BEIRUT: Shoppers scurried across the Beirut Souks Wednesday afternoon in a last-ditch effort to buy Christmas gifts for their loved ones.
Amid the bustle of hurried shoppers shuffling for gifts, Joelle strutted down a narrow lining of shops with no less than 10 shopping bags dangling from her arms. “I never have the time to buy Christmas gifts; that is why I’m late this year,” she said, before rushing off to scan the next store-front window.
The entrance to Beirut Souks was busy with visitors shuffling between shops and window shopping for last-minute gifts. Dragging along an armful of bags, Dana, who also claimed that she didn’t have enough time to shop for gifts earlier, said that she was rummaging for a gift for her boyfriend.
Meanwhile, her boyfriend Moustafa, who was accompanying Dana on her last-minute escapade, was better prepared: “I’m not here to buy her a gift, I already bought her one. I’m here to buy myself a video game."
For those seeking a brief respite from the holiday shopping marathon, a Coke stand set up near the Antoine book store was distributing free customized cans to passersby.
In less alarm than the other visitors, one last-minute shopper, Rabih, tried to hit two birds with one stone as he attempted to cash in a gift-card he had received from his sister for Christmas in order to buy a gift for a friend.
When asked why he was shopping so late, he simply said “I’m not late, these are last minute touches.”
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