Christmas at Winchester all fun and games?
Winchester has already got its Christmas celebrations off to a start; with Christmas lights, ice skating and many more festive events coming up in the near future, but could this also mean mixed reactions from local businesses.
If you are anything like me then just the thought of Christmas shopping ignites a flaming hole burning its way through your pocket. However, Christmas is a time of happiness and historically the celebration of Christ’s resurrection (not forgetting the annual Christmas dinner binge eat and two weeks off work!).
There are Santa bag full’s of activities happening in Winchester including; an ice-rink, West meon Christmas fare, cathedral tours, Winchester cathedral market and many more.
With more people visiting the town centre to partake in these Christmas activities, you may think they bring more revenue for the local business, putting a pleasant blanket of Christmas snow on the dark drab reality of the credit crunch. However local businesses such as Reflex have spoke of the detrimental effects of the fare such as Jane Winson, Manager of Reflex, Winchester High Street
‘‘There are signposts to go down abbey passage... the people not familiar with Winchester might miss out on this end of the high street. (The stalls)Sell cheaper than the regular retail price on items that I pay for my shop.’’
On the other hand, businesses such as Shoon, find that they are generally not effected by what is going on in town.
‘‘Our customer base is relatively return over and over’’ Lisa Manager of Shoon
So could the signposting leading punters away from local business such as Reflex heap more doom and gloom on British businesses in the credit crunch? Or will the Christmas fare help chain businesses in their time of need? Only time will tell, but for now everyone should take in all there is to offer in Winchester at this time of year.
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