Ecomomy Christmas Shopping for Your Children in Marquette, Michigan

Recession Battered Can Find Budget Busters Making for Big Smiles in Bad Times for Kids at Christmas

Ray J. Johnson
First off, no one needs yet another daily reminder of the dire economic times almost all of us in some shape or form has been bestowed on us. More cruelly, we're soon to be in the midst of what is supposed to be as they say, "They Happiest Time Of The Year". Having children creates an even more disparaging sock in-the-gut when the thoughts of what you're going to buy your children during this coming Christmas shopping season on a limited budget. However, as they also say, "If there is a will, there is a way", and there is if you read-up on some of the key retailers enclosed here within that are exclusively for the budget minded consumer not only for Christmas shopping but throughout the year.

Unfortunately by now most of us have had to learn some economic acrobatics and will easily come to find the will, if you will, to make this Christmas shopping season in Marquette as well as the entire United States somewhat less stressful and provide your children with one of the most happiest time of the year. Let's also keep into account, that even in our darkest times lacking money that some have even darker times and these Marquette Michigan retailers offer cost effective deals and savings that will allow you to give even a small token representing the Spirit of Christmas to someone that would have otherwise gone without.

Dollar Deals If You Shake This Tree

Dollar Tree® Store #2854
2025 US 41 West
Marquette, MI 49855
Hours: Mon - Sat: 9:00am - 9:00pm, Sun: 10:00am - 7:00pm
Store hours may vary.

Dollar Tree® will be by far your Christmas shopping oasis offering a cornucopia of stocking stuffer ideas from small sample sized toiletries and personal affects that many of us love, to the full size retail versions that would serve as perfect personal hygiene reminders for the young teens on your Christmas shopping list such as deodorant, toothpaste and mouthwash as well as vanity items for the teens, hair jells and facial affect items. They also offer small bath and body baskets for your little prince and princess's and even your kings and queens. Dollar Tree® offers boxed board games that range from the competitive to the educational, playing cards of all varying genre's; even Fisher Price® Flash Cards. They have many books; including Disney® titles as well as puzzle and coloring books. They have a myriad of outdoors toys, bubbles and balls. Dollar Tree is very season orientated and competitive with the proverbial "One Stop Shop" under one roof for those attempting to put something together on the fly and on the cheap. Party items, candles, scents, arts and craft items and many cleaning goods for when the party is over. They offer everything and more to wrap-up all these seasonal favorites to place under the Christmas tree or your child's Christmas stocking and what will bring on the smiles starting the Christmas cheer this year here in Marquette Michigan. You can find them on line at www.dollartree.com to view on line specials and fliers and even place on line bulk case purchases for in-store pick-up or reach them by Phone: 1-877-530-TREE (8733) - M-SAT 8a-9p (EST)

From Small To Big Lots Of Gift Ideas

Big Lots #1782
2025 South Highway 41 West
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 228-9758

Big Lots® big appeal for this year's Christmas shopping for your children here in Marquette is the fact that they are one of very few - if any - that still implement the practice of lay-away which seems to have died off completely in the last 3-5 years and in these times this could make or break your Christmas shopping season this year here in Marquette Michigan. On the subject of lay-away, their policy is 15% down, 90 days which is more than enough time to slowly but surely complete your child's Christmas shopping list money saving mission. Big Lots® presently has a Buzz Club™ Reward program that allows you to earn a 20% discount. Big Lots® here in Marquette Michigan and located Nationwide offers you a horn of plenty for your Christmas shopping needs for the kids, offering many affordable and competitively priced name brand toys for boys and girls and pre-teens to teens. Gifts range from a Scoobly-Doo game for the young ones, the wildly popular PixOs™ Super Studio for ages four and up and the equally popular K'NEX™ model kits for the boys and Barbie™ toys for the girls. They have a mid-size range of gifts starting at $10 dollars. Big Lots® even has a wide range of furniture; from self-assembly furniture to in-store assistance catering to children and adult sized home furnishings. Clearly Big Lots® has all the little things that you may need to bring everything together at a value for this year Christmas shopping season for all here in Marquette Michigan. Big Lots® can be found on line at: www.biglots.com

They Always Have It All

Walmart Super Center Store #2079
3225 Us 41 West
Marquette, MI 49855
(906) 226-7982

I will spare you the long litany what Wal-Mart® offers you and yours for your Christmas shopping solutions so I shall cut to the chase. A sight for sore eye's during this recession is that this year the big league retailer is touting 100 toys for $10 during the holidays. According to an article published Sept 30 2009 09:0913AM EST by Associated Press, "Wal-Mart is offering the promotion to attract recession-weary shoppers during the crucial holiday season, when toy retailers record up to 40 percent of annual sales. Additionally, Walmart stores will match any local competitor's advertised offer on the same toy product if it falls below $10". With that all said this retailer is as it always has been, ahead of the pack to cater to those who are and have become more and more budget minded during this recession that has affected the Marquette Michigan area and the Nation as well. Their website is: www.walmart.com where you can conduct a store locater for your area, shop on line and place orders for in-store pick-up.

Sources:
http://www.dollartree.com/home.jsp
http://www.biglots.com/
http://www.walmart.com/
http://www.rr.com/news/news
http://www.ap.org/

Published by Ray J. Johnson

Ray J. Johnson is an accomplished freelance photographer, contributing to several Macro and Micro-Stock image providing agencies and an aspiring writer. After narrowly escaping the ravishes of the big city r...  View profile

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