Everyone has seen the commercials that run this time of year where a lucky person receives the gift of a new car with a giant red bow on it. An article in the Mercury News says one of the company's responsible for those giant bows is King Size Bows. The article says they may sell as many as 20,000 of the giant bows this Christmas.
Whether it be a luxury Lexus or clunker from the classifieds, the gift of a car just isn't the same without a big bow on top of the hood. That was Lynda King's thinking when she started King Size Bows five years ago, after she was unable to find a bow for a car she bought for her teenage daughter's birthday.
"People always ask about it," King said. "People always wonder about it, where they come from. It's every wife's fantasy to run outside and find a new car with a big bow on it."
The idea stayed in the back of King's mind for a while, and after consulting with some of her area car dealers, she began developing a bow that would ship and assemble easily. This year, she expects her Newport Beach, Calif.-business to sell about 15,000 to 20,000 bows, which sell for $48 each and come in a variety of designs.
Many of the bows go to car dealerships, especially Lexus dealers, which feature even larger bows in their holiday advertising.
Giant bows from King Size Bows were used by General Motors on the Oprah special when the Pontiac G6 sedans were given away. In addition to cars the bows are also used for large gifts liks RVs, big screen tvs, pool tables, appliances and new homes. The giant bows at King Size Bows cost $48.
A web search reveals a few other websites that sell large bows including Mystic Alley, GiantBows.com and LargeGiftBows.com. If you do give a new car with a giant red bow on top as a gift this Christmas don't leave it parked out on the street where it will cause neighborhood confusion like in that Lexus commercial.
Everyone has seen the commercials that run this time of year where a lucky person receives the gift of a new car with a giant red bow on it. An 
