Our family has always loved the holidays, family vacations centered around traveling the western United States and visiting all of the Christmas stores and bakeries in every town! At that time we owned a grocery store (Gary's Market), and for five years before we opened Traditions, we 'tested' the market, to see how selling holiday decorations would work in our city. We brought holiday decorations into our grocery store in October, clearing out a few aisles and loading them up with Christmas decor...even things that our family hand made! The response from our local customers was overwhelming and we sold out each year!