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Last-minute holiday shoppers enjoy pressure, tradition

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Last-minute shoppers scrambled Monday afternoon to find that special gift or stocking stuffer at Yorktown Mall in Lombard.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

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Lupe Terrazas and her daughter were two of the last-minute shoppers who scrambled Monday afternoon to find that special gift or stocking stuffer at Yorktown Mall in Lombard.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

Ed Pawlak of Wheaton was one of the last-minute shoppers who scrambled Monday afternoon to find that special gift or stocking stuffer at Yorktown Mall in Lombard.

Paul Michna | Staff Photographer

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Shoppers at Yorktown Center Mall in Lombard on Monday were short on time, but plenty were long on tradition. As in, they purposefully waited until Christmas Eve to complete most, if not all of their holiday shopping. "I always do my best under pressure," said, Chris Eckert, 23, who flew in from North Carolina to visit his parents in Glen Ellyn.
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    • Last-minute shoppers scrambled Monday afternoon to find that special gift or stocking stuffer at Yorktown Mall in Lombard.
    • Lupe Terrazas and her daughter were two of the last-minute shoppers who scrambled Monday afternoon to find that special gift or stocking stuffer at Yorktown Mall in Lombard.
    • Ed Pawlak of Wheaton was one of the last-minute shoppers who scrambled Monday afternoon to find that special gift or stocking stuffer at Yorktown Mall in Lombard.
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