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Clothes
By Taiye Baiyerohi
Lagos, Dec. 18, 2017 (NAN) About a week to Christmas some Lagos residents have expressed diverse opinions over whether it is compulsory or not to buy news dresses, specifically, for the Yuletide.
While some saw the need to buy them for themselves and their children during the festivity; others said they would buy only for their children.
Mrs Titilayo Ajayi, a teacher said that she intended buying new dresses after Christmas as things had become very expensive now.
Ajayi said that after Christmas, traders would reduce the prices of their goods because they would have made substantial gains from their sales during the Christmas “rush’’.
She said fewer customers would demand for the goods after the Yuletide.
“ I usually do my Christmas shopping between September and October every year but this year is different because I do not have enough money.
“After the Christmas celebration, there would be reduction in the prices of new dresses and shoes compared to weeks before it.
“Sellers would have made substantial gains from the dresses sold and would be willing to discard the remaining ones at subsidised rates,” she said.
Mr James Akpan, a businessman, said that he had never been bothered about buying new dresses for himself at Christmas.
“I am still a bachelor and I cannot remember the last time I bought new dresses for myself at Christmas; but maybe when I am married, things might change.
“I buy new dresses anytime of the year and I do not attach importance to buying them at Christmas.
However, Mr Abraham Oneche, a caterer, said that it was compulsory for him to buy new dresses for himself and his family at Christmas because he believed it was a season to make himself and his family happy.
“I make it a routine to new dresses at Christmas for every member of my family because the period represents a season to show love and I consider my family first,” he said.
Also, Mrs Tolani Adeyeye, a banker, said that for her, purchase of new dresses at Christmas was not compulsory but she ensured that each of her children gets at least one for the festivity.
“I buy new dresses when I want irrespective of the period; for my children, it has become a norm to buy for them to celebrate Christmas. I had bought for them this year already,” she said.
Similarly Mrs Loveth Adekanbi said that lack of resources was hindering her from buying good and quality fabrics for her children at Christmas.
She attributed this to her employer’s inability to pay her salary for November.
She said that she and her children loved to look good on Christmas day. She said that this year, things would be different as she only bought cheap ones which she could afford.
“I love to buy new dresses for myself and my children to celebrate Christmas but I had to go for the cheap ones because I cannot afford what I want this year.
“My employer has not paid me for November; so I just got some little money somewhere to satisfy my children.
“You know there is this some form of unseen competition among children regarding what they wear especially during festivities.
“I do not want my children to feel bad,” she said. (NAN)
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Edited by Peter Dada