This Christmas it looks like the San Antonio hotspots are Marshalls, Ross, BestBuy, and North Star and Ingram Park Mall.  Barnes and Noble also appears to be conjuring business this holiday season.  The hot items are iphones, itouch, and ipods in the electronics section.  Per usual, clothes are also at the top of shoppers’ wish list.  If you want to avoid the headaches of crowded malls, you can always surf the net for better deals.  The advantages to this are you can find coupon codes and avoid the masses.  Of course, the fallback is you can’t see the item in person, but if you already know what you’re getting that’s no problem.  Shipping costs shouldn’t be too much of a concern for you.  Most stores offer free purchases on shipping if you buy over a certain amount or sometimes as an incentive for stopping by their website.  Make sure to search around for deals on the particular website you’re shopping at before checking out.  You never know what you’ll find.