Oh No Christmas is Coming! –

Oh Great Christmas is Coming

 Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat

Please do put a penny in the old man's hat

If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do

If you haven't got a ha'penny, then God bless you!

 

Back on the Menu Again!

Now we are allowed to have fat again I suppose goose will be back on the Christmas menu, uit it has been a long time off most diets, it being somewhat on the greasy side. And of course along with Christmas, comes not seasonal cheer instead we have the wait for the car park, the queue for the bus and slaloming through the crowds trying to bag a gift for aunt Aggie.

Chaos Looms or at Least Lurks a Bit

Last year saw chaos, with power cuts, armed robbers and general mayhem. Soon our papers and news websites, social media and no doubt Twitter will be full of advice for avoiding Black Friday, Orange Tuesday and Maroon Monday. Black Friday is an American invention, unlike the World Wide Web, AKA the internet which is a British one, thank you Sir Tim Berners-Lee. This dark cloud of a Friday is the first Friday after Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving is the last Thursday in November.

Everyone gets pumped up for these media created events and blow me if the joke isn’t on me. I see it isn’t maroon, it is Cyber Monday. Grief! Cyber Monday is when all the internet sites go barmy and offer you special deals, or not.

Whirling Like a Dervish at the Shops

But Dr Thomas Webb, at the University of Sheffield’s Department of Psychology, says each of these whirlwind consumer days actually poses a ‘classic self-control problem’ for shoppers.

The good  doctor said: ‘People often think Black Friday represents a unique shopping opportunity and that they will regret not buying. But they need to remind themselves that there are lots of good deals around at all times of the year.’

Well Said Doctor

An admirable sentiment Dr Webb. What you have to remember is that we here at James Pirie strive throughout the year to give you value for money and the odd very special offer. So forget queuing, forget whirling like a dervish and avoid black outs, armed robberies and spivs. Take a cup of tea or coffee, settle down and browse our lovely products. We have aromatic candles, the slate products and glassware to die for and lots of new goodies, like the Caithness Glass - Christmas Winter Wonderland Polar Bear with thirty festive pounds off.

https://www.jamespirie.com/winter-wonderland-polar-bear.html