The gifts that were going back to the mall in 1993
Post-Christmas trips were needed to return or exchange shirts that didn't fit
Three days after Christmas in 1993, another trip to the mall was in order for many people in Toronto. CBC reporter Jeffrey Kofman wanted to know why.
"He's a size 20 neck, and it doesn't fit," said a woman showing Kofman a red plaid shirt, still in its gift box, that had been a present for her father. "It's a large. So I have to get an extra-large."
Throughout the mall, people explained what had brought them there. Many of the reasons for a return were a less-than-perfect fit — but not all of them.
"I got a gift which is a shirt [in] a colour I'm not used to," said a man holding a young girl. "Besides, my wife says it doesn't fit."
'It has to go back'
A young girl in a denim jacket described having received "three pair" of jeans that didn't fit, so she'd gone back and got a brown pair.
A woman lamented that her companion had known enough to get her a "large bathrobe," but she was dismayed he'd bought a "small shirt" for her.
"Maybe he picked it out for his girlfriend," she said, casting a glance his way.
I wasn't just that clothes weren't the right fit for gift recipients.
"I got one Christmas present, and it's a beautiful printer for my computer," said a woman, alluding to having been unable to afford such a thing herself. "And it's the wrong size, and it has to go back. To Brampton."
