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Ms. Cheap: A gift for shoppers – Goodwill holding Christmas in July sale this weekend




Some items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

Some items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

With economic worries, supply chain issues and perhaps a need for a summer dose of retail therapy, the Goodwill Christmas in July sale this weekend should be a welcome opportunity for Middle Tennesseans to get a jump on what must be the year’s biggest holiday.

The sale, which will take place in all 28 Middle Tennessee Goodwill stores on July 16-17, will feature a wide selection of Christmas holiday items including Christmas trees, garlands, indoor/outdoor lighting, stockings, Santa hats, festive décor and other yuletide items that Goodwill has been stockpiling all year.

Jennifer Martin, manager of Goodwill.com, said the holiday items will be sold at bargain prices, starting at $1.99. “There will definitely be some deals. Almost everything will be under $20,” she said.

She said the trees and big inflatables would be priced higher, with most of the trees in the $50 range. “The bigger trees might be a little more,” she said.

Martin said all of the Goodwill retail stores will have hundreds of donated items, most pre-loved but some new in original packaging. One of the more popular categories is the holiday themed lawn blowups, and she said there will be some of those in the mix, plus lots of lights, bulbs and ornaments for Christmas trees.

Some items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

Some items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

“We had a great response (from shoppers) last year – with amazing traffic all weekend,” said Martin who said that after years of blending holiday merchandise in with the other Goodwill merchandise in the stores throughout the year, officials last year decided to create a big weekend sale event to highlight the Christmas items.

“We used to put them out throughout the year and make a big push starting in October and November,” said Martin who said with the concentrated two-day sales promotion, Goodwill has been collecting all year.

She said the sale inventory, which will vary from store to store, will mostly feature Christmas décor, but in some cases, there would be some yuletide apparel as well as bits of merchandise from other holidays like Halloween and Easter.

Some items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

Some items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

She also said that any sale merchandise that doesn’t sell on the designated weekend will remain in the stores to be sold as part of the standard rotation.

The Christmas in July sale will take place in the stores during normal hours — 9 a.m.-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, and from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Sunday, July 17. Goodwill’s two Outlets will not participate in the event.

This is one time where you can literally “get it while it’s hot!”

Stay cheap!

Mary Hance, who has four decades of journalism experience in the Nashville area, writes a weekly Ms. Cheap column. She also appears on Thursdays on Talk of the Town on NewsChannel5. Reach her at mscheap@mainstreetmediatn.com and follow her on Facebook as Facebook.com/mscheap

One of the item available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the item available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

Some of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

Some of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale./dicksonpost.com

Some of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

Some of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill's Christmas in July sale.

One of the items available at Goodwill’s Christmas in July sale.

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