This year has been tough for many people. Job worries, health worries, money worries etc and also the strain and stress of being unable to spend time with family and friends. Holidays cancelled, unable to visit loved ones in homes or hospitals and mental health issues spiralling. I think people are looking at Christmas being the only light on the horizon and the only thing to look forward to in what has been an eventful year for all the wrong reasons.
I`ve seen Christmas trees up and decorated long before they usually would be and I suspect many people will spend more money than they can really afford to under present circumstances but they will take the attitude of worrying about the credit card bills/overdraft later. The current lockdown hasn`t helped and folks stuck at home will have hit internet shopping like never before.
Mr V regularly runs a store manager to the Trafford Centre and his store is doing click and collect, people order online and then collect in store and he told Mr V he has never know such a bumper year and a large percentage of customers are buying using their personal accounts ie buy now pay later.
It`s as if people are viewing Christmas like Custer`s last stand, and sod the consequences and let`s just go for it but the casualties will come later in my opinion. Debt, more worries, depression, added stress and all for one day.
