Holiday shopping during the era of COVID-19

And i'm rondrell moore.

As the holidays approach, many families find themselves struggling with the pandemic.

Stores are starting to roll out holiday deals..

But as we'll explain in a moment..

Some folks are just worried about making it day-to-day.

It's all happening as case increases don't show signs of slowing down.

News 10s porsha williams explains how the pandemic is impacting holiday shopping.

I talked with cristine barton today... she's a local mother.

She and her two-year-old son were told they had covid-19 several months ago.

The fear of them getting it again has put a strain on their family.

Causing holiday shopping to be put on hold.

[take pkg outcue: prepare for it duration:1:26] pk} "and it's just difficult because we don't know if we're gonna get him the gifts we want to get him and were just going to try to get him what we can but it's going to be difficult, with rent and trying to make sure i have the things i need for school."

Cristine barton was a baby sitter before covid-19 struck..

Now..

Because of the pandemic... she's out of her job.

"and when we both got sick shortly after we got quarantined and i wasn't able to have my kids here or get any new kids" barton says when she and her son got the coronavirus it was very traumatizing for her.

And, it added a financial burden on her family..

One that indiana state university professor dr. robert guell says many are dealing with as we head into the holiday season.

"there's the lower portion or lower economic income on one side and it's gonna be a really lean christmas for them and those whose lifestyles haven't changed much."

Meanwhile, barton just wants people to take this virus seriously.

"there's no vaccine for it, there's no cure for it, there's no way to prepare for it."

Cristine it."

Cristine says with everything going on... she doesn't know if her son will have a christmas..

But she says, knowing they're both healthy will be the