The Christmas fever is increasing among the children in the State capital, as besides the Christians, people from all religions are eagerly waiting for the festival.
Christmas is the time to bring out tree decors and hanging mistletoes. Apart from giving people every reason just to start shopping again, this festive season also just got stylish and trendier. like every festival, Bhopalites are set to make this Christmas even more memorable. Stores in the city give them perhaps more reasons to have a glittery Christmas. With sales on the rise and also the number of people celebrating Christmas in the city, store managers are definitely having a gala time.
With Christmas just few days away, the preparations for the big day have picked up pace. Seema D’sauza said, “It’s the only festival for which I ergerly wait every year, people do not mind spending on decorative stuff. At my place, we put up a Christmas tree two weeks before the festival and we keep adding more decorations to it every week. It just feels really nice to maintain festive spirit at home.”
A young girl Shelly said, “This year, we have bought hangings and other decorative articles to fill the house with colours. I really enjoy decorating home during Christmas.” The stores of the State capital have over thousands of varieties of decorative stuff for buyers to choose from. From Christmas trees to snowman stuffed toys, angels, decorative glittery balls, bead chains, lights, the Christmas star, crib set, reets, bells, gifts and many more.
Christmas trees being sold at the store starting off with affordable price range starting from Rs500 to Rs3000. “We have diplayed Christmas articles for the buyers. The sales are going up gradually. For the last three days, on an average, we have sold about 8 to 10 trees every day, costing about Rs1000 to Rs3000, which would increase as the festival nears,” said Pooja, in-charge for the Christmas section at the store.
While shopping in a store, a buyer Kavita Menzez, said, “My both children are excited and I have brought them the gifts and sweets along to buy their Christmas clothes.” “They have been reminding me almost every day about buying decorative items,” she said.
“What children are crazier about is the decoration of the Christmas tree. Keeping gifts and decorating it with lights and magic wands is their idea behind decoration of a Christmas tree. So we are offering a range of decorative items including stars, balls, stockings and small decorative gifts at affordable price. Till now, we had a satisfactory sale and a good sale is expected in these last two days,” says Ashok a shopkeeper at Chowk Market.
With the kick-start of the Christmas shopping, children are enjoying it the most and are eagerly waiting for the Christmas eve. On the other hand, the shopkeepers are also happy as their sale has increased manifold this Christmas season.