Tasty Treats from Harry & David
We received the Harry & David Christmas Gifts 2007 catalog today. That's right, you read correct, it clearly says "Christmas Gifts 2007". You may know Harry & David, they sell amazingly tasty and expensive food stuffs. Fresh Pears, smoked Alaska Salmon, and every conceivable type of jam/salsa/pepper jelly.
They have retail locations in most of the Outlet Centers, and a few scattered in mainstream Category Killer, Big-Box centers. We love getting the catalog, as it makes for equal parts "wow" and "no-way". The "wow" is the wonderful items on display, and the "no-way" is for the outrageous prices. Now, lest you think that we have something against H&D, we don't, it's fantastic stuff, and the fruit is only the highest quality, and hand boxed. There's just no way around the fact that it's pricey.
Their fruit of the month club is an expensive way to be remembered all year, but then what do you get those far away relatives at Christmas?? A gift card at the Gap or Home Depot (for the unmarried Aunt) just doesn't seem as thoughtful.
Perhaps famous for their "tower" gifts, boxes and boxes of treats piled high, and wrapped with ribbons and bows. They are this generation's "Swiss Colony". (Kids ask your parents).
It's nice to see them not shy away from Christmas. Now, if they could find a way to make their Moose Munch Crunch not quite so sinfully delicious.
They have retail locations in most of the Outlet Centers, and a few scattered in mainstream Category Killer, Big-Box centers. We love getting the catalog, as it makes for equal parts "wow" and "no-way". The "wow" is the wonderful items on display, and the "no-way" is for the outrageous prices. Now, lest you think that we have something against H&D, we don't, it's fantastic stuff, and the fruit is only the highest quality, and hand boxed. There's just no way around the fact that it's pricey.
Their fruit of the month club is an expensive way to be remembered all year, but then what do you get those far away relatives at Christmas?? A gift card at the Gap or Home Depot (for the unmarried Aunt) just doesn't seem as thoughtful.
Perhaps famous for their "tower" gifts, boxes and boxes of treats piled high, and wrapped with ribbons and bows. They are this generation's "Swiss Colony". (Kids ask your parents).
It's nice to see them not shy away from Christmas. Now, if they could find a way to make their Moose Munch Crunch not quite so sinfully delicious.
posted by SWOC at
6:24 PM
2 Comments:
Hey young hipster, I'm not quite ready to replace The Swiss Colony yet thank you very much. Even if H&D does have trendy pears up the wazoo, there's nothing quite as comforting to me as a box of butter toffee under the tree on Christmas day. Call me old fashioned, but I love the traditional Swiss Colony stuff!
And who can forget Eric Cartman singing his homage to "Swiss Colony Beeflog".
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