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Tuesday

There is a large Christmas tree, decorated in various bulbs and lights. The Santa is sitting in front with two helpers. There is a small tree on my right side which is decorated like the big tree. I hear the sound of Santa clause bell (assumption), and people are walking with their hands full of shopping bags. The mall is decorated with the Christmas decors with Christmas songs on repeat. A mother is pushing the child in the stroller who was going towards Santa to take the pictures, the sitting has four people who are busy on their phones. A group of girls are laughing. There is a lady who is sitting in a stroller, she is sleeping and made a small movement. Other woman of fair skin is pushing that stroller back and forth to soothe the lady into sleeping. The people are walking with their phones in their hands and some are looking down. As people walk by, I feel the ground shaking, and a slight breeze when looked up the pillars. The people come and go back into the sitting area, and I assume they are waiting for someone. The families walk by with children and babies on strollers going to see Santa. Then, a woman walked up to the man in sitting and they left. I can see Santa walking and wave at people through distance, and a boy who is trying to get out of the stroller as it gets pushed. I can smell something of a nice fragrance and I assume it was from the bath and body works. As people walk by I see them holding Primark bags. As I get closer, the mall seems to get brighter and I see the Christmas lights from the ceiling shimmering, I see two men in black trying to get the attention of people to give free samples.

People either walk by looking at them as they walk, stop to look but I assume they are not interested and continue to walk. A distance away, I can see a red decoration on the upper level that I assume is a Christmas building with a bench for people to take pictures. A little girl was crying while sitting on the floor in front of the store soon runs towards her guardians. The female vendor selling cosmetics finally gets the attention of a woman and gets her to sit and try the products. Then, all seem to get busier as time passes by. A beeping sound coming from behind me I cannot pinpoint the location or source I can only assume it. I can hear 23 days of Christmas song play a few minutes apart. I see some people walk by it, enters a slow or fast pace. I assume they are either in a hurry or taking their time. I can smell another scent, it reminds me of the vanilla. I assume it is coming from an ice-cream store. I see a family of three children matching in red going to take a picture with Santa as the line continues to grow. Four people stop to talk to each other probably they know each other. The customer tries a few products and seems to buy one or two. the vendor seems pleased, I assume this because people walk by and ignore her. In the sitting area, there is a baby and I assume father sitting, down the baby got out of his stroller trying to walk around, hits the table, bouncing in the stroller. The mall has a variety of smells I assume from food stands or bath and bodywork. There is a drink stall that has at most 2 customers and it gets busy as the time passes by with customers. I assume people seem to be walking with a purpose only looking ahead of them not bothering to pay attention to vendors giving free samples.

I assume a group of friends who walk by with hands holding bags, drinks on a mini conversation. Two men in uniforms walk by and I assume they are here for holiday. The sitting areas are practically empty with only two people sitting in the distance. I see a child running ahead of his/her guardians, one of the guardians eventually runs up to them. Out of the majority of stores insight, the apple store has a lot of people walking in and out. The employers stand out from the customers in red shirts. I assume a couple walks by the sitting area and I can hear the man say, he was going to sit somewhere and ask her wife, if she wants him to hold her bag. The scene goes off as a customer walks out of the shop and then walk back in. the lady sits with the man and sees her daughter and asks “you didn't buy an anything” goes separate ways while the mother says to keep an eye on your phones if we call. A mother with three kids walk by, the youngest child seems reluctant to the mother so she is holding his hand to pull him along. A male and female walk by, I assume they are a couple because they are wearing matching clothes from hoodie to shoes. A man walks by and I can smell the Adour on, I assume he has sprayed a lot on. Two girls walk by talking in disagreement with each other. A mother pushing a two-seat stroller walks by, the girl starts to cry but the mother parent her by giving the child her toy dog in pink that makes a sound. I can hear a child crying and screaming coming from behind me. Three people of fair skin sit down and pull out a scratch ticket. I assume they are disappointed because they drop the coin and leave the sitting area. There are a lot of children with a backpack walking by.

Wednesday

Upon sitting down, I see a group of 4-5, dark girls skin in pink shirts, there are more people walking around today. the most noticeable thing is the 23 days of Christmas song, I assume it because it's the day before thanksgiving. The noise in the mall seems to be louder. The Christmas song that I hear in the last observation is the only quite whisper with more people walking and talking, the color scheme of the mall stores is noticeable from the walls being white or brown and the name of the store stands on any of the bright colors. I hear the sound of the blender running more and then the last observation, a man with his dog walking, gets to stop by the security, telling him that the dog cannot be taken in the mall. I see a lot of young kids walking, some security guards walk by, for the third time stands out with white dress shirts and black dress pants when compared to people in more casual clothing. A family steads out smiling when choosing macaroni’s from the stall with a little child in mother’s arms (I assume). Two children dressed up nicely in red plain dress and shorts common from the direction of Santa. A young boy is running around in socks. A police officer in full rest equipment’s walks by while speaking into the walkie. The smell of maple syrup comes all of a sudden. A mother is feeding her child a bottle in the sitting areas, they seem to be in their world.

The hands of the people never seem to be empty, there holding a few of shopping bags, food or drinks. A three young kids, 2 girls around 10 and a young boy around 6 walks ahead of their parents. A shopping cart looks out of place in the mall because no store has shopping carts only small baskets by the door. the mall provides a red car with flames stronger to those with young kids with strollers, the two young girls are running through the mall. There is a jewelry store and the elevators are in a constant move with a movement of police, I assume the light in the display window reflecting a spotlight on the realms make people stop and look then walk into the store to look out of the custody. Two boys are dressed up in white and black who are coming from the direction of Santa. A little girl of dark skin is happy to see the red flame stroller. An employee from the store calls out to people, a few feet away to get their attention but they continue to walk by shaking their heads. The lights from the ceiling are shimmering as the sky darkens. I assume the families with strollers come and go from the sitting areas to rest. From the above, people look over the railings to look down on the first floor. People are dressed in mostly monochrome colors, a few people in bright colors such as bright green shorts of a man as he walks by at the most group pf the people stop from time to time as they go by. A woman rushing to keep up with a little boy as he runs with a man a few feet’s away with his eyes on him. Two men from the upper level call out to the women, waving to get her attention. A woman with a child tries to get the child to sit on her stroller but the girls would rather push it around, the women use her phone to distract her and keep her from moving around.

The temperature of the mall is colder than it was before. a young boy gets called by his guardian’s stop raising his arms with an unhappy pout on his face. The classic Christmas song again started to play. A lady has been with the cosmetic vendor for a while, the only person so far that has stopped to talk to her. The shimmering light is reflected in the glass ceiling, the security guard walk by for the 6th time. I assume he is taking the perimeters of the mall. The smell of popcorn comes wafting in the air as a family walks by, holding the bag. The smell in the mall changes from time to time (the smell of maple, syrup, perfume, r popcorn). People rush to the trashcan and then rush to the group, not to get separated. a little girl a few feet away seem unbothered by her guardian, talking to her as she eats cookies, wearing matching headband and shoes. A couple walks by holding arms, the alarms of HM goes off time to time as customers walkout. Two little girls are talking on the phone to a man but she is not speaking clear words that are audible, the man is her daddy as she shouts on him. The children are constantly moving around with their guardians trying to settle down with their phones. A father is carrying his son parallel to the floor and the son says, “you can put me down now”.