I saw this big poster hanging outside of Nordstrom on Saturday night. And I saw it again today too. Ok, I go there alot.
If you can't read it, it says;
"At Nordstrom, we wont be decking our halls until Friday, November 23rd. Why? Well, we just like the idea of celebrating one holiday at a time. From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving. Nordstrom will be closed Thanksgiving Day. On Friday, our doors will open to welcome the new season. "
When I first saw this, I thought it was cool, considering when I went into Target on Halloween to get candy, the Halloween isle was already a Christmas isle, no candy to be found. I considered giving out candy canes.
But then, I thought, "yeah, it's great Nordstrom is doing this, but why do they feel the need to trumpet it all over their store, isn't that kind of worse than decorating in the first place?" I think I would have rather noticed on my own, "Oh, good Nordstrom knows it's November".
On the other hand, Chanukah starts on December 4 this year, only 10 days after Nordstrom "decks their halls", that doesn't give the Jews a whole lot of present-buying time. Oh well, we've been through worse. :)
1 comment:
The idea of picturing themselves as the good guys so that people will want to spend their money there puts me in mind of the famous holiday movie, "Miracle on 34th Street." It was a good thought, Santa sending customers to other stores if Macys did not have the product they wanted. But after the owner saw the positive spin that this took on, he directed all his sales persons to do the same because in the end it would result in more profit.
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