When I was growing up, yes a million years ago, ha ha! One real treat was to go to the mall. It seemed like it had everything! All the stores you never saw anywhere else and droves of people with their hands filled with boxes and bags from the day of shopping. Now when I go to the local mall it is it is like the sad reminisce of something that was once great. My wife and I walked into the mall on Friday, half of the storefronts are boarded up and it seemed one flickering bulb away from a back alley. I know the economy is bad and online retailers like Amazon are kicking the small retailers in the rear, but there seems like there should be a place for the traditional mall above and beyond the five stores selling sports memorabilia and the weird goth gift store. If this trend keeps going the mall will end up like in the movie Jurassic park. Just large rodents and mammals roaming overgrown vines and shrubs of crumbling buildings. Then where are you going to find Santa?