Make This an L.L. Bean Christmas

If they ever build a hall of fame for the pioneers of mail order shopping, a statue of Leon Leonwood Bean will stand in the atrium, right alongside the statues of Richard Warren Sears, Alvah Curtis Roebuck and Aaron Montgomery Ward. Not only does L.L. Bean fit the criteria of having a founder known by his first, middle and last name, but it’s also one of the first mail order firms.

 In 1912 — shortly after Montgomery Ward sent out his first catalog in 1872 and Sears and Roebuck sent theirs in 1893 — Leon Leonwood Bean started the firm that is now booming as the ShopAtHome.com L.L. Bean Coupons and Deals portal to L.L.Bean.com. Ever since that day, L.L. Bean has set the standard for high quality outdoor clothing and gear that can keep wearers comfortable even through the winters in L.L.’s hometown of Freeport, Me.

 Perhaps because Christmas also is associated with finding the joy in miserable weather, L.L. Bean and Christmas also have been closely tied. Americans have handed down L.L. Bean Christmas Stockings from one generation to the next for nearly four generations. So as soon as we’ve settled on our Thanksgiving menus and shopped for groceries, let’s all check ShopAtHome.com for the L.L. Bean Black Friday and Cyber Monday coupons and deals, get our orders in early for warm, waterproof L.L. Bean boots for ourselves and to give as gifts, snuggle into our comfy mail-order slippers and fleece wear from You Know Who and have an adult-beverage-enhanced eggnog toast to L.L. as the company he began approaches its centennial.