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Shopping opens with early crowds as Christmas rush begins
Shoppers flock to downtown Cedar Rapids and malls like Lindale Westdale and Town and Country on the official kickoff of the Christmas shopping season. Stores report stronger sales than last year with crowds from Iowa and out of state. Early buyers cite variety and quality, while some plan to finish gifts soon as Christmas nears.
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Dick Hogan
Jazette
Weather-God
Westdale Mall
Lindale Mall
Town and Country Shopping Center
Armstrong’s
al Peremsky
Doug Kiehn
Westdale
Bill Hayes
Younker’s
The
Gazette
Phyllis Steinbeck
Keystone
Ann
Denver
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
Phyllis
Steinbecks
Doug Dunlap
Washington
Iowa
Dunlap
Lindale
Ellen Zmolek
Perry
Pam Cibula
Toledo
Ellen
Pam
Brooke Cibula
Brooke
Des Moines
Vera Adams
New Hartford
Adams
Barbara Venneman
Independence
Venneman
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Minneapolis
Nancy Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Hastings
Minn