It's Christmas Eve, for some people, that means it's time to shop. At the Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding it showed.
"it's hectic people are rushing around, there's no parking," says last minute shopper Eddie Hartman.
It's not just procrastination that has shoppers out late this season. Many of the people we talked to had other reasons to wait.
"{We're}waiting for money, basically that is what it is," says Stacey Bronson.
Bronson and her family hit the stores late hoping to save money by hitting all the sales. "It pays off to shop this late."
As people search for their last minute gifts, retailers are busy trying to squeeze every penny they can out of the holiday season.
That's good news for both procrastinators and bargain hunters, stores are not only ready for the last minute shopper, they're counting on them.
"The season this year was a little bit later this year. After the day after Thanksgiving this week has been a strong sales week," says Steve Yowell, Store Manager of the Sears in the Mt. Shasta Mall.
Waiting until the last minute has it's disadvantages, like long lines crowded malls and a smaller selection.
"A lot of things are sold out," says Hartman.
There will always be people who were too busy, put it off or just forgot to do their Christmas shopping.
If you're really in a crunch and can't make it to the store great gifts are just a click away.
If you can get to the computer you can easily get a quick gift that won't say, "I forgot you."
If you're not sure what to get just type "last minute gifts" into a search engine. There are lots of great tips for inexpensive gifts that don't seem last minute
