{"id":24163,"date":"2016-06-27T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T22:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=24163"},"modified":"2016-06-27T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T22:21:44","slug":"five-things-to-buy-for-christmas-in-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/five-things-to-buy-for-christmas-in-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things to Buy for Christmas in the Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s blazing hot outside \u2013 not a snowball in sight \u2013 and it\u2019s time to buy for Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n

No, we\u2019re not talking big screen TVs or a hot video game system. We\u2019re talking the nuts and bolts of Christmas<\/a> you can and should shop for right now. <\/p>\n

July is traditionally the deadest period of the year for nearly all retailers. It is a month for mark-it-down-and-ship-it-out and stack-it-deep-and-sell-it-cheap. <\/p>\n

After all, most folks are vacationing or otherwise occupied with hot-weather pursuits. Absolutely nobody is in the stores. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the season of sidewalk sales and Christmas-in-July dominates this time of year. Retailers will try anything to get something going. They know that with back-to-school starting there\u2019s nothing much to do other than to clear the decks. And that means savings. <\/p>\n

Here are the top five things to buy for Christmas<\/a> right now:<\/p>\n

1.\tWinter boots, coats and hats<\/strong><\/p>\n

Buried deep on the discount racks way in the far corners of department stores everywhere are off-season goods just begging to be purchased. You\u2019ll have no competition at these racks, so take your time. Yes, the assortment isn\u2019t as great and certain sizes might be hard to find. But the deals are never better than right now and it all goes away within weeks when folks start thinking back-to-school. Don\u2019t hesitate if you know this will be on a wish list this Christmas<\/a>. <\/p>\n

2.\tChristmas<\/a> decorations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Seriously. Walk into Hobby Lobby before July 4th and you\u2019ll see fall already on the shelves\u2026and Christmas<\/a> in abundance. You\u2019ll also notice lots of 50-70% off signs. What you\u2019re seeing is last year\u2019s sets\u2026.and they want it gone. The same is true at a number of other retailers who carry Christmas<\/a> stuff. As their summer and garden product starts to dwindle they have to fill the space with something. Traditionally that space gets filled in August when summer ends for most people. And in August the new Christmas<\/a> stuff comes in by the boatload. That means the remnants of last year\u2019s boatload has to go. Shop it now before the pundits notice all the Christmas<\/a> stuff in August and call it all Christmas<\/a> creep. Right now, it\u2019s discount city. <\/p>\n

3.\tChristmas<\/a> trees<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the difference between last year\u2019s model Christmas<\/a> trees and this year\u2019s model?
\nWe don\u2019t know either. All we do know is that in many cases the Jacklyn Smith model trees at Kmart this year will be different than they were last year \u2013 and last year\u2019s trees will be dirt cheap for about a month. They need them gone. For the best quality trees at the biggest discounts tree local nursery retailers that specialize in Christmas<\/a> lights<\/a> and such \u2013 they tend to be the most desperate to get rid of last year\u2019s trees before the new trees come in. <\/p>\n

4.\tTools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shocked? We were too. But in looking around at stuff that people commonly buy for Christmas<\/a> tools always rank as a favorite and you can tell that because November and December are the best months traditionally for sales and for deals in tools. The next best month? July. Why? Call it leftover stock from Father\u2019s Day, call it summer blues, call it whatever you want but the trend is clear: tool discounts are real, the variety is exceptional, and they store great until Christmas<\/a>. Buy it now and you won\u2019t have to haul and hide that heavy stuff in the snow come December. <\/p>\n

5.\tPostage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, this seems like a silly one. After all, it\u2019s not like postage is going to be cheaper come December. But that\u2019s not our point in bringing it up. If you\u2019re a Christmas<\/a> card sender especially buying your postage a week or two at a time is a great way to take care of a hefty holiday expense when it isn\u2019t the holidays. Experts say that sending Christmas<\/a> cards is a tradition that has fallen by the wayside in recent years and much of that can be attributed to the cost. We say \u201cbunk!\u201d \u2013 this is more of an organizational issue. Put yourself on a place to get a book of stamps a week between now and the end of October and you\u2019ll be way ahead when the time comes. Even better, get your Christmas<\/a> cards in July \u2013 lots are on clearance everywhere \u2013 and you can practically write and have those babies ready to send by Thanksgiving<\/a> no problem. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s blazing hot outside \u2013 not a snowball in sight \u2013 and it\u2019s time to buy for Christmas. No, we\u2019re not talking big screen TVs or a hot video game system. We\u2019re talking the nuts and bolts of Christmas you can and should shop for right now. July is traditionally the deadest period of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[564],"class_list":["post-24163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas-shopping","tag-summer-christmas-shopping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}