What price a snowflake in a summer when pigs wore sunblock and roads turned into tarmac soup? A mere £1.50 turned out to be the answer, as the season of merry cash registers got under way on the second floor of Harrods, with the stern reminder that there were only 139 shopping days until C-Day.
The store launched its blizzard of baubles with the predictable assurance from its communications director, Peter Willasey, that it was merely meeting customer demand.
"It's so English," a Chinese woman said fondly, admiring a £14.95 glass Eiffel Tower tree decoration - made in China.
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