'Twas the settlement before Christmas.

On the eve of the holidays, Wal-Mart's Santa is stuffing millions of dollars into the stockings of his little helpers. After years of litigation, its payback time for millions of Wal-Mart workers who had their time "stolen" from them by the world's largest retailer. No rest breaks, no meal breaks, unpaid hours -- it's all coming due in a whopping Christmas "bonus" courtesy of Wal-Mart's legal team.

While...