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Friday, November 27, 2009 11:00 AM

Photo by Elliot J. Sutherland/The Ottawa Herald


Angie Hollon, employee at Country Living in Ottawa, arranges Christmas candles Wednesday morning on a display table in preparation for Black Friday sales. Kathy Hird, also an employee at the store, restocks shelves. Many area retailers started selling Christmas items early.

Extended shopping season puts retailers ‘in the spirit’ early

Surrounded by Christmas

By LINDA BROWN, Herald Staff

Holiday decor
Photo by Elliot J. Sutherland/The Ottawa Herald
Snowmen decorations line the shelves Wednesday morning at Country Living in Ottawa.
Facing a holiday shopping season with fewer than 30 days now remaining and a more reluctant-to-spend consumer audience than they’ve had in decades, Ottawa retailers are laying the glitter on thicker and bringing out the bling earlier than ever.

Penny Hogelin, owner of Country Living, 123 S. Main St., said her staff started putting out Christmas decorations and merchandise in August in anticipation of participants and visitors in the city for the Ol’ Marais River Run.

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