All Night Christmas Shopping at Chadstone

All Night Christmas Shopping at Chadstone

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Posted 2012-11-26 by Natasha Abrahamsfollow

Sun 23 Dec 2012 - Mon 24 Dec 2012

Just in case Chadstone Shopping Centre 's crazy opening hours in the lead up to Christmas aren't enough for you to get all your shopping done, shop all night during their 34 hour trading marathon. Opening their doors to frantic shoppers at 8am on Sunday the 23rd of December, the centre remains open until 6pm Monday.



Every year it's something of a tradition for my best friend and I to shop all night. The first few hours are always frantic, with shoppers trying to get their hands on some last minute Christmas gifts. Nothing good can happen past midnight though, and by the wee hours of the morning, there are few legitimate shoppers. Most people in the centre at that point are teenagers with nothing better to do, some of them wearing pyjama pants for the occasion.



Some of the smaller shops are killjoys, not staying open all night. But the big retailers and most chain stores are open continuously for the overnight event. Santa will be not be taking visitors overnight, but will be there all day until 7pm on the Sunday evening and return the next morning at 10am. Every year, the radio station Nova makes an appearance with entertainment and plenty of giveaways throughout the night.



If you plan to shop all night, you'll need some nourishment. Fortunately, most of the shops in the food courts stay open the entire time. It's notoriously difficult to find a table before about 10pm, but once everything has died down a little you'll have your choice of tables in the food court. If fresh food is your sustenance of choice, the centre's supermarkets are certainly open the entire time.

The way to get through all night shopping, as I've found through years of practise, is by setting yourself a mission. Say you need to buy a black skirt. Rather than purchase the first black skirt that fits, go to every store that you think might sell one. Try on each and every one that looks like it might suffice, and only once you have investigated all your options, choose the best. Then try to remember the store in which you had found that perfect black skirt. Hours of fun, especially if you have multiple items on your shopping list. Frequent breaks from shopping and flat shoes are essential, or you'll burn out before the clock even strikes midnight.

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!date 23/12/2012 -- 24/12/2012
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