[hokumguru]

It’s funny because anecdotally both malls near me are busier than I have ever seen them currently.

[tempest_]

Pre-pandemic I had the opposite experience.

I remember malls during my childhood being packed on week nights November to Christmas. Now they are still kinda busy but not in even close to the same way.

Watching the Mall scene in Christmas vacation I don't think I have seen a store busy like that in years, maybe on black Friday.