http://porridgereport.com/2008/12/22/will-hard-times-mean-an-old-fashioned-christmas-not-likely/ Digital Snippets of Modern Life with Kids Tue, 15 May 2012 14:13:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://porridgereport.com/2008/12/22/will-hard-times-mean-an-old-fashioned-christmas-not-likely/comment-page-1/#comment-32 kevin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:43:22 +0000 http://porridgereport.com/?p=219#comment-32 I was out on boxing week, and to my surprise, it was as busy as any boxing week in memory. I felt like I was shopping in the middle of a booming economy for a few minutes! It is strange that this struggling global economy has not slowed the purchasing of flat panel TV's for instance, and that other luxuries still fly out the doors of specialty shops. I must say though, that from my observations, the luxuries are becoming a necessity because they allow us to spend the money paid out at movies on cheap microwave popcorn at home, in front of a dazzling display. I was out on boxing week, and to my surprise, it was as busy as any boxing week in memory. I felt like I was shopping in the middle of a booming economy for a few minutes! It is strange that this struggling global economy has not slowed the purchasing of flat panel TV’s for instance, and that other luxuries still fly out the doors of specialty shops.
I must say though, that from my observations, the luxuries are becoming a necessity because they allow us to spend the money paid out at movies on cheap microwave popcorn at home, in front of a dazzling display.

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