4th of August
Your kidding right?
saying that they started selling advent calendars in our local high street convenience store last month.
Harrods web Grotto snowed under
Famed toff tat outlet Harrods has been forced to put Christmas on hold after its website buckled under the weight of families rushing for some lap time with Santa. Despite the global recession, the Knightsbridge store said it had experienced "unprecedented demand" for access to the Grotto. "We have temporarily removed the …
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Tuesday 22nd September 2009 14:43 GMT SynnerCal
Missed opportunity for some gouging
Only £5 admin charge per booking, sheesh what a bunch of amateurs - why don't they take some tips from Ticketmaster and ChavAir, sorry "Ryan Air" ;)
As in:
o Credit card booking surcharge per ticket (Ticketmaster);
o Administration fee - again per ticket (Ticketmaster);
o Postal-delivered tickets only, and charge a postage charge per ticket (do I really need to say who does this?)
o Charge extra for viewing the penguins (C.A.)
o Allow people to queue, but make sure sales staff are on hand to sell sh-, sorry "goods", to them (C.A.);
o Offer - for a fee - the ability to select a particular time slot;
o Offer the chance to get - for a fee - a special momento of your visit (a la most theme parks);
o Insist on the supply of an email address - and use that to send "specially selected offers that may be of interest to you";
And so on.
Re: 4th of August - nope that's pretty normal, my local Tesco's and Debenham's started setting up their Christmas pressie display over a month ago, and no-one seemed to think it weird.
Bah humbug!
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Tuesday 22nd September 2009 14:43 GMT northern monkey
The 2006 Santa's...
...behaviour seems completely in keeping with what I think Santa would be: popping into all those chimneys to surprise little kids; drinking sherry like there's no tomorrow; being to lazy to have a decent shave; always having to wear a coat because he'd rather spend the money on booze; and keeping little elves locked up to do his work for him. Santa really isn't a nice person.
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Tuesday 22nd September 2009 14:43 GMT Anonymous Coward
Calm down...
... and read the article properly.
They did *not* open Santa's Grotto on August 4. They opened *bookings* for Santa's Grotto then.
This does not seem unreasonable, as it means that people planning to visit London for the Christmas holiday can make plans in advance.
Paris, because if anyone is going to sit on my lap, it ain't going to be a snotty kid.
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Tuesday 22nd September 2009 15:06 GMT Jacqui Smith's DVD Collection!
re: clam down, I read the article properly
...and it says...
The Knightsbridge store this year introduced a new booking system, to allow families to book an appointment with its current Saints Nick* to cut waiting times. The Grotto - which includes some geographically confused live penguins - opened on 4 August.
Now see that full stop? Right before "The Grotto"...
Clarification please! :D
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Wednesday 23rd September 2009 00:13 GMT The Fuzzy Wotnot
@SynnerCal
What about the charge TicketB***ard levy on on those self print PDF tickets they issue! So I do all the work, use my system, use my printer and my ink to print the sodding ticket and you scum still have the nerve to charge me £2 for the privilege?!?!
No, I would happily go elsewhere, but you lot have the market sown up and the only place I can get tickets for the gigs in London I want is from you dirtbags!
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Wednesday 23rd September 2009 00:13 GMT Henry Wertz 1
How long do they spend?
Am I missing something? Reseverations? How long do the kids spend with Santa? When I was a kid, the line at our local mall was maybe 5 minutes. You'd sit on his lap, "Have you been a good boy or girl? " ...... "Good, what would you like?" (I don't know what he said if a kid said they were naughty). .... "Very good then. Ho ho ho!" *next*. Then the parent could buy a photo of the kid on santa's lap if they wanted.
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Wednesday 23rd September 2009 00:13 GMT Gene Cash
Hey, here in the US
They've put out Halloween merchandise and decorating, as well as Christmas. Very schizophrenic and bizarre looking. Christmas decorations up at the beginning of September.
I think that's the smell of desperation in the air, not mistletoe.
Icon for the "lap time with Santa" that *I* want for Christmas!
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Wednesday 23rd September 2009 00:13 GMT Steve Welsh
The very first Christmas
It was the very first Christmas and Santa Claus was beavering away in his grotto at the north pole making all the toys and goodies for the children all over the world. The King of the fairies heard about this and went over to Santa's grotto. "Please, Santa - if there is anything me and my fairies can do to help, this being the first Christmas and all, just say the word". Santa paused for a moment and thought. "Ah, yes!" he exclaimed. "Out the back is a HUGE shed filled to the top with little trees. What I want you and your fairies to do is to deliver one of those little trees to every house in the world. From now on they will always be known as Christmas trees". The King of the fairies rose to the challenge with "It will be done, Santa!" And off he went. Santa continued at a ever more feverish pace to complete his task of providing toys and goodies for the children all over the world. With minutes to spare before they were laden on his sleigh the King of the fairies turned up. "Please, Santa, me and my fairies have done exactly what you wanted and delivered these little trees to every house in the world." "But please, Santa there is just this one left over. What do you want me to do with it?" So Santa told him exactly what to do with it, and that is why to this day there is always a fairy on the top of the Christmas tree.
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