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'WELL, A TRADITION
CONTINUES HERE AT THE SCHUSTER
CENTER AND ACTUALLY LET'S TAKE
IT WAY BACK. THIS WAS HERE
WHEN RIKE'S WAS HERE IN THE
SAME LOCATION, THE TIKE'S SHOP.
FOR THE FOLKS THAT DON'T
KNOW, CHRISTIE I'M OLD ENOUGH
TO REMEMBER IT, BUT WHAT IS A
TIKE'S SHOP?' 'TIKES IS A
STORE WHERE KIDS CAN GO AND
PURCHASE GIFTS FOR THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS. WE HAVE
PRESENTS FOR EVERYONE. THEY
BRING IN THEIR SHOPPING LIST
AND SOME MONEY AND WE HELP
THEM SHOP SO WHEN THEY'RE ALL
DONE THEY HAVE SOME NICE
WRAPPED PRESENTS THEY PUT
UNDER THE TREE THAT THEY ONLY
KNOW ABOUT.'--- 'THAT'S NICE
CAUSE IT'S ALL WRAPPED, THEY
JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER WHERE IT
GOES TO RIGHT? WHAT IT IS?---
"ACTUALLY WE HELP THEM TAG
THE ITEMS.'--- 'SEE I WAS
CONFUSED AS A CHILD, ALWAYS
SHOP. NO, IT'S EASY, NOW
RANDALL, YOU'VE BEEN DOING
THIS FOR TWO YEARS, YOU'RE AN
ELF. SO WHAT'S THIS LIKE, YOU
HELP THE KIDS?' "YES, WE
HELP THE KIDS BASICALLY, PICK
OUT GIFTS FOR THEIR FAMILIES
AND EVERYTHING. IT'S A NICE
JOB, I LIKE IT. GIVES ME GREAT
WORK EXPERIENCE.' --- 'IT'S
REALLY NICE TO GIVE BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY, KEEP THE
TRADITION ALIVE, TEACH YOUNG
PEOPLE, IT'S REALLY GREAT.' ---
'SPEAKING OF TRADITIONS,
NOW CAROLYN, YOU WERE HERE
BACK IN THE .. SHOULD I SAY
THE DATE... THE
195......WORKED HERE AS AN
ELF, THE YOUNGEST ELF EVER..
TALK ABOUT THAT." 'IT WAS
WONDERFUL, I WAS YOUNG AT THE
TIME AND WE HAD ALL THESE KIDS
IN. WE HAD THIS LONG WAY BACK
TO SANTA, BEAUTIFULLY
DECORATED. THEN YOU WENT TO
THE TIKE'S SHOP AND YOU HAD A
DAY OF IT, OF COURSE THEN WE
WENT TO RIKE'S DINING ROOM FOR
LUNCH. AND YES, NOW I BRING MY
GRAND KIDS AND IT'S
WONDERFUL.' 'THE TRADITION
IS ALIVE, OK FOR MORE GO TO
AND I'VE GOT TO ASK YOU THIS
THOUGH. IS THERE AN AGE LIMIT
TO GET IN THE TIKES SHOP?'---
"JIM, YOU'RE WAY, WAY TOO OLD
TO SHOP HERE.'--- "I THINK
I'M GONNA CRY LIKE THAT KID,
THAT KIDS CRYING, ALL RIGHT
FROM THE SCHUSTER CENTER, JIM
BUCHER 2NEWS.'