Early Christmas decorations on sale, Hanoi's Old Quarter lights up at midnight

(VTC News) - Although Christmas is still more than a month away, Hang Ma Street, Hanoi is already filled with Christmas decorations, creating a sparkling, colorful scene.

Hang Ma Street is sparkling with Christmas decorations on display.

These days, Hang Ma Street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) is wearing a new coat with the shimmering, brilliant colors of Christmas decorations such as Christmas trees, Christmas bells, reindeer, Santa Claus...

Many stores spare no expense in investing in lavish decorations to attract customers during the biggest shopping season of the year.

Many retailers predict that this year business will be more difficult because people are tightening their spending. Therefore, everyone is trying to find ways to please customers such as discounts, promotions, eye-catching decorations...

"After the recent Mid-Autumn Festival and Halloween, we realized that people were no longer excited about shopping. We couldn't sell much and had to store all our goods. We just hope that by Christmas, purchasing power will increase again. Normally, this is the time that most people are most interested in because there are many diverse and rich items, and it's also the end of the year, so customers will want to decorate their homes after a busy year," said a merchant.

Through survey, this year's Christmas decoration items are more beautiful and diverse than last year, prices have not fluctuated much.

Specifically, Santa Claus models cost from 300,000 - 1,000,000 VND/product, polar bears, tin soldiers, and snowmen cost from 500,000 - 1,500,000 VND/product.

Bows, bells, balls, and strings cost from 10,000 to 50,000 VND, and laurel wreaths from 150,000 to 500,000 VND.

An indispensable product during Christmas is the pine tree with various colors and sizes, priced from 100,000 to 2,000,000 VND/tree.

Snow globes with Santa Claus, snowflakes or Ferris wheels cost from 200,000 - 500,000 VND each.

This year, items such as gift boxes, reindeer, and snowmen have many new, beautiful designs priced at 50,000 - 300,000 VND/item.

Feast your eyes on all kinds of decorative items priced from 50,000 - 200,000 VND/item.

Notably, this year, decorations made mainly from wood and fabric are popular because they are environmentally friendly.

Because it's open quite early, many stores are still rushing to prepare goods and decorate to make them eye-catching.

This customer said: "The decorations are mainly in classic European style, which is very suitable for my taste. However, because every item is beautiful and I want to buy it, I have to consult and choose carefully. I will go look at it first, and only buy it when I find it suitable."

Many other customers also have the mentality of mainly going sightseeing, checking prices and waiting until near Christmas, when all the goods have arrived, to choose to buy. "Buying too early is easy to regret because the stores are often still in the import phase, many beautiful, unique, strange items are not yet on sale. Moreover, because Christmas is still far away, displaying them early is also difficult to get the most complete atmosphere," said a young person.

Minh Duc - Vtcnews.vn

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