Step Into Christmas

Walked down into town for our weekly coffee and cake treat and I was horrified to see this shop had suddenly appeared in Market Place.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against Christmas per se, but it’s over three months away ffs! I know these shops do pop up towards the end of the year, but they could have had the decency to at least wait for autumn. I mean, it’s still officially summer for the next three days!
It’s going to go one of two ways really. Either it’s a brilliant move because people will want to panic buy their Xmas stuff before another lockdown occurs or it’s doomed to failure because Christmas will be cancelled to stop people mixing indoors, so no point in buying new decorations.
Having said all that, they do a nice glass bauble decorated with a Kendal scene - I’m guessing that could be a best seller around here. And whilst I don’t expect it to be made by local artisans, you might have hoped they could have sourced these baubles somewhat closer than America!
Of course, these are purely my views. Just because I have a lot in common with Ebeneezer Scrooge (pre ghostly visits), it doesn’t mean that Mrs C won’t be queueing outside first thing tomorrow, armed with a credit card and many shopping bags!