### Clue: What hardware store is doing for Christmas treat (8,6)
### Answer: STOCKING FILLER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Christmas treat
 STOCKING(what a store is doing/amassing/increasing its supplies for sale especially before an occasion such as Christmas) + FILLER(a substance for filling in cracks in a surface, especially before painting it, something a hardware store would stock and sell).
Defn: … in the form of a small present suitable for putting in a Christmas stocking.
And yes, Christmas is due. A Merry Christmas to all.  And A Happy New Year!