Earlier on we showed you the steady stream of last minute shoppers
in A&R Store this morning. Well this afternoon it was a frenzy in downtown
Belize City as hundreds of shoppers crowded the Alberts in search of the real
last minute bargains. We sampled their opinions and ran into some familiar faces.
Shopper #1,
"We di shopping out yah to see what bargain we could find out yah."
Keith Swift,
Have you found any?
Shopper #1,
"Well I noh find no bargain, I have to decide what you want and if
you don't want to buy it you just have to leave it. My hand is full but
I would want it to full some more."
Shopper #2,
"I just came in from work and I am just doing a few short stops like
getting some fruits and thing and then I am going to the market to get some 
vegetables."
Keith Swift,
So you're set for tomorrow?
Shopper #2,
"Well I guess so because if I am not set I can't be set again
because money finish."
Shopper #3,
"I am on the grind you know. I have to make mine every time because
I am bruk bad for the Christmas. I need papers so I can get mine to go and buy
things."
Shopper #4,
"I am trying to finish last minute shopping. What's left? Only
clothes for the kids, I've gotten all their toys, I've gotten all
the household stuff, and I guess this is it. I am done, I'm broke so I'm
done; that's how it works."
Erwin X, Shopping
"Just looking around, examining things to see if life is getting harder 
or not and I am also looking for gifts for my sons and loved ones."
Adele Ramos, Shopping,
"I am just downtown with my two children, Kayla and Emory, and Kayla
actually came to buy, I didn't. She is the one with all the money today.
I don't really celebrate Christmas but I really like spending time with
my family."
Lascalle Arnold, Shopping
"Well just walking around, picking up the last one or two gifts and
more than anything else looking at people talking about spending their light
bill money or phone bill money and their rent money which I don't think
really makes sense."
Shopping #5,
"I am doing some last minute shopping. Everything is done; ham, turkey,
carpet – everything. I've already shopped for everything. I am just
getting stuff for table and stuff like that."
Jeremy Spooner, Shopping
"What am I doing? What do you think I am doing out here, I am getting
some last minute things; cheese and wine and grapes and all those wonderful
things you do at Christmas time."
Lisa Love Kerr, Shopping
"Trying to get last minute stuff I didn't get done earlier;
toys for my niece and my mom."
Keith Swift,
Why did you wait for last minute?
Lisa Love Kerr,
"That's when I get paid."
The shoppers we spoke to also used the opportunity to send out some
Christmas shout-outs to their loved ones.
Have a wonderful Christmas;
we hope it is blessed, joyous and safe for you and your family. We'll
be off until Monday.
7NEWS
produced for broadcast by News Director Jules
Vasquez
Edited and Prepared for the internet by Keith
Swift
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