With Christmas approaching, some city vendors say sales are lower than they usually are but in the true Christmas spirit they remain optimistic that as the days go by business will be booming.
Even with many of the streets in downtown Georgetown jam-packed with traffic, by the end of the first week of December vendors told Stabroek News that their sales were not on par with those of previous years.
The weather has also been cited as a significant impediment to many persons who are not willing to go out and get soaked by the rain. Still some eager Christmas shoppers have been undaunted and many can be seen walking around with their umbrellas as they tried to get their hands on the early Christmas deals.