{"id":499,"date":"2008-12-31T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-31T23:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=499"},"modified":"2008-12-31T18:09:55","modified_gmt":"2008-12-31T23:09:55","slug":"unexplained-mysteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/unexplained-mysteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexplained Mysteries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is one of the greatest mysteries of life: Why do stores stop selling seasonal items once the season arrives that these items are for?<\/p>\n

I am new to New York, and so don’t have any of the items that living and driving in New York require – like sand, salt, shovels, sleds, gloves, coats, hats, snowpants (for the kids), etc.<\/p>\n

I went to numerous stores today to try to find all of the above, and every store gave me the same answer, “Oh, we stopped selling those things back in September.” In Walmart, I went to the “Seasonal” section, and the employees were stocking the shelves with coolers, lawn chairs, and beach balls! It’s 20 degrees and snowing today! We still have at least three months of winter left, and then a few months of spring before anybody will be\u00a0using coolers and beach balls!<\/p>\n

Am I really the only person in the United States\u00a0who wants to buy snow shovels and ice salt in December and January when it is icy and snowing? In our procrastinating society, I have never understood why stores don’t carry season items all the way through the season that the items are for. Or at least half way<\/em> through. It is one of life’s unexplained mysteries to me.<\/p>\n

So help me out. Honestly,\u00a0do any of you actually buy your snow shovels in September and your beach balls in January?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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