There were two reminders today that 'the holidays' are rapidly approaching. David had received his invitation to the Airbus Holiday Party back in the summer when thoughts of Christmas were far from our minds. The invitation, with its Christmas bell, has been hanging off the corner of a picture frame since then.
Today he received a gentle reminder in the shape of a card and a novelty jelly lollipop. The event will be very different this year, instead of the Air and Space Museum it is being held at National Harbour at the Gaylord National Convention Centre and will include a visit to the ice sculptures which are created there each year.
The second reminder that Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming came at a Bargain Loft meeting this morning to prepare for the pre-holiday sale (from next Tuesday) and the Holiday Shop (three weeks later).
Throughout the year, donated Christmas items and items suitable for gifts are held back and stored, together with Christmas trees, ornaments, garlands etc. There are some 100 boxes of items to be unpacked, priced and displayed in the two days between the end of the half-price sale on Saturday afternoon and the opening of the Holiday Shop on the following Tuesday morning. All 'normal' stock left after the sale will either be put out into the 'free' box or taken upstairs.
This will be my first experience of the Bargain Loft Holiday Shop - I'm told it will be memorable!!
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