Yankee Candle Factory
When I was in high school my Mom used to take my siblings and myself to the Yankee Candle Factory in Massachusetts. It was really cool. The place was a little cheesy. We would go there in August, but they had all of this stuff set up to be like Christmas inside, but it was still very neat. It felt like there was a lot of effort put into the place to make it very special for its customers. There were all sorts of demonstrations and entertainment throughout the place. As you walked from room to room the themes changed and you were taken from one setting to another. From a room set up to look like a traditional candle making house from a time when people had to make their own candles, to a fake Bavarian village, to Santa’s workshop. I always used to love the “magical forest” you had to walk through to get to the Bavarian village.
Well, since I am home I figured it would be fun to go there with my Mom like old times. We made the drive out to Massachusetts in four hours, though usually it’s only two. We sort of forgot the way to get there. It was a beautiful day for a drive at least. Once we got there I was sort of disappointed. I remember the factory being very special, and this time it just wasn’t. There were so many things that were different, and not in a good way. It seems like now, the company is only trying to get money from their customers. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that the entire purpose of having a business is to get money from people. It’s just that ten years ago, when they were trying to get my money from me, it seemed like they had put more of an effort to make their customers happy. I don’t know…. I was just very disappointed. I don’t think I will go back to the factory in Massachusetts. I think I will try and give the factory in Colonial Williamsburg a shot at some point, but I’m not expecting much.
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