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"The malls were packed Thursday with people getting their last minute Christmas shopping done.Del Monte Shopping Center closes at 6:00 p.m., Northridge Mall is open until 7:00 p.m.,\u00A0and Target stores are not closing until 11:00 p.m.\"I started an hour ago,\" said shopper Kimberly White,\u00A0who was at Del Monte Shopping Center. White said this is the first year she's left it this late.With just hours before Christmas,\u00A0shoppers had a lot of reasons for why they waited until the last minute.\"I had to work,\u00A0so that's why I just came right now,\" said Antonio Valdez,\u00A0who hadn't started his shopping yet on Thursday afternoon and five people to check off his list.Other shoppers said as long as they have hours, it's not last minute shopping.\"I'm not going to say this is last minute, I got until six o'clock, and everybody on that list til\u00A0six o'clock. After six o'clock,\u00A0it's such a blessing for next year,\" said shopper Daryl Choates.Some mall-goers\u00A0came to Del Monte Shopping Center on Christmas Eve for an entirely different purpose.\"To go get pictures with Santa and turn in my mail at Macy's for Santa,\" said Nash Bodensteiner.Bodensteiner had brought with him his younger brother and friend,\u00A0who also had requests to make of Santa.\"I asked him for a machete\u00A0or some pocket knives,\" said elementary school age Isaiah Vigoreaux.One thing the Christmas Eve shoppers all had in common is the belief that all of their Christmas wishes and to dos would get done.\"I am,\" said White,\u00A0when asked about her confidence in finishing before closing.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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