by Andrew McKeever | Sep 5, 2020
We’ve been open, sort of, through the summer, laregely by appointment only, but inching our way back to something more like a full time situation we were all familar with before last March’s unwelcome visitor upended life as we knew it. But we’re...
by Andrew McKeever | Aug 2, 2020
As you may have seen from the pop ups, or on some of our social media posts, we’re inching our way back into regular business hours and operations as we emerge (we hope) out of the pandemic and its impact on business. Here in Vermont, we’ve been fortunate...
by Andrew McKeever | Jul 5, 2020
Hey everybody – it’s been a long five months since my last post. No need to fill you in on all that’s been happening since, at least in the world beyond our shop here in Sunderland, Vermont. When last I wrote, we were heavily engaged in not only...
by Andrew McKeever | Feb 17, 2020
It’s with a mixture of sadness and acceptance that our family shares the news that my mother, Violet Day has passed. She was 93 years old, and left this world on Thursday, Feb. 6 surrounded by her family.My mother and father dreamed of starting a business together.....
by Andrew McKeever | Feb 16, 2020
Hello again everyone. Normally by this time we’d be back in action following a roughly monthlong break when we’d be off to a couple of gift shows to check out the new merchandise for the coming year. Linda did head down to Atlanta and New York to check out...
by Andrew McKeever | Feb 2, 2020
It’s February 2, or Ground Hog Day, and Super Bowl Sunday to boot, but here in Sunderland, Vermont, it’s another quiet, peaceful afternoon when the quietude of the season brings a certain inner pleasure of calmness and a peaceful easy feeling, as The...
by Andrew McKeever | Apr 6, 2019
The popular term is one of those classic bits of humor where two opposing facts stand side-by-side, and together form a humorous whole. Christmas in July? Huh? Wikipedia tells us that the term first came into popularity with the release of the Hollywood movie of that...
by Andrew McKeever | Mar 24, 2019
Ever since Christmas Days opened for business nearly 50 years ago, European-inspired glass reflector ornaments have been among our most popular and asked for items. Ranging from the traditional images of Christmas, such as Santas and snowmen, to the unusual or...
by Andrew McKeever | Mar 17, 2019
As many of you may know by now, 2019 is a special year for us at Christmas Days. On July 4th, we’ll mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the shop. Back then, in 1969, when Vi and Bill Day, Linda’s parents, launched the enterprise, it was known as...
by Andrew McKeever | Mar 10, 2019
https://www.blogger.com/profile/17490303583939816832 A few years ago I started a blog – two actually – one about our business and one a personal one. The personal one didn’t last long – pressures from work and other demands on my time meant...
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