Non- traditional Christmas shoppings

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Notes:

Procrastinators: people that leave things they have to do for later

Go shopping down to the wire: Wait for going shopping until the last minute

Mark the following sentences as True or False:

a) Diane doesn’t like shopping on Christmas Day because of the crowds

b) Only five per cent will finish their shopping by Christmas day

c) Some people use their holidays for shopping

d) One woman gets what she wants fifteen minutes before her kids wake up

e) Some people prefer going to the malls to see some stores just for fun

f) They prefer two-stop shopping

g) K-mart has any gift book you can imagine

h) If you want you can shop on Christmas day at 3 in the morning

j) There you can find inflatable fountains and crumb pots

k) Things the day before Christmas are cheaper

l) Drugstores close late that day

 

Key (only the false ones): 

a) because there are less crowds

d) five minutes

e) some stores they had never considered

j) inflatable beds, fondue fountains and crumb pots

k) more expensive

l) early