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Selfridges decks out its halls for Christmas - FIVE months early

03.08.10

Outside the summer sun was beating down, but interior Selfridges was a winter wonderland as it decked its halls for Christmas - FIVE months early.

Shoppers who popped into the ritzy store on London's Oxford Street yesterday were faced with tinsel and trees, crackers and carols.

The soften ground floor had been turned into a Santa's grotto, even though there are 145 days to go to December 25.

And on Saturday, Knightsbridge responsibility store Harrods will open its Christmas shop on the second floor. Its annual Christmas march will also be earlier this year - on November 6. Religious leaders think the stores have gone crackers. A Church of England spokesman said: "The earlier it begins, the greater the liable to be of diluting the festival's importance.

stores celebrate 'Christmas in July'

31.07.10

She also checked out the ornaments on flourish on a table outside the store and a shelf of decorations on sale for 40 percent off.

Kohl stopped discourteous of buying any of the items, however.

"We're still in the looking stage for Christmas," she said.

Nevertheless, retailers big and small, in York County and beyond, kept spirited the "Christmas in July" tradition this month, touting specials and hawking holiday advertise to create a buzz and boost sales.

The Hallmark in the West Manchester Mall set up a parade for the company's