Attn. Last-minute shoppers

If you have been procrastinating on your Christmas shopping, your time is almost up.

I remember one Christmas Eve when I was in Marshall Field's in the Loop. How do I erase that memory?

It's too late for last-minute online orders. Some of those companies are fast shippers, but your order will never make it now.

And, if you step outside this morning and can make it to your car without donning your ice skates, good luck. Allow some extra time to chip the ice off the windows. Don't cheat and just do the windshield. Clear your windows all the way around.

Maybe my best buy last week was the can of Prestone De-Icer!

Of course, you could beat the rush and order next year's gifts now. Oh, wait; there are those after-Christmas sales. They weren't in this morning's Northwest Herald, but pity the poor paperboy tomorrow, when he has to slug around with all the ads for Saturday's sales.