Business operators are hopeful for an increase in sales this holiday, but there is concern that online shopping will cut profits this year.
The island's Chambers of Commerce say there is the usual increase in the number of consumers out and about, and they are hopeful that this will translate into sales.
Despite Christmas being just two days away, some St. Ann residents say they are not yet feeling the holiday spirit.
Some have cited personal reasons such as increased responsibilities, while for some business operators, the issue is slow sales.
More than fifty farmers on the south coast who were impacted by Hurricane Beryl received grants to help them revive their farms, amounting to over $2.2 million.
The farmers, selected from St. Elizabeth and Westmoreland, each received grants ranging in value from $40,000 to $45,000.
A total of 1,129 people were murdered in the country up to Saturday, December 21.
This is 246 fewer than the 1,375 murders recorded in the same period last year.
Three pedestrians were killed in crashes at the weekend, increasing to 66 the number of pedestrians killed on the nation's road since the start of the year.
They are Alima Quarry, a Grade 10 student of Holy Childhood High, 49-year-old Michelle Thompson of Westmoreland and 60-year-old Silverah Taylor, a farmer of Knoxwood District St. Elizabeth.