Holiday shopping at local stores has started slowly, but it’s too early to predict how it will finish, area shop owners said this week.
“I think Thanksgiving’s timing threw people off a little bit,” said boutique owner Kristine Harder. “We usually have 10 days before December, but Thanksgiving turned into December 1st. People weren’t already thinking along those lines yet.”
Harder said her books show that local Christmas sales typically “don’t kick in” until Dec.…
