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Last Minute Christmas Shopping
By John Ugoshowa
If you are like most people you do the majority of your shopping at the last minute. Visit any mall or shopping center in the final days before and you are likely to find parking lots that are filled to capacity and stores that are literally filled with shoppers who are still searching for the perfect gift for their friends or family members. As it gets closer and closer to the crowds tend to get more and more restless and the search for the perfect gift becomes a search for an acceptable gift. Although falls at the end of the year and people have a whole year to prepare for this joyous occasion, most people leave their shopping until the last minute every year despite New Year’s resolutions to get the shopping done early. This article will discuss a few different types of last minute shoppers. There are those who do their shopping at the last minute out of necessity, those who do it because they have procrastinated and those who do it because they find it to be exciting.

People become last minute shoppers for a number of reasons. Perhaps the most innocent last minute shoppers are those who shop at the last minute out of necessity. Consider college students who typically end the semester around mid to late December. Many of these students are living on campus without access to a car. This can make shopping quite difficult but when you combine this living situation with the fact that they have finals to take at the end of semester, shopping becomes downright impossible. Finals often account for as much as 50% of a college student’s grade and it is understandable that they would have to spend the early part of December studying, the middle of the month taking their finals and then wind up last minute shopping almost immediately after their last final.

Other last minute shoppers include those who

are just born procrastinators. They may go to stores every weekend in October or November. This could be an excellent opportunity for them to get their shopping done early but instead they wind up window shopping or purchasing items for themselves. While they are aware the season is approaching, they don’t feel compelled to start shopping until the absolute last minute. When this happens they find themselves in the unfortunate position of fighting the crowds in a last minute shopping frenzy.

Finally, there are others who are last minute shoppers simply because this is when they prefer to do their shopping. Some of these shoppers see shopping at the last minute as a challenge. They know they are short on time but are confident they will be able to find great gifts for everyone on their list this year. Other shoppers who intentionally wait until the last minute to do their shopping may do so because they enjoy the excitement of the crowds. Although last minute shopping can be stressful it is often exciting. Those who enjoy this excitement love shopping at the last minute because it gives them a sense of energy they wouldn’t feel if they were shopping for presents in October.

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