christmas shopping

It's a Christmas miracle - Toys "R" Us will be opening in NJ tomorrow!

I chose the photo above for this article for a reason. I think that a lot of us have made that very face while trying to accomplish our holiday shopping around Ocean County.

To show how social media can lead to rumors being overblown in this day and age, earlier Saturday afternoon a rumor started to spread across local Facebook users and groups of the Ocean County Mall being evacuated. The rumors only had a tiny grain of truth to them.

That photo was taken yesterday. October 28th. Three days before Halloween. But to retailers, "three days before Halloween" is just another way of saying "three days closer to Christmas".

Wait a second...I think I'm getting stressed just from writing and reading that.

It may only be August, but you may have noticed holiday displays and deals are already hitting the stores.

A Rassmussen Reports survey says...over half of you have started and some of you are done already!  Wow!  I wish.  I didn't even start yet...wait I just ordered something on-line.  So I have 2 presents done!  Yay!