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Local Holiday Shopping: Pet Pantry Warehouse [Q&A]

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For the final installment of our holiday shopping series, we stopped into Pet Pantry Warehouse at 21 Grove St. and talked to Sara Roman, an assistant manager with the family-owned and -operated company. 

Here’s our interview. ***

 

New Canaanite: How is this holiday shopping season going for you here? 

Sara Roman: Overall, we’re good, busy as usual. This location’s really big in the community, so a lot of people know this store. They come here on a regular basis.

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Local Holiday Shopping: The Toy Chest [Q&A]

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For this installment of our holiday shopping series, we stopped into The Toy Chest at 101 Main St. on Monday afternoon and talked to Carlos Sedeno, a co-owner. 

Here’s our interview. ***

New Canaanite: How has it been here this holiday shopping season? 

Carlos Sedeno: We cannot complain. It’s just enough to keep up—it’s not like other years, but we’re still here. We tend to all these good customers, they’re supportive of the town, they shop local. 

And what kind of things are people interested in buying, generally? 

They’re asking for puzzles, games.

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Local Holiday Shopping: Found & Design [Q&A]

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For this installment of our holiday shopping series, we dropped into Found & Design at 36 Elm St. on Saturday afternoon and spoke to owner Christine Keane. Here’s our interview. ***

New Canaanite: How is it going so far this holiday shopping season? Christine Keane: It’s been really good.

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Local Holiday Shopping: Athletic Shoe Factory [Q&A]

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For this new installment of our holiday shopping series, we spoke on Thursday afternoon to Athletic Shoe Factory owner Alana Fleisch at the store, located at 3 Forest St. Here’s our interview. ***

New Canaanite: How is it going so far this holiday shopping season? Alana Fleisch: It’s a little slower of a start than it has been in previous years, but we’re hoping—because Christmas is falling different than last year—that customers are going to come in and start shopping a lot over this weekend, beginning of next week. 

The people who are coming in, what kind of things are they interested in? 

Thankfully, we try to cater to just about everybody with gifts. So we cover all ages and genders.

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Local Holiday Shopping: The Spice & Tea Exchange [Q&A]

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For this new installment of our holiday shopping series, we spoke on Tuesday afternoon to Pam Robinson, who owns The Spice & Tea Exchange at 118 Main St. with husband John Robinson. What follows is a transcription of our interview. ***

New Canaanite:  How are things going so far this shopping season? Pam Robinson: We’re very happy with this holiday season.