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Great Moments In Christmas Retailing

December 23, 2009 - 4:26 pm - by Ed Driscoll

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There do seem to be more retailers willing to wish the small minority of 90 percent or so of their customers who celebrate the holiday a Merry Christmas this year, but not all of course.

Every year I get the otherwise handsome Brooks Brothers “Holiday” catalogs, and every year, I wonder why they can’t be bothered to put out at least one catalog with the word Christmas on the cover, as L.L. Bean, located in the post-capitalist wastelands of Vermont does. [Update: well, near-ish, I suppose -- Ed] On the other hand, perhaps I should be thankful for small favors — it could always be worse. Far worse:

(Above video from 2007; one man’s easy solution to catalogs whose proprietors can’t bring themselves to utter the C-word.)

Filed under: Bobos In Paradise, Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal, Liberal Fascism, The Assault On Reason, The New Puritans, The Reich Stuff, The Substance of Style

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2 Comments, 2 Threads

  1. 1. Joe Tetreault

    Hi Ed,
    Merry Christmas. I’m afraid I must be the bearer of a correction, which is why I prefaced it with a Christmas greeting. LL Bean is located on Freeport, Maine. Though there are a number of catalogers located in VT, LL Bean is not among them.

    December 24, 2009 - 3:29 am   Link to this Comment
  2. 2. Ed Driscoll

    Joe,

    Whoops! Was it over when the Germans bombed Montpelier? Or the Japanese attacked Kennebunkport, for that matter?

    I knew I should have Googled their HQ’s address before writing this quicky post.

    Merry Christmas,

    Ed

    December 24, 2009 - 11:24 am   Link to this Comment