KARACHI: The holiday shopping season is in full swing on Monday, with retailers hoping consumers will spend big despite worries about the fragile economy and their own precarious finances. Many shops have set up additional counters to sell Christmas decorations such as miniature Christmas trees and buntings. “Ladies are quick to haggle but still never content with the shopping,” said another shopper at a local departmental store. Midnight masses will be organised in all the city churches late on Saturday (December 24) evening marking the beginning of Christmas celebrations. The Christian neighbourhoods have been illuminated and decorative lights and buntings have been put on the houses and churches to celebrate the occasion.
