{"id":10240,"date":"2012-10-23T15:59:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=10240"},"modified":"2012-10-23T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T15:59:17","slug":"christmas-shopping-vox-pop-when-is-it-too-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2012\/10\/23\/christmas-shopping-vox-pop-when-is-it-too-early\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas shopping vox pop: when is it too early?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Christmas-Emporium3.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10258\" title=\"Culture_3_Christmas-Emporium_big_RC\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Christmas-Emporium3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10258\" title=\"Culture_3_Christmas-Emporium_big_RC\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2012\/10\/Christmas-Emporium3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessica Stubbs &amp; Oliver Davies of The Royal Christmas Emporium<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Last week saw Cardiff City Council start the process of installing Christmas lights around the city centre. However, the Council were not the only ones preparing for the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal Arcade has a brand new pop-up shop; the Royal Christmas Emporium. The shop, a\u00a0subsidiary\u00a0of the well-known stationers The Pen &amp; Paper, is open for business until the New Year. It offers a huge array of yuletide treats; from Christmas trees and decorations to advent calendars and Christmas cards.<\/p>\n<p>With an obvious love of Christmas, Jessica Stubbs and Oliver Davies, of the Royal Christmas Emporium, explained\u00a0that opening in October had garnered a positive response from the public and that the Emporium was ready for when people want to start shopping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week saw Cardiff City Council start the process of installing Christmas lights around the city centre. However, the Council were not the only ones preparing for the festive season. 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