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Guess what next month is. It’s really obvious. Seriously, look at the design of this blog, then think about it.

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It’s CHRISTMAS IN JULY BABY!

We here at Christmas Central, of course, are super pumped. It means 6 months to Christmas. It’s a mile marker for us. It’s around the time we start busting out our Christmas lights, start setting up our Christmas trees, and it’s when we start buckling down for the coming season.

It’s also a time when we (and many other Christmas companies) are clearing out space for our in-coming Christmas seasonal merchandise. What’s that mean for you? It means, well, there’s never a better time to buy your Christmas decorations. As we’ve mentioned before, the real trick to a stress-free Christmas is to plan ahead. We are, and we think you should too.

But until then, enjoy a few of our favorite Christmas tunes, remixed for the summer.

For corporate decorators, event promoters, retail display installers and interior designers, the Christmas holiday season is one of the biggest and most complex decoration installations of the year. It’s the time when retail stores pull out all the stops to impress and push Christmas specials. It’s a time when corporations put up their best displays - elaborate Christmas light displays, massive artificial Christmas trees, store wide garland strands and much, much more.

With the complexity of many of these commercial or retail Christmas displays, it’s important to plan ahead, even as far ahead as, well, Christmas in July.

When planning for commercial-level displays, you have to establish scale first. How big is the space you’re decorating? Where is it located - inside, outside, or in a store display window? What is your budget?

With any size budget, it’s a mistake to try and get by with normal, home-grade decorations. Store, community and corporate Christmas displays need commercial-grade Christmas decorations. They are more durable, more reliable, can handle larger scale (as the average commercial Christmas display can dwarf a home set-up) and, as a marketing tool, needs to convey a certain image, whether matching the quality of your company or complementing retail products well.

Suppliers such as Christmas Central specialize in this level of decoration. When coordinating your display, you may want large-sized decorations such as 12-foot Christmas wreaths, or 15-foot pre-lit artificial Christmas trees. It’s important to plan for your space - if you’re getting a large item like that tree or wreath, you should be sure that it will fit, and ordering ahead of time will also help you get more bang for your budget dollar.