I my father +I usedto justgototown to look at all the toys in the windows he'd buy his christmas hat at thehub and I'de go to bensons for my clothes back in those days a child could shop on his own the sales folka always helped imagine that then it was time to head to the dog shop yeo same as you two dog everything fries with gravy anda coke

I think every kid in town did their own Christmas shoping alone back then imagine no Amber alerts ! and there were Police on Main stree actually standing there at Jeff + Main and cunningham + main by the bank and troutman's while the partens did their shoping the kids hit the Penn+ the Butlet theaters twop in Butler One on Jefferson beside Kirkpatricks and ARMCO always had a free day and gave away vchoclates the high light of Christmas for lots of Kide whos parents and not aparent in site. Imagine that. kids actually alone in town , Then the malls hit and Butler died big time .

I forgot one morething! at Woolworths going down stairs and picking through the 45's for just the right record for your old brotherin vietnam! and actually listening to it before buying the special one! and shipping it out imagine that !