Retailers create Christmas ornaments 3 months in advance . Wholesalers create the ornaments 2 years in advance . The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market is ` ` like a marathon '' for buyers . The merchants will bring Christmas - feeling ornaments as well as bright , whimsical colors .
Retailers buy Christmas ornaments 11 months in advance . Wholesalers create the ornaments 2 years in advance . The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market is `` like a marathon '' for buyers . Christmas 2011 will bring vintage-feeling ornaments as well as bright , whimsical colors .