Any who doubt Christmas is feminine need only take a survey of any holiday-season mall during December weeks when gentlemen are entranced by Sunday, Monday and Thursday night football.
If Franchot really wants to encourage Marylanders to stay closer to home and spend their money at the local mall, he should raise holiday gas taxes and prices, not lower them.
If you are in a mall or shopping center, organize a holiday scavenger hunt with your fellow merchants to promote to your database in your upcoming e-mail.
Meanwhile, the nation's retailers had a strong start to the holiday shopping season, according to results announced Saturday by a national research group that tracks sales at mall-based stores.