Monday Memories: Last-minute holiday shopper shifted into high gear in 2003

Perennial procrastinators power up those last shopping hours on Christmas Eve, frantically trying to snare last-minute gifts. It was no different in 2003 when Kristin Coulson arrived at Westfield Shoppingtown Franklin Park just before 2 p.m. with her daughter Keelyn, 2, having budgeted 70 minutes to find four gifts. She told The Blade she had the trip planned, “down to the second,” as she had to finish shopping, wrap gifts, whip up an appetizer and leave for a family gathering by 5 p.m. In this 2003 Blade archive photo Ms.