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Yolande Skeete looking at some floral accent stems. She said she was focusing on necessities. (Picture by Shanice King) Social Share
IT IS NOT Christmas shopping as usual for some Barbadians this year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
That was the common thread a number of shoppers at the bustling Sheraton Centre yesterday told the DAILY NATION of buying only to budget, spending “sparingly”, cutting back when compared to previous years, and even reusing and recycling rather than replenishing, to celebrate the Yuletide season.
Scores of people were waiting to go inside at different entrances, just before the Sargeant’s Village, Christ Church mall opened at 9 a.m. Some stores had long lines outside their doors.