other day, and there were cars lined up for almost a mile to get into Wal-mart. I was amazed that at Petsmart, all the Christmas goodies were already half off. I never have seen this kind of price cutting until AFTER Christmas. Of course, my furry kids just had to have some new chew sticks. They won’t care if they are red and green or not. 

Stores are doing all they can to get those last minute customers in their stores and buy their products. They are so afraid that the recession will make people stay home and not buy for Christmas. I think that people who ordinarily buy Christmas gifts are going to do it anyway, just maybe spend a bit less this year than usual. 

For me, well I’ll just stay home and give gift cards. 

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