Thursday, October 24, 2019

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Anthropologie & Co. at Bethesda Row (Photos)

You may be in the process of making your final Halloween costume decision, but Anthropologie & Co. at Bethesda Row is much further ahead of you. The store is already decked out for the Christmas season, with a hint of fall and Thanksgiving, for good measure. Reindeer, Christmas trees, and Christmas lights abound. The holiday shopping season is underway.





14 comments:

Anonymous said...

It isn’t ‘holiday’ it is CHRISTMAS shopping.
The liberal war on Christmas continues

Anna said...

There is no war on "Christmas"

Happy Holidays has been used for over 100 years.
Do you not like the inclusiveness of the phrase?

It seems to me that the man in question, whose birthday you may be celebrating, would want that inclusiveness.

Cinco de Mayo said...

Let's put the Christian back in Christianity.

Anna said...

Cinco, that sounds like your own issues with your own religion.

Suze said...

I say this as an Episcopalian - if we didn't want Christmas to become a secular holiday, we shouldn't have appropriated the traditions and symbols of so many other religions and incorporated them into the birth of Christ. The Christmas tree, the Yule log, holly & ivy, the stockings... all traditions from pagan religions across Europe. Heck, Santa Claus was Turkish!

To the story at hand, the decorations look great. I really like the big piece above the balcony, and I'm excited to walk around the store and hopefully find one or two things I can afford. I love Anthropologie but it is not cheap!

Anonymous said...

"Merry Christmas!", he sneered.

Anonymous said...

"Heck, Santa Claus was Turkish!"

Strictly speaking, he was Greek, from what is now Turkey. It would be another 700 before the Turks entered that area. (They should have Built The Wall.)

The origin story of the Christmas stocking has a sad edge to it. St. Nicholas gave poor girls dowries in stockings, so that they would not need to go into prostitution to survive. This tradition was originally related to St. Nicholas' Day, December 6, but was eventually subsumed by an ever-metastasizing Christmas.

Anonymous said...

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED RAINDEAR IS GOING TO HELL BECAUSE HE HASNT ACCEPTED OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR!!1!

Anonymous said...

Shut up Robert or Santa won’t bring you any toys

Cinco de Mayo said...

Anna - I'm a devout atheist.

Anna said...

Cinco, my apologies. For my comment.

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas everyone
Christmas Christmas CHRIST Mas!

Anonymous said...

I say Merry Christmas to my Catholic and Protestant friends
I say Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish friends
I refuse to say Happy Holidays

Anna said...

Why? They're simply words wishing others well during the holidays.

Anyway, it's not about the words used, it's about the sentiment.

'Christians have exchanged the greeting “Happy Holidays” among themselves for decades, most with the understanding that the “holidays” meant the season of Advent, the four-Sunday cycle on that includes Christmas and ends on the Feast of the Epiphany. But Christmas turned from a religious occasion to a largely secular one for many people, the phrase “Happy Holidays” also expanded its usage, becoming a more universal greeting used to include people of various religions, and even a nod to the New Year.'