Topic ID 1926
This year - Saturday 24th December 2006. How many shop keepers (great old phrase, sadly nearly gone) are going to cater for some of us who will no doubt be on a late afternoon shopping spree moment to cater for last minute bits? If it is open, Farrow and Farrow can expect a visit as I will need a cheese or 2 for boxing day!
Reply ID 24615
Glad to see the old male traditions being upheld. A woman will have completed all her Christmas shopping by the end of next month and possibly wrapped it, particularly for her significant other. She will also have "reserve" gifts for unexpected visitors. A man will burst into a shop on December 24th at about 2pm, survey the empty shelves, reach over the counter to drag the already celebrating assisant from the space behind it and bellow in tearful desperation, "What have you got left?!!!"
Reply ID 24616
Jeez, it's only the beginning of September. Why are you asking about Christmas when it's over four months away?
Reply ID 24617
Oh dear, Mrs Steve is going to be disappointed.
Reply ID 24618
quote:I have been told that I don't plan ahead enough by the Mrs, so I thought I'd show her that I do!! [;)]
Originally posted by Steve
Jeez, it's only the beginning of September. Why are you asking about Christmas when it's over four months away?
Reply ID 24619
There'll always be someone who feels the need to shop 2 minutes after they have closed for the festive break. For goodness sake, let the poor shop staff finish early (I suggest lunchtime) on this one day. No doubt some of them will be in on Boxing Day getting ready for the sales so that those compulsive shoppers can get their fix without having to resort to visiting the petrol station! 'When the snowman brings the snow, well he just might like to know, he's put a great big smile .....' Happy Christmas!
Reply ID 24620
quote:That's me! [:)]
Originally posted by shunt
Glad to see the old male traditions being upheld. A woman will have completed all her Christmas shopping by the end of next month and possibly wrapped it, particularly for her significant other. She will also have "reserve" gifts for unexpected visitors. A man will burst into a shop on December 24th at about 2pm, survey the empty shelves, reach over the counter to drag the already celebrating assisant from the space behind it and bellow in tearful desperation, "What have you got left?!!!"
Reply ID 24622
Just one thing Decemebr 24th 2006 is a SUNDAY so rather think you will be disappoineted if you leave it late!
Reply ID 24625
quote:Guess it will just have to be Tescos then - or the 24 hour petrol station ........
Originally posted by Marilyn
Just one thing Decemebr 24th 2006 is a SUNDAY so rather think you will be disappoineted if you leave it late!
Reply ID 24626
I'm an organised female but I also think any mention of Christmas ought to be illegal before December 1st! 3 weeks or thereabouts is more than enough time to organise a great day.
Reply ID 24631
Thanks for the post - must remember to remind Mother-in-Law to put the sprouts on ASAP......
Reply ID 24632
quote:That's exactly right, it ultimately seems to be one day (the 25th) since it appears Boxing is now a shopping day. I work part time for a High Street retailer and on Friday I watched cages of Christmas stock coming in!
Originally posted by dytter
I'm an organised female but I also think any mention of Christmas ought to be illegal before December 1st! 3 weeks or thereabouts is more than enough time to organise a great day.
Reply ID 24633
quote:Agreed! But illegal for women only. We'll get so much stuff done that way.
Originally posted by dytter
I'm an organised female but I also think any mention of Christmas ought to be illegal before December 1st! 3 weeks or thereabouts is more than enough time to organise a great day.
Reply ID 24634
Berb, up until 4 years ago, I was the typical "4pm on the 24th" shopper! So I decided to try something different. I ordered the whole of Christmas over the internet, and placed every order before Dec 1st!!! It was brilliant, and I've done it ever since. Its so stress free! I laugh when I hear about the traffic queues at Bluewater. I'm sitting on the couch watching The Wizard of Oz for the 100th time on Bravo......... Hmmm.
Reply ID 24637
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Reply ID 24638
Sorry Admin - this thread should have been put in the shopping section.
Reply ID 24639
quote:No, this thread should have been canned. It's a complete non-thread. There is one sideways reference to Hertford, you even got the day of Christmas Eve wrong, and half of the posts are your own.
Originally posted by Berbatov
Sorry Admin - this thread should have been put in the shopping section.
Reply ID 24640
quote:[B)]Good grief! Hangover? I think Berb was asking when retailers in Hertford intend to cease trading for Christmas. He hasn't got many answers, so it's become general good humoured conversation. Maybe it should go because of that, or for being trivia, but many threads contain entertaining rather than factual responses. I'd hate this forum to become too serious.
Originally posted by nora battyquote:No, this thread should have been canned. It's a complete non-thread. There is one sideways reference to Hertford, you even got the day of Christmas Eve wrong, and half of the posts are your own.
Originally posted by Berbatov
Sorry Admin - this thread should have been put in the shopping section.
Reply ID 24670
quote:...or Farrow & Farrow, independent retailers and purveyors of fine cheese board selections, hampers, good cheer, warm welcomes and strong backs who will be open on Sunday 24th December and delivering orders to your home on the week before Christmas (as the wife (moi) has taken the week off to be gopher![:D] ) For specific orders (truffles, caviar, foie gras etc) please contact us early to avoid disappointment. From last year's experience, there were some late evening opening hours in the town but it was not heavily utilised. I don't know who organised it, but it would be useful if the advertising were more prevelent and starting from November. Appologies to purists - I agree with the December 1st starting date for Christmas - but there's a tendency to not notice signs/adveritising until it's too late. Sloop, would this be in your ever expanding department? Yours sincerely, Mrs F, queen of cheeky questions, blatant plugs and brass neck.[:)][;)]
Originally posted by Deverauxquote:Guess it will just have to be Tescos then - or the 24 hour petrol station ........
Originally posted by Marilyn
Just one thing Decemebr 24th 2006 is a SUNDAY so rather think you will be disappoineted if you leave it late!
Reply ID 24672
quote:What about Christmas Day batteries though? [:)]
..or Farrow & Farrow, independent retailers and purveyors of fine cheese board selections, hampers, good cheer, warm welcomes and strong backs who will be open on Sunday 24th December and delivering orders to your home on the week before Christmas (as the wife (moi) has taken the week off to be gopher![:D] ) For specific orders (truffles, caviar, foie gras etc) pelase contact us early to avoid disappointment.
Reply ID 24673
quote:Stick to clockwork toys Leo - they're a wind up as well! [:D][:D]
What about Christmas Day batteries though? [:)]
Reply ID 24690
Thank the Lord for Farrow & Farrow! They are a shining light in this ever depressing society where the customer seems to be insignificant. I love going in this shop, it's like a haven for all that is good in this world.
Reply ID 24693
And I'm sure it hasn't gone unnoticed that the Discover Hertford website has got this festive topic running even before Tescos have their Christmas Pudds on the shelves - or am I in for a nasty surprise when I go there this evening? And yes, well done to Farrow and Farrow and all our other traders who actually do appear to value the customer.
Reply ID 24698
I find Christmas limits choice, as things I want to buy are replaced with "Seasonal Goods". Roughly translated, this means food you wouldn't eat at any other time of year and really odd tat in the non-food. Yep, you have to shop early while normal stuff is still in stock, or be faced with,"Festive Bar Accessory and Cocktail Set" or "Stylish pen and matching notebook in brushed aluminium", or "My Little Phoney (in pink Santa outfit)Pencil Case". Hertford is not quite as bad as Rome, where I once found a "Pope in a Snowstorm" paperweight, however. Oh well, at least there's always the cheese option.
Reply ID 24700
quote:As the saying goes: When in Rome Hertford, do as the Hertfordians do; no pop in a snowstorm for us, though how about a Sloop in a snowstorm? We visited the Speciality & Fine Food Fair this weekend and spoke to one of our major suppliers. They told us that they had already sold out of their Christmas stock. Just goes to show how manic the season is - and not surpirisingly as it is retail's biggest event. It's also understandable that shops want to get the stock sold as soon as possible as nobody wants it on the 26th December. Most shops also don't have the sheer storage capacity for the massive Christmas delivery so it goees out for sale.
Originally posted by shunt
Hertford is not quite as bad as Rome, where I once found a "Pope in a Snowstorm" paperweight, however. Oh well, at least there's always the cheese option.
Reply ID 24726
I must concur with the sentiments regarding F&F – and to be honest all the other proprietors of pubs/shops/restaurants that show up here on the Forum. It is free advertising for sure but at least they have the ‘testicular fortitude’ to say “I represent this shop” and let people know who they are and take whatever praise/criticism from a largely anonymous internet forum crowd. It’s far better than people showing up as “FarrowLover” (or whatever) and in reality actually either being the owner, family member of friend and pretending to be independent.