# Where to buy some cheap, tacky, Chicago souvenirs?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 26, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-some-cheap-tacky-chicago-souvenirs/604154 "2011-11-26T16:15:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-some-cheap-tacky-chicago-souvenirs/604154/1 "2011-11-26T16:15:23Z")

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Emphasis on cheap. I need some stocking stuffers. There’s plenty of souvenir places out there, but most of them seem horribly overpriced.

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**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-some-cheap-tacky-chicago-souvenirs/604154/2 "2011-11-26T19:08:25Z")

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If you can get downtown, walk up and down State St., or Michigan Ave. **south** of the river. There are any number of little shops that sell exactly what you’re looking for - plastic Water Towers, snow globes. etc. Happy shopping!

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**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-some-cheap-tacky-chicago-souvenirs/604154/3 "2011-11-26T19:08:59Z")

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TAFFY! Then send me some! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-some-cheap-tacky-chicago-souvenirs/604154/4 "2011-11-27T07:38:26Z")

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Any downtown Walgreen’s will have tons of cheap tacky souvenirs. So will the airports (but probably not quite as cheap).