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Stragglers keep shopping down to the wire
Some don't let last-minute stress get to them
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Connie Rock, owner, arranges items in the store for last-minute shoppers Friday at Purchase Effect in Main Street Market in downtown Gainesville. Rock saw an increase in shoppers the past few days leading up to Christmas. - photo by Erin O. Smith
With the 2016 Christmas season coming to a close, many shoppers were still store hopping Friday looking to complete their gift lists. Retailers estimate that about 20 percent of Americans are putting off their holiday shopping to the very last minute. Unashamedly, Vicky Patterson of Cummings is one of those procrastinating shoppers.