00:00If we see something, we buy it, and we're not one of these to start shopping in January for Christmas, we neither of us have that.
00:10Everyone loves Christmas shopping, don't they? Or maybe not. It's something that most of us have to do every year.
00:15Spend a fortune and spend hours trudging through cold weather looking for that perfect present for your auntie's third cousin's brother-in-law.
00:23Knowing where to go and where to look for Christmas presents can be half the battle.
00:28We're asking people here in Cardiff if this is the place to look or if there are better places outside the city.
00:34There's a lot of choice. We came on the coach today, because we don't drive to Cardiff, we do a park and ride, you know?
00:40Because I wouldn't be a car to Cardiff. But, yeah, it's probably a wee place, yes.
00:47I mean, we have people talking, they come in from over the bridge to come to Cardiff, you know?
00:53We have Bristol accents, and we've only got Bristol's a nice place to shop.
00:57I think Cardiff is better because it's got more variety, like it's got the apple store, whereas Swansea doesn't, Merthyr doesn't.
01:07I think Cardiff has more of the shops than Merthyr would.
01:14Bit of shopping? Absolutely.
01:16Yeah, it's got some nice, I've walked through the shopping centre a couple of times, you've got a pretty good assortment of things there.
01:24I love the markets too.
01:26Yeah, the market's good. The markets, all the local produce and stuff like that is quite good.
01:32We hear a lot of Bristol, Bristol, Bristol, yeah. We come here quite often.
01:37Yeah, we come here quite regularly, because it's only half an hour away on the porch, so it's convenient for us.
01:44One benefit to shopping here in Cardiff is the mix of everything. Obviously it's the capital, so of course it's got a lot of shops.
01:50But over Christmas, things like the handcrafted market can help find those unique presents that you might not have even known existed.
01:56In a sense, yes, I tend to lean more towards like independent retailers and small businesses and kind of look out for stuff that you wouldn't find in a bigger chain.
02:08On the way through just here, there was a stall setting up making like, there were photo frames with art made from pebbles,
02:17which if you're into like natural decoration, natural materials in your home, it's the ideal kind of handmade gift to make.
02:26Yeah, although there is one in Swansea as well. I wouldn't personally go to the Christmas market.
02:34I've seen obviously the stuff up in the castle, which looks good. I want to definitely check that out.
02:40And I think just along that street over there, behind the David's Shopping Centre, they put up a bunch of little Christmas shops too.
02:47Oh yeah, the Christmas, like the, yeah, the pop-up shops.
02:50Yeah, we'll go have a look at those.
02:51I really like mulled wine, so I hope I can find some mulled wine in these Christmas stalls, and I think I'll get lucky.
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