December began, and as every year the gondolas of the supermarkets and decoration houses began to display Christmas products: trees, chirimbolos, garlands and more.
It is that for those who follow the tradition next December 8 will be the day to assemble the Christmas tree, and there is a little less than a week left to get the decoration items.
By the way, Coffee & Business surveyed some stores that offer Christmas products in order to answer the following question: How much does it cost to decorate a home for Christmas?
Those starting from scratch must buy a tree According to the Effas store website, the prices of this item —depending on its category and/or size—, They range between $145 (0.7 meters) and $112,090 (5 meters).
The prices are similar on the Mercado Libre platform, where there are trees of all kinds: from 0.5 meters at less than $200, up to 3 meters at $40,000.
The average tree is the one that measures approximately one meter and in Effas, the price is close to $4,000.
According to data shared by Mercado Libre, the best-selling tree is of 2.1 meters, and has a price of $7,750.
Nevertheless, the best-selling tree in the El Clon supermarket —which is 1.5 meters— and has a value of $900according to the director of the company, Evaristo González.
However, the decoration to dress the tree is more accessible than the tree itself.
As they said from Superfiestas, for putting together a basic “little tree” is enough with $ 1,500: “The little lights, the pack of chimbolitos —which you can buy in two or three colors— and some guide.”
In this store the lights are worth $320, the chirimbolos between $39 (a box of two solid color chirimbolos) and $420 (a box of four designer chirimbolos) and the garlands $190.
For his part, González said that you can build a tree with chirimbolos and lights for $500, but by adding products you can reach $1,000, $2,000 or even $6,000. In any case, he claimed that the most common is to do it with $1,500.
At Effas there is a large stock of chirimbolos that varies between those of a bright color (six units for $109) and those of design, for example: a package of three rustic units for $539.
In addition, this company specialized in Christmas decorations sells more products to make a complete tree. But for those who don’t want to go through the work of designing their own treealso offers some already decorated. From the smallest with little decoration, to those that measure more than one meter and have chirimbolos, garlands, lights and more.
By the way, the examples The most outstanding are the 1.20 tree kit with red and white decoration: $4,350 and the 1.80 tree kit with rustic decoration: $13,490.
Trends for this Christmas
“People always come looking for a color trend”they affirmed from Superfiestas.
However, this year they have not yet identified what will be the most requested color by Uruguayans since the peak of sales has not yet been reached: the focus is still on the World Cup.
“Of 10 people, eight consult for World Cup products”, they said from the store. However, in Mercado Libre there was already a higher level of sales compared to Christmas: In November, four types of garlands and light guides were in the top ten best-selling products of the month.
Now, for his part, the owner of El Clon said that the World Cup environment not only impacted the number of sales but also the type of products chosen: “We have sold very well everything that is a white tree with chirimbolos and light blue boas”Gonzalez pointed out.
Asked about when they expect the sales peak, the representatives of both companies indicated that it will take place next week: between December 5 and 9.
