AS - Wednesday, December 23, 1981 - North Shore News gif ts to last minute (= MERRY CHRISTMAS THE LONG SHADOW cast by the Grinch who stole Christmas is melting away for North Shore merchants. After a slow, cautious beginning the Christmas rush is on. Some merchants are flabbergasted by the amount of business they're getting. “Business is up.” ac- cording to the manager of the Morning Sun Gift Shop in Park Royal. “And Saturday was in- sane. But it was a little late in getting started (this year).” In fact, business has never been better for Marilyn Johnston, manager of J R Jeans in Capilano mall. “I feel the crowds are better this year,” she ex- plained. “The parking lot was three-quarters full at 9:30 Saturday morning.” INCREDIBLE “Incredible” was how another merchant described business. But although many merchants are cxtremely busy, others still say it is a quieter than usual year. Even with the rush many merchants are doing about the same as they did last year, estimated Bert Michel, manager of igloo Gallery and Gifts in Capilano mall, and although last year was a good year, that represents a drop in business when in- flation is taken into con- sideration. “We've been extremely busy the past week but business is still slower,” one Park Royal boutique told the News. “Business is still not as good as last year,” one dress shop clerk in Westlynn mall said. “Every store is the same.” But with ‘wo shopping days left until Christmas, shoppers have an_ op- portunity to prove some of the gloomier forecasts in this recession-hit year wrong. After all, the fast sellers at the London Shop in Park Royal are the hand knitted jackets ranging from $350 to $450. “They're going extremely well,” manager Doug Morrison said. 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