Covid-19 dims Christmas spirit among shoppers
Tuesday December 22 2020
Customers in Kampala. Some buyers have abandoned going to town because they fear contracting Covid-19 during this festive season. Photo/Eronie Kamukama
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A green Christmas wreath with gold and red bells hangs over the Game Uganda entrance. Garlands drape over entrance walls too. Inside, soft Christmas music plays as shoppers trickle in every few minutes.
The string lights are not up. Neither is that Christmas tree with dangling bells and wrapped gift boxes at the bottom.
This much is the store’s standard of the festive season decor. The few Christmas trees are up for sale. Factories in China barely manufactured any trees, stores say.