I live and work in downtown Seattle and it's about a mile and a half walk to work.
Walking from home to work takes me through the retail core of the city.....past Nordstrom, Gap, Banana Republic and Macys, etc.
Nowhere between home and work was the work "Christmas" visible. Nowhere.
The word Christmas is used less and less....
Sales plunge lower and lower....
and yet,
stock holders of Federated Department Stores say nothing...