Business in The Dalles this holiday season appears to fairly brisk. The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Lisa Farquharson doesn’t have any hard data at this point, but says this year’s holiday retail season is being helped by better weather than last year, and parking over the weekend was scarce. Farquharson says this is an important season for retail businesses, particularly after losing a big part of September revenue due to the impacts of the Eagle Creek Fire.