Kenora Hodgson, right, waits on Carlene Nicols at Bartash’s on Congress Street in Rumford on Wednesday afternoon. That store, along with neighboring Carlisle’s, was filled with last-minute Christmas shoppers.

Kayla Chiasson helps shopper Diane Gallagher with some of her last-minute Christmas shopping at Bartash’s in Rumford on Wednesday afternoon. Shoppers were out in force making last-minute purchases at Bartash’s as well as at neighboring Carlisle’s and other Rumford businesses.