WHAT THEY SAY Shopping quotes

Quotes from last-minute shoppers around the nation on Christmas Eve:
"This year, people don't seem to know what they want to buy. They are wandering around, looking like deer caught in the headlights."
Sue Hunt, sales associate at Planet Wear, a clothing and gift boutique at Eastgate Mall, Cincinnati, Ohio.
"My strategy is to do things early -- but it never works out that way."
The Rev. Fabian Lopez, a priest from Our Lady of Lourdes in Manhattan's Washington Heights.
"Our goal is to finish today. If it comes down to it, we'll get them gifts from a gum ball machine."
Randy Link, of Burbank, Calif., at the Burbank Town Center Mall, north of Los Angeles.
"I tend to save the last little things for the last minute."
Ingrid Larson of Chicago, Ill., at the Jordon Creek Town Center, in West Des Moines, Iowa.
"I usually do some Christmas Eve shopping. I think I just like to get out and see everybody."
Bill Bird of Atlanta, sitting on a bench at Atlanta's Lenox Square.
"We didn't care where we went, as long as they sold us stuff."
Justin Tucker of Knoxville, Tenn., at Jordan Creek Town Center, in West Des Moines, Iowa.
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