Holiday Shopping Explorer Mugs

Young male clicking on a sock on a computer screen

'What do you do with the time you save?'

"It was terrifying experience being faced with that kind of compulsive, insane behaviour...I tell you it's positively the last time I put foot in the sales!"

"It's a 'Black eye friday'. I got it in a fight over a 56 inch TV."

"So last Christmas it was those Cabbage Patch Kids."

"I'd like a partridge in a pear tree, 2 turtle doves, 3 French hens, 4 calling birds and 7 swans a swimming."

'We don't know what it is but it was in the sale so we thought we'd better get one before they sold out.'

"I love November - the crunch of leaves underfoot... the crisp air... the holiday markets..." "... it getting dark by mid-afternoon..." "Okay, that's less enjoyable."

Holiday Sales: The Starting Line

Cars follow the sign to the mall rather than the sign to the manger.

Mall 'maze' directory bewilders shopper.

'Ahh...I see you travelling far and wide on a long fruitless mission but you still can't find a town centre parking space this Christmas...'

Black Friday

'Son, you're old enough now to know, there's no such thing as Christmas.'

Seasonal shopping.

'Denied?...but it's my last one.'

"...And don't forget to include the receipts!"

"I am in training for the sales."

"I have to confess a sin, Preacher. I went premarital shopping."

'Do I believe?? Listen, I believe in anything that generates $400 billion in annual sales!'

'The good news is, I got your Mum's cardigan.'

'I braved the Boxing Day sales just for you, dear.'

inflation at Christmas

'First I'd like to remind you of the true meaning of christmas - profits.'

'Everything must go...manners included!'

'Dear, this is gift shop number 3. You now owe me 1 bait & tackle, 1 hardware store, and a bar.'

Television and Christmas Sales

"Maybe they should call it 'in the red' Friday."

Support your local bookstore

"Do you have the time? We need to be home before Christmas shopping season ends."

"I'm looking for something that expresses the spirit of the season but doesn't neglect the need for a credible deterrent."

"He's my relative from Hawaii."

'I think we should put a limit on how much we spend on each other at Christmas, like two hundred and twenty thousand pounds.'

"I'm discharging you early - administration wants to make sure you have time to visit the gift shop before it closes."