ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Already done with your holiday shopping? Some people who still had a few items to check off their gift list went to shop local Wednesday on Main Street in St. Charles.
For local businesses on Main Street, the extra foot traffic was a welcomed sight to wrap up a difficult year for many small businesses.
“It’s been really busy. We had a huge number of folks come in right at the opening. We open at 10 and we had like eight people in the store…so it was really interesting to see everyone come in, everyone’s browsing,” said Emily Schrone, owner of Main Street Books. “It tiered off a little bit obviously with the rain, but it was busy for the first three or four hours of the day. It was really gratifying.”
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Chicago area shoppers rush to get holiday shopping in | WGN-TV
CHICAGO – Holiday shoppers made last minute stops around Chicago the night before Christmas Eve.
Most shoppers always have a reason why they wait until the last minute to shop and this year was no different.
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“I didn’t realize today would be busy, thought I was avoiding that by coming today and not tomorrow and I thought I was being smart,” she said. “We had to park all the way across the street.”
'It's pretty frustrating': Last-minute holiday shoppers on their experience shopping amid pandemic
"It's pretty frustrating," said Alejandra Ramirez of Midtown Sacramento. "I know what I want, so I go in and go out. I'm not the type of person that lingers, so it was difficult for me," she said leaving Sacramento's Arden Fair Mall Wednesday.
With a limit on how many people can be in a single store at a time, this year, shoppers like Ramirez spent more time waiting in line to get in the store, than actually shopping in it.
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"We have to keep in mind that we're blessed and thankful that these stores are at least open," said Price. "So it is worth the wait, especially if you need items for your family."
Mixed bag for Vermont retailers during last-minute shopping
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Time is running short for Christmas shoppers to grab last-minute gifts and stocking stuffers. Amid a pandemic and trying economic times, we wondered how the holiday season is shaping up. I hit some local stores to find out.
"We're missing that dinner crowd a lot, yeah," said Hattie Hevrin, the manager of Saratoga Olive Oil.
What's continuing to take a toll on retailers there is that restaurants along the brick road are closed except for takeout.
Not to change the topic here:
Very Merry Meijer Event gifts family with $1,000 shopping spree | The Blade
Creative local woman spreads cheer during weekly shopping trips | WWLP
(Mass Appeal) – A local woman is bringing smiles to the employees at the South Hadly Big Y by coming for her weekly shopping trips in costume.
Sue Goldstein’s creative thinking and homemade costume creations have been bringing a little lightness during this these difficult times.
(Mass Appeal) - Many Christmases ago, a man went to buy a doll for his son. As he reached for the last one they had, so did another man. As he rained blows upon him, the man realized there had to be another way. Out of that incident was born a new holiday…a Festivus for the rest of us!
‘It’s Different, But It Doesn’t Change Tradition’: Last-Minute Christmas
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Just two days before Christmas and Philadelphians were still working to wrap up their holiday shopping while staying socially distant on Wednesday. Eyewitness News caught up with some last-minute shoppers in the city’s Spring Garden section.
The last-minute shopping frenzy is on with just two days before Christmas. People at the Christmas Village are finding that perfect gift for loved ones.
“We both had off today, we come out while it’s a little less crowded earlier in the day and get home before the rush and all that,” a man said.
Coronavirus Today: Christmas shopping amid a surge - Los Angeles Times
Good evening. I'm Amina Khan , and it's Wednesday, Dec. 23 . This newsletter will be taking the rest of the week off for the holidays, so here's the latest on the pandemic, plus some of the week's best stories to take you through the long weekend.
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Paola Hernández began her holiday shopping online, but she and her daughter went to the Citadel Outlets in Commerce for items she couldn't find on the internet. She watched as shoppers bumped shoulders, ignored signs directing foot traffic and licked ice cream cones a few feet away, despite the ban on eating at the outdoor mall. Even sitting on a bench felt unsafe after a third person sat next to her, ignoring a sign stating that it seated only two.
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I've got a little favour to ask you all. This week, when you're fitting in some last minute shopping, or stocking… https://t.co/xUUFbSCUmy DanielAndrewsMP (from Melbourne, Australia) Wed Dec 23 08:38:13 +0000 2020
It's genuinely almost funny that Boris announced today is the last shopping day before Xmas... one hour before the shops shut HadleyFreeman Sat Dec 19 18:19:52 +0000 2020
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