CEDAR RAPIDS (KCRG), Iowa-This pandemic has not stopped some people from going on vacation. Last minute shopping. Shoppers go out at the Lindale Shopping Center in Cedar Rapids. Some shoppers said that this year feels less crowded and the atmosphere is different.
Shopper Drake Bishop said: “It’s less crowded here.” “But it’s also more lively than before.”
Michelle Ehr has good reasons to enter the Lily and Rose Floral Studio in Marion for last-minute shopping.
She said: “I actually signed a contract with Covid, and I have been absent for the past ten days.” “So today is the only day for my last day of quarantine.”
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She said: “Shopping locally is the best thing this year.” “Just because everything happened.:
Lora Dodd-Brosseau, owner of Lily and Rose Floral Studio, said the lack of activities and avoidance of activities slowed her flower business. There is not much traffic there. Fortunately, on holidays, flowers can reduce the interaction between people.
She said: “People don’t want to go out, or they can’t see relatives and friends, so they give flowers.” “The delivery was very good, so it was very active last week.”
She has a way to let customers see flowers before buying. She said: “People will call them, they will give me some information they want, and then I take a picture.” “Then send them the picture, and they choose.”
Ehr is happy to be quarantined, but she also feels that this year is different. She said: “This year doesn’t even feel like Christmas.”
Post time: Dec-25-2020