00:00San Fernando is the shopping capital of the Southland for many, and on Saturday, five days
00:12before the Christmas holiday, the number of people passing through the streets of the second city
00:17has increased compared to the weeks before. Even so, some vendors say it's less than it used to
00:23be leading up to past Christmases.
00:26The place is actually dead. It's not like how it used to be. Everything just looked. People
00:32are early shopping, they're just walking around. They're buying what they can afford.
00:37It's started pretty well. The only interruption is if rain falls. But so far, it's started
00:43pretty well and we're looking forward to doing really good today.
00:47We are custom selling every year, but right now, funds low and things cannot talk to the country.
00:52And they don't have no kind of business.
00:54A steady stream of people walked High Street as Soka Parang music from various doors flowed
01:00onto the pavement. Abuzz with movement, street vendors credited the city corporation for allowing
01:06their presence, which they believe will invite more people in the coming days.
01:11They gave me a little blind to sell from yesterday on the street, so things now start to pick up.
01:16Only yesterday, the mayor allowed us to sell. He finally feel sorry for us and gave us the
01:23opportunity to earn a living, which we're very thankful of. You understand? But to say sales-wise,
01:30right now, we're just trying to catch up. You understand? Plenty people in our money and things. The economy,
01:36no plenty people in working. So things in the world will be like before. You understand? So whatever
01:43little you get, you have to be thankful and grateful.
01:46The crowd now start to come in because we're feeling the spirit of Christmas. Before even
01:51the store owners, them looked like they were going through something because they look at
01:54their face, they were sad. But from yesterday, we start building up that spirit because when
01:59people come, they want to hear people bawling, sale, sale, get your pants, get your shirt,
02:05get your pants. You know, and that bringing the spirit of Christmas.
02:08Cindy Raguba, Tika Singh, TV6 News.
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