{"id":3275,"date":"2025-10-14T17:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3275\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:42:44","slug":"why-early-holiday-shopping-makes-sense-this-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/3275\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Early Holiday Shopping Makes Sense This Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"394\">\u00a0We\u2019re two weeks from Halloween, but now is the perfect time to start your holiday shopping.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"962\">If you ask anyone around here, I\u2019m Mr. Halloween. I co-own Halloween theme parks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfmx.com\/tags\/lubbock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lubbock<\/a> and Austin, and spooky season is a 365-day passion for me. I\u2019m always building, decorating, or scheming up something new for October. Still, some people assume that because I live and breathe Halloween, I must not care about Christmas. That couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. My heart\u2019s big enough for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine\u2019s Day \u2014 and any excuse to celebrate joy.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"1202\">All that said, it\u2019s never too early to start holiday shopping. You can make life easy on yourself right now by thinking ahead. Sure, you could procrastinate and end up panic-ordering gift cards from Amazon, but why not make it personal?<\/p>\n<p>Lubbock Holiday Shopping Starts Now \u2014 Support Local and Stay Sane<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1204\" data-end=\"1460\">Here\u2019s my simple suggestion: as you go about your daily errands, grab gift certificates from local restaurants, salons, or shops you already enjoy. You\u2019re there anyway, and you\u2019ll be supporting local Lubbock businesses while checking off your list early.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1723\">The beauty of this approach is that you can match experiences with personalities \u2014 that friend who loves BBQ, the coworker who lives for brunch, the family member obsessed with crystals. Plus, when December rolls around, you\u2019ll be calm, collected, and done.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kfmx.com\/nacho-spots-lubbock\/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Spots For Satisfying Nachos In Lubbock<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1725\" data-end=\"1899\">Most Lubbock businesses offer gift cards or certificates, and if they don\u2019t, your request might just inspire them to start. Shop smart, shop early, and give from the heart.<\/p>\n<p>Tumbleweed Botanicals Is Lubbock&#8217;s Most Magical Shopping Experience<\/p>\n<p>Take a peek at the magical shopping experience that is Lubbock&#8217;s new location of Tumbleweed Botanicals, located at 2319 34th St. <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n<p>Never Grow Up: A Peek At Lubbock&#8217;s New Toy R Us Location <\/p>\n<p>Lubbock is home to a new Toys &#8216;R Us pop-up inside South Plains Mall <\/p>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: Renee Raven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0We\u2019re two weeks from Halloween, but now is the perfect time to start your holiday shopping. If you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-3275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}