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What does your business do for the Festive/Holiday Season?

Hey Sellers,

 

It may feel like it's early to think about, but we're more than halfway to the Festive/Holiday Season!

 

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It's never too early to plan ahead, and we love to inspire here, so:

 

What does your business do for the Holidays?

 

Fall & Autumn holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving; Festive & Winter Holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years, Boxing Day, and any other holidays that we didn't think of!

 

Do you decorate your space?
Do you set up special Holiday Themed offerings like menu items or specials?
Do you run Events for your community?

How do you handle staffing and employees' time off?
How you handle long lines or large orders?

How do you promote and market your business during this time?

 

We'd love to see pictures too, so please share them in the comments!

 

Looking forward to seeing and hearing what you do.

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Very cool, @HHcsJoe - thanks for sharing!

 

Do you have any pictures of the holiday table, gift wrapping, snacks, or ornament tree you'd like to share?

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Last Halloween we had a dragon built to break out of our attic window.. it breathed fire- it was so **bleep** cool... then we had a whole bunch of monsters in our back yard. Of course- full window display. 

 

For Christmas we do a full window display with trees and we put lights up.

 

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That sounds absolutely incredible and like a breath-taking display! Thanks for sharing!

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Last Halloween we had a dragon created to break out of our attic window.. it breathed fire- it was so **bleep** cool... then we had a whole bunch of creatures in our back yard. Naturally, a full window display.

 

We create a whole window show with trees and lights for Christmas .

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I am going to be hosting a halloween shot - Barbie themed because I think it is going to be huge this year! And we run select promos encouraging people to get into the spirit - wear orange, pajama day, etc

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Ah that's so cool! Such a great way to get folks involved and build some hype around your business, @Bronze_Palms !

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Most retailers rely on Christmas sales to give their finances that much needed final push through to the end of the financial year, and it's typically around this period that they'll see the biggest intake.

 

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Absolutely! Thanks so much for sharing @johankhan -- definitely a huge time to maximize income.

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I think we are going to do a spooky giveaway and collab with other businesses for it - pumpkin facial, acrylic nails, lashes, etc!

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I love it! Thanks for sharing, @Bronze_Palms !
We'd love to see some pictures after!

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well said @fontstyle, but i think @johankhan's statement is more valid.

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Having some variety in the decorations and splitting up the work is a smart move! Thank you for sharing this information.

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Nothing special, I decorate houses with flowers and other stuff, just give some discount, that's it.

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As owners of C'N'H handcrafts and our farm Clove 'N' Hooves we like to add a bit of farm life into our business, so we participate in several in person holiday events in our area. We also have several gift boxes and little stocking stuffers. I love to make fun little flyers for the holidays and add them to each of our orders whether online or in person, this year I designed one staring our pig Ginger.Screenshot (12).png  

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Great pic @freenerik, thank you for sharing! 

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Thank you 

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Ginger knows their angle! This is adorable @freenerik ❤️

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Thank you. She is all personality.

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Hello my name is Jillian I'm the owner of Mystical Enchantments LLC. During this time of year since the products I offer can be given as a gift or to yourself since I only Crystal shop / mineral specimens and jewelry etc. I do giveaways for for the holidays and I also make special stockings filled with crystals and jewelry chakra stones and what I do is Mark them down so for instance it would probably be more expensive if you were to buy these items individually instead of if you bought the stocking you're going to automatically get about 25 to 35 dollars off same with my mystery boxes you always get way over the value I find these things are helpful to the customer cuz they get a deal and it also makes your sales go up because who wouldn't want $50 worth of crystals for $25 lol Happy Holidays everyone!!! 

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Hi so it really depends on what your will to spend and give there a lot of ideas but it’s easier to give ideas when you know what is the budget and what you offer.

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My business sells boxes hoilday gift set bundles .Customers seem to like having not a gift that's already put together and boxed.

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