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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from diancor.com.
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In this video, we're going to take a
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look at all of the new Christmas decor
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releases from Kohl's, Macy's, and J C
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Penney. This is the second video in my
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2025 Christmas collection series, where
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we go in store to take a look at all of
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the new holiday decor releases and
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decide whether or not they're worth the
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trip and worth the money. If you missed
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my first video, I compared the two big
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box stores, Target and Walmart. I will
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leave that linked in the description box
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below. In this video, we're going to
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compare three department stores, Kohl's,
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Macy's, and J C Penney. Links to
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everything we look at in the video will
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be listed in the description box below.
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Now, let's get started with my trip to
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First up at Kohl's. Before we start, I
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will say that it's a good idea to
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download the app at Kohl's. All of the
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holiday decor is on sale and then you're
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taking 20% off in store and online with
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a coupon code. So, to get the best
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price, make sure that you download the
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app. It also makes it easier for you to
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just scan products as you go so that you
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don't have to find the little like
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standing signs to figure out how much
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everything is because the tags here are
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going to be the original prices, but
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that is definitely not what you're going
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to pay. Now, the first thing that I saw
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were these beautiful monogram stockings.
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You know, we saw something similar in
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Walmart, but these are a much better
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quality. They're an excellent buy. These
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little snow globe glitter decor come in
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a few different styles. They have
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snowmen and Santa Claus and some other
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styles. They have this little candle
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trio style. They kind of light up and
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the glitter blows around in them. These
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are a decent quality. Uh they're ranging
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anywhere between like $16 and $30 on
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sale. Now, this garland is very, very
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pretty. I believe that it's on sale for
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$15 or so. It has beads, it has bells,
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it has ribbons. It's very nice. This
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teardrop swag is one of the my favorite
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finds uh in the entire store. The leaves
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on it are this frosted glitter. It's
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really pretty. It has berries. It has
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like a grape vine wreath backing on it.
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The bow, it's sensational. The quality
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is excellent on all of these swags and
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teardrops. You can't go wrong with these
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at Kohl's. Now, another really standout
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item is this beautiful metallic glitter
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wreath. Here's a look at what it looks
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like on the website. That photo does not
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do it justice at all in store and in
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person. You can see that it is sparkly.
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It catches the light. It's just like a
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showstopper wreath. It's very beautiful.
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We also have some felt trees. These are
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pretty nice. Uh pretty much everywhere
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you're going to find felt trees, but
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these have a lot of little extra
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embellishments on them. And with the
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sale price and the extra 20% off, those
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are a good buy. They also have mats.
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Frankly, every place is going to have
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nice holiday mats. So, you could
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probably find cheaper someplace else.
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These little felt green loopy trees are
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also all over the place. You can find
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those better elsewhere. The felt trees,
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these little velvet trees are definitely
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something that I would buy at Target.
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These are about $15 on sale, but at
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Target they're like $6, so I would get
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them there. Then we have the tree topper
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stars. They have a variety of different
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stars. They have them in silver and
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gold. The one that really caught my eye
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was the one down at the bottom that was
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silver. These are very, very pretty,
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very high quality. Now, their little
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ornaments I would skip. These are thin,
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plasticky, cheap looking. They are
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definitely not worth the money. I would
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skip on these and go someplace else for
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small ornaments. Another item that is
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unique to Kohl's are these metallic
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trees. These like gold metal trees. They
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are really very very pretty. They have a
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cone- shaped one. They have one with
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sort of like a punch out detail that's
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on a marble stand. These are beautiful
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and the price is good on these as well.
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Overall, I would give the selection and
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the stock at Kohl's both a three out of
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five. They do have a decent selection of
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items, but the stock is really not
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there. It was hard to tell if some stuff
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just wasn't rolled out yet in the front
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of the store or if they were already
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sold out. You know, you saw there that
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there was only like two of those really
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pretty teardrop um swags that I like.
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There was only one garland there. So, um
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I'm not sure that the stock in store is
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really great, but you can always go
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online and see if it's available to have
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it shipped to your store or shipped to
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your home. As far as price goes, I'll
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give them a three out of five. You
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really don't get these items in a
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reasonable range until you first mark
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them down on a sale and then take that
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additional 20% off on top of that. You
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know, on their own, they're a little bit
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high. So, I'm going to give them a three
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out of five. And then the quality of
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their items is a four out of five. All
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of their stuff is really very nice. You
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won't be disappointed with anything that
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you purchase from Kohl's.
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Next up is Macy's. Now Macy's is the
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place to go if you are looking to invest
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in some higherend pieces. The prices on
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these items are much higher than any
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other place that we've gone to. Frankly,
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at the price point that most of these
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things are, I would sooner go to Pottery
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Barn where I'd have a larger selection
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of items than Macy's. Just a quick note
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on Macy's. When I visited the store, the
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prices were at 40% off. They are
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currently running their early Black
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Friday sale at the time that I'm editing
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this, and everything is 67% off, which
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is bringing it more in line with some of
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the other stores in this video. So,
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you're going to see here um this really
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cute blue decorative pillow. It's the
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original price on this is $90 for this
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little lumbar throw pillow. Their
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ornaments are very high. They're
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beautiful, don't get me wrong, but they
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are very, very high. Especially knowing
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that I've been into stores like Hobby
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Lobby and Michaels and can get very,
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very similar looking items for a
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fraction of the price. Yes, the quality
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is here at Macy's, but
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these are more along the lines of gift
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items, right? I would go to Macy's if I
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wanted to gift someone a really
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beautiful ornament or if I wanted to
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find myself like an heirloom piece. They
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have things like snow globes and a few
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little tabletop decor accents, but for
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the most part, all you're seeing here
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are the ornaments. You're going to see a
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couple of like bedding sets and throw
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pillows. you'll see the uh Linux
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Christmas villages and like little snow
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globes. And that's pretty much it. The
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section is very very small here. I'm not
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going through individually with these
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just because overall I I just wouldn't
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shop here for my Christmas decor. I just
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wouldn't. Um but you can see some of
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these items are very very pretty. That
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beautiful blue snail is gorgeous. So, if
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you are looking to invest in a long-term
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item that you maybe want to pass down or
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you want to look for something really
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nice to gift someone, I would go to
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Overall, I'm going to give the selection
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at Macy's a 2 out of five. There really
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isn't a lot to choose from. There isn't
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a ton of variety. At most, all of the
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variety is within the ornaments
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themselves. But as far as the styling
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goes on some of the other items, like
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the throw pillows or the snow cloes,
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it's all very sort of onenote
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contemporary modern Christmas. It's very
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beautiful, but you don't have a lot of
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variety. So, if that isn't your style,
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you're really not going to find anything
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there that you'd like. The stock is a
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three out of five. It was decently
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stocked in that very small section.
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However, the way that they have the
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shopping experience set up is a little
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bit odd. It's hard to find multiples of
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things um because all of the ornaments
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are on the trees, right? So, um I will
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get into that a little bit more with the
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ease of shopping, but as far as the
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stock and inventory is concerned,
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there's maybe two or three of everything
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out there right now. So, if you're
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looking for multiples, you may have to
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ask for assistance or ask for some help
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or order online. So, for that reason,
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I'm giving them a three out of five.
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Prices, I give them a two out of five.
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These prices are the highest in out of
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every store that is in this Christmas
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collection series. Um, again, the
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quality is there. Just know going in
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that these are high-end pieces. These
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are not pieces that you should be
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replacing within one or two or even 3 or
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5 years. These are pieces that you're
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going to invest in and you want to keep
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longterm. The ease of shopping at
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Macy's. Um I find it to be fairly easy
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to shop at Macy's. It is um often set up
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just like Kohl's and we'll see J C
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Penney where there's a sale price,
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right? And they have the little standing
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signs that are on the uh you know the
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shelves where you can go back and you
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can look and see, okay, this is this
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price and this is that price and this is
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that price because you can't really go
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off of the tag, right? the tag is the
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original price, but it'll have a sales
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price and then sometimes they'll have an
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additional 20% off of the sale price or
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25% off of the sale price. So, it's
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similar. It's it's right on board with
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all of the other ones. So, I would say
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ease of shopping here is pretty good.
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Four out of five. And then as far as
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quality goes at Macy's, five out of
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five. No question. Now, at JC Penney,
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they started off with a bang. They have
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these little gnome advent calendars that
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are so cute. They're like plush. They're
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adorable. They have a huge selection of
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nutcrackers in all different sizes, in
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different styles, in different themes.
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You can't go wrong with the prices here
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with the nutcrackers. They also have
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these really beautiful high quality
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stockings that are also monogrammed.
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They have these in white, a white
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version as well. Their tree skirts are
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also in just amazing. The quality is
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fantastic. These are their North Pole
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Trading Company red crinkle velvet tree
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skirts. They also have a cream one
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there. They're very thick. They're very
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plush. They are fur rimmed or they have
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a fur trim on them. They are very, very
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nice. They're on sale right now for $31
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and change. So, coming back around to
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the nutcrackers, these are just
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phenomenal. They come out with these
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every single year. They always add to
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the collection. They have this little
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like travel content creator lady. They
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have, you know, cowgirl, ballerina,
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um, cowboy, any theme that you can
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possibly think of, they will have them.
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And they'll have them in multiple sizes
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as well. They've got a lot of little
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gnomes and tabletop um, little
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decorative accents here. Now, here we're
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getting into the ornaments. These larger
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ornaments that are displayed on the tree
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are a good quality. Some of them though
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are priced a little bit high, so
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definitely keep a lookout at the price
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tag on these. They also had these really
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gorgeous like starburst pickics. This
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caught my eye. They have them in gold
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and they have them in silver as well.
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They are they're beautiful. Um and the
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price on those is really good. Another
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really standout item is this beautiful
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plush gnome. They come in a couple of
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different styles and this guy has a
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little lantern that lights up. These are
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absolutely adorable. They have Santa
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Claus and a bunch of different styles as
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well. They have monogrammed uh blankets
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that are $19.99 on sale. They also have
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a variety of trees there up at the top.
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The trees are really great price. Uh
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their 36 inch flock tree that's in the
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little red tin bin is 26.99 on sale
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right now. They have a smaller one
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that's 16 in. That's $13 and change. And
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then they have a mediumsiz one that's 25
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in. That's uh just at $18. So those are
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really excellent price especially
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considering the prices that we saw for
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similarly sized trees at Target. I would
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absolutely go to J. penny instead. Their
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ornament wreaths are decent, but we see
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these kind of everywhere. $30 is an okay
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price, but you may find them a few
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dollars cheaper at other places. Uh like
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Lowe's has a really nice assortment of
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these ornament wreaths. They have a huge
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selection of serving wear and trays and
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holiday themed like napkin ring holders.
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All of this stuff again is on sale. And
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then you're going to be taking an
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additional like 20% off um with coupon
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codes online just like uh you know
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Macy's and Kohl's. It's best to go ahead
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and just download the app so that you
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know exactly what the prices are when
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you're shopping in store. Otherwise,
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it's already marked down for you when
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you're online. So, it makes it very easy
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to see how much everything is. Again,
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you'll see they have more trees with
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ornaments. They these little ball
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ornaments caught my eye. They look
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reminiscent of the uh like McKenzie
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child style that's very popular right
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now. But the ornaments are very
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beautiful. Another thing that caught my
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eye was this fabric advent calendar from
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Martha Stewart. This is cute to just
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hang on a door and you can move the star
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from day to day as you count down till
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Christmas. These North Pole Trading
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Company throws are a nice quality. They
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are thin, but they surprisingly keep a
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lot of heat to them. I have two of
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these. I bought them last year. These
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are currently priced at like $12 and
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change um when you take off like that
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extra 20%. They come in a lot of
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different patterns. They're very pretty.
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I think that they're great gifts.
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They're great if you just want a cute
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throw to put on your sofa or drape over
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your chair. Now, these North Pole
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Trading Company plush velvet throw
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blankets are awesome. I have two of
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these. I can show you. I have the one
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that was over here in the background. I
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got this last year, maybe the year
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before. It's red. It has sort of like
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mistletoe berries to it. It's very soft.
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I I love this thing. It's not crazy
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thick. It's fairly lightweight, but it
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does keep a lot of heat in it. I also
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this uh blue one. It's like a navy blue
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and it has like ornaments on it with
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little sayings. They come out with
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different patterns every year. These are
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really great. I would get these, no
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question. They're currently on sale at J
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C Penney for $12 and change. I believe I
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during the Black Friday sale either last
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year or the year before. Now, they do
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have a nice selection of decorative
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pillows here if you're in the market for
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that. I usually just go for the pillow
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covers so that I don't, you know, end up
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stocking up on lots of pillows that I
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have to then figure out how to store in
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the off season. Um, but these little
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this set of two is a really amazing
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price. This is around $17 for a set of
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two 16in pillows. And the pattern on
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this is really really pretty. They have
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a huge, huge, huge selection of
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Christmas themed kitchen towels. This is
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the biggest selection of towels that
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I've seen out of any of the stores. And
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the pricing is excellent on these. They
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have two packs and they have four packs.
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So, these little two packs that I'm
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looking at now are currently on sale for
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$8.99. And then the striped ones over
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there, they have the striped dishloth
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set and then a striped kitchen towel
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set. The dishloth set is $8.99 and the
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kitchen towels are $13.49.
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Now, they're ornaments. These ornaments
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over here that are very different from
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the ornaments on the trees, these are
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the cheapy ornaments, and they're
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overpriced for being cheap ornaments.
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They're very thin, plasticky. These are
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the same kind of ornaments that they're
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going to sell at the grocery store that
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they're going to sell at Five Below.
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They are definitely not worth the price
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here at J C Penney unless they have a
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sale like a buy two get one free, you
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know, buy three get the fourth free and
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there's a sale on them. I would skip on
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these. Now, last but not least, I saw
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this really beautiful wreath from Martha
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Stewart. The only issue with this thing
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is that it doesn't have any wiring in
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the bow, which I find to be very odd.
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And so, this thing in store looks kind
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of a mess. Um, I'm going to throw a
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picture on the screen of what it's
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supposed to look like. Um, there's no
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way that you're going to be able to
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maintain the shape of that bow without
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the wired, you know, ribbon. So, I would
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say that it's a pass on that. But
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overall, J C Penney is an excellent spot
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to shop for affordable holiday decor.
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So, as far as selection goes, J Penney
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gets a five out of five. They have an
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incredible selection of items to choose
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from in store and they have even more
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online. Their stock is also a five out
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of five. Those shelves are stocked deep
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with multiples of items. So, you're
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going to have no problem if you want to
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buy, you know, the same throw blanket
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for all three of your sisters or all
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four of your sisters. You're not going
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to have any trouble doing that. If you
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go to J C Penney, the stock is excellent
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there in store. Prices at J C Penney are
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excellent. I'm giving them a four out of
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five. For the most part, just about
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everything that I featured in the video
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is under $30. Uh, a lot of stuff is
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under $10. Like I said, those
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nutcrackers, the 14-in nutcrackers are
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$13 and change or $12 and change right
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now. The price just can't be beat on
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some of those items. They uh their
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prices are phenomenal. Ease of shopping
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is a four out of five. It's right on par
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with the other department stores. It's
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fairly easy to move around and get
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through the displays and then you of
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course have the apps so that you can
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scan and see what everything is priced
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individually or you can use the signage
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that's there and sort of track down your
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item. Overall, the ease of shopping is
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very good. You can have things shipped
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to your home. You can have things
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shipped to the store. You can do
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curbside pickup. You have all the
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options available to you at J C Penney.
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And last but not least, the quality of
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the items. I'm giving a five out of
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five. I did not find a single item that
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had, you know, that thread was
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unraveling, that the fuzz was coming off
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of Santa, that the glitter was shedding
20:06
anywhere. I didn't find a single item
20:08
like that there. The quality is
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spectacular here. So, overall, if I had
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to pick one of these stores to be the
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winner, I would say J. C. Penney.
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There's no question that they have an
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amazing selection. They have lots of
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stock available to you in store and the
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prices are incredible and the prices are
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only going to get better. Frankly,
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they're already good. They're going to
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drop at Black Friday and then as we get
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closer to Christmas and post Christmas,
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they're going to be absolutely amazing.
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So, I would definitely go to J C Penney.
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Kohl's is another good buy though. If
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you are in the area of a Kohl's and you
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don't have a J C Penney because they're
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few and far between nowadays, you can of
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course shop online which makes them a
20:52
really good contender. But if you have a
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Kohl's that's near you, that's another
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good option. You're going to find some
20:59
really good deals with the regular
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holiday sale prices and then that 20%
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off thrown on top of that. You can find
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some really high quality pieces at good
21:09
prices at Kohl's. And then again,
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Macy's, it's in there. If you want to
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really invest in something, you could go
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to Macy's, but frankly, I would go to
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Pottery Barn over Macy's. Um, but it is
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an option. Their stuff is very high
21:23
quality. It's very beautiful. There's no
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way that you're leaving Macy's with, you
21:28
know, anything junky. So, their their
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Christmas decor is very nice. It's just
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that the prices are skyhigh and the
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selection in store is minimal. That's it
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for this video. I hope you found it
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helpful. Don't forget that links to
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stay tuned for the next video in this
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series where I'm comparing the dollar
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stores, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and
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Five Below. I thank you so much for
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