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And this photo was taken just now at out local shopping arcade - as you can see its just another day.
The amount of people shopping starts to increase from now and reaches a peak by the 31st as folks stock up on food and money for the new year break. Most banks are closed for nearly a week and you cant withdraw money from most of them until the 4th of January.

OK thats enough from me on this subject - need to get back to other work ^^;
Hope you are having a merry Christmas and that you get a load of goodies - what did you get - tell us!
If you didn't get anything then don't be sad - have something really nice for you in tomorrows giveaway.

Merri Kurisumasu for 2009!

Leaving you with some of my fave Christmas tunes.