iYod Hunt Day 4 (11/5)
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It's way to f**king early for Christmas crap. It's the first damn week of November. My Santa Saver account just matured! Take a picture of a store in your area that has gotten into the Christmas retail spirit much too early.
Welcome to Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland and bronners.com, your one-stop shop for everything Christmas - Christmas ornaments, artificial Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Nativity scenes, Christmas decorations, collectibles, and more. The Bronner family and staff hope you enjoy visiting our website and invite you to visit our store located in Frankenmuth, Michigan's "Little Bavaria." Home to over 50,000 gifts and trims for all seasons and reasons, Bronner's is the world's largest Christmas store. With thousands of twinkling lights, shimmering ornaments and sparkling Christmas trees, a spectacular Christmas wonderland awaits you the size of one-and-a-half football fields. Bronners is a world famous tourist trap/attraction. People actually plan vacations to Frankenmuth, MI just to visit Bronners. If you take a look at their June edition E-Newsletter , their Mascot, a Star named Beamer reminds you that there are only 203 days until Christmas OMG! They do sell "Seasonal Items", you know from those other, so-called holidays, but everyone who's anyone goes there for the Christmas supplies. From their trivia link: 12. Movie star John "the Duke" Wayne ordered a Santa suit from Bronner's by telephone on December 15, 1976. 13. Celebrities who have visited Bronner's recently include former Michigan Governor John Engler and First Lady Michelle with triplet daughters; former Michigan Governor James Blanchard; Olympic Gold Medalist Dorothy Hamill; vocalists Little Jimmie Dickins, Jim Nabors, Pat Boone, Marie Osmond, Anita Bryant, Andy Williams, the Lennon Sisters, the Lettermen, Ted Nugent, the Ink Spots, Faith Hill, Twila Paris and sister Starla, and Ana Cani; television's Dave Coulier of "Full House" and "America's Funniest People;" accordionist Myron Floren of "Lawrence Welk" fame; Ann Jillian; Maria, Rosmarie, and Elisabeth von Trapp; First Lady Laura Bush; and actresses Polly Bergen and Cindy Williams. 14. Sports figures who have visited Bronner's include former University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, Detroit Tigers' owner Tom Monaghan (who arrived at Bronner's in his Domino's Pizza helicopter!), former Tiger pitcher Milt Wilcox, former Tiger catcher Lance Parrish, former Tiger outfielder Willie Horton, race car driver Al Unser, Jr., "Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe, and Detroit Redwing Sergei Fedorov. Heh, I like it that they say that John Wayne ORDERED a Santa Suit, it doesn't say he BOUGHT one, or that he even got it for that matter. Now I know you're really salivating for the items Bronners has to offer,so here you go.
A cardboard, excuse me corrugated board fireplace. For those who don't have a chimney on which, to hang their stockings with care.
The required souvenier ornaments to prove to the world that such a wondrous place really exists.
Not sure what to give the fisherman or fisherwoman in your family? Well Bronners has you covered. Who could resist such a charming, delicate, tasteful, and seasonally appropriate ornament? Thepassenger in the boat IS wearing red and green after all.
What about the other outdoors person in your family? You know, the ones who go camping but can't quite give up the comforts of home.
Again, a tasteful and seasonally apporpriate ornament, its sparkly and Ithink the blue squiggles are supposed to be Christmas lights. So take that Bah Humbug and stow it away. In Bronner's Christmas is here to stay.
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I went to the mall today to go pay the cell phone bill and wandered through some other stores...and started hearing music and seeing decorations. Macy's. New York and Co. The mall in general. I started to twitch when I heard the music in New York and Co. Waaahhhh!! Mommy, make it go 'way!
LOL I know what you mean. I usta work retail. By Thanksgiving I was SICK of Christmas Carols.
I'm thinking I might need some advertising compensation for this post. :-)
Anyway... Christmas stresses me out enough, I couldn't imagine dealing with that year round.