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The big boat parade is over and now we’re into the final holiday push. I saw the parade’s first hour on Saturday night in downtown Fort Lauderdale and thought the light displays were the best I can ever recall. Large, elaborate, whimsical. And the expanded route along the New River is a keeper for next year, as far as I’m concerned. But the parade’s end marks the beginning of the final countdown. Only a week until Christmas, with Kwanzaa starting the next day. Hanukkah has already passed but the holiday season generally shifts into high gear now. And for many of us, that means serious shopping.
Yes, folks, let the games begin! I am a last-minute holiday shopper, by perverse personal choice. True, I broke my own tradition this year by buying and mailing gifts to my mother in Chicago weeks before Christmas. But as for the rest of it? Sneakers could be needed to accommodate my sprints from store to store, looking for just the right things. I may be a holiday shopping procrastinator but at least I’m choosy about what I buy for people. I keep looking until I find what I want.
So you may well see me darting in and out of shops along Las Olas this week. There are some great stores with trendy clothes and wild home accessories and unique art works and fine wines and whatever else. I’m also fond of the shops over near the Gateway Theatre on Sunrise Boulevard. Several stores offer such unusual gifts as lamps from Brazil, decorative hats from China, ceiling hangings from Africa. It’s become a bit of an enclave for tasteful, unconventional items, an area that rings a parking lot about one block east of the movie theater. There’s a good chance you might find me browsing and buying there in the next several days. And of course, I always make my way to the Galleria shopping mall during the holidays. You will be able to notice me hurrying through the aisles for sure. Among all the variety, I can usually pick up anything from stocking stuffers to boxes of fine chocolates to major gifts. Plus, it’s just fun to hang out at that mall. Christmas music and lovely decorations and bustling crowds. To me, the Galleria simply screams the holidays. By or before Christmas Eve, I’ll get everything I need. I always do. Sometimes it just requires a last-minute sprint or two on my part. And good laces on those sneakers.
Yes, folks, let the games begin! I am a last-minute holiday shopper, by perverse personal choice. True, I broke my own tradition this year by buying and mailing gifts to my mother in Chicago weeks before Christmas. But as for the rest of it? Sneakers could be needed to accommodate my sprints from store to store, looking for just the right things. I may be a holiday shopping procrastinator but at least I’m choosy about what I buy for people. I keep looking until I find what I want.
So you may well see me darting in and out of shops along Las Olas this week. There are some great stores with trendy clothes and wild home accessories and unique art works and fine wines and whatever else. I’m also fond of the shops over near the Gateway Theatre on Sunrise Boulevard. Several stores offer such unusual gifts as lamps from Brazil, decorative hats from China, ceiling hangings from Africa. It’s become a bit of an enclave for tasteful, unconventional items, an area that rings a parking lot about one block east of the movie theater. There’s a good chance you might find me browsing and buying there in the next several days. And of course, I always make my way to the Galleria shopping mall during the holidays. You will be able to notice me hurrying through the aisles for sure. Among all the variety, I can usually pick up anything from stocking stuffers to boxes of fine chocolates to major gifts. Plus, it’s just fun to hang out at that mall. Christmas music and lovely decorations and bustling crowds. To me, the Galleria simply screams the holidays. By or before Christmas Eve, I’ll get everything I need. I always do. Sometimes it just requires a last-minute sprint or two on my part. And good laces on those sneakers.
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