BUSINESS ACTIVITY
The grocer and his staff are described as engaging in lively business activities, serving eager customers and contributing to the festive atmosphere.
THE GROCER
The Grocers'! oh, the Grocers'! nearly closed, with perhaps two shutters down, or one; but through those gaps such glimpses!... while the grocer and his people were so frank and fresh, that the polished hearts with which they fastened their aprons behind might have been their own, worn outside for general inspection, and for Christmas daws to peck at if they chose.