When I was 14, my mother and I were walking through JC Penny's on our way into the mall when I realized she wasn't beside me. I looked back and saw her standing at the foot of an elevated mannequin grouping in the ladies department. She stared up at a doll dressed in, what I …
How is your Christmas shopping coming this year? Christmas shopping is one of my favorite things to do. I look forward to it every year. I love putting together a list, reflecting on what I know about the people I am shopping for and choosing things personally, things I believe each person will take some …
I love how my sister decorates her Christmas Tree. My tree – when I have one, which I haven’t recently thanks to destructo-cat and the perception amongst relatives that since we don’t have children, we don’t deserve to host Christmas, or maybe it’s because the last Christmas we hosted was a disaster that ended with …
Actually it's a little late. October 1 marks the start of Christmas for many retailers. And having spent 31 years as a retailer, my spirit is attuned to that rhythm. In fact, since I was in national store operations for almost all of those years, October seems really late to me. You see, in order …
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