Christmas Shopping

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Recovering the Magic of Christmas

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Christmas, Christ Child, Helping the Needy, Christmas Carols, Christmas Joy, Merry Christmas, Christmas Trees, Soup Kitchens, Angels, Helping the Poor, Christmas Story, Jesus, Santa Claus, Consumerism and Christmas, Christmas Ban Public Schools, Christianity, Christmas Shopping, Christmas Spirit, Living News

Count your blessings. And when you're done counting them, say a prayer for the less fortunate: the hungry, the homeless, the lonely, the destitute and the sick.

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Six Ways to Cut down on Waste During the Holidays (and Avoid the Ugly Sweater)

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 12.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Holidays, Chanukah, Preparing for the Holidays, Green Living Tips, Christmas, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Environment, Green Living, Christmas Shopping, Green News

Recycling wrapping paper and cards can drastically reduce your holiday waste and generate a big dose of nostalgia.

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Black Friday At Wal-Mart: The Cost Of Crazed Consumerism

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 12.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Black Friday 2008, Consumer Spending Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Spirit, Christmas Shopping, Black Friday, Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, Video, The Balanced Life, Living News

Competition is so endemic to our culture, consumption has become a competitive sport. Am I the only one who thinks something is out of whack here? Remember the mortgage mess we're in?

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Stampedes, Shootings and Bargains

Dwayne Raymond | Posted 11.30.2008 | Style

Read More: India, Christmas Shopping, America, Fox News Channel, Economy, Terrorism, Conspicuous Consumption, Shopping, Crazed Shoppers, Wal-Mart, Gluttony, Death at Wal-Mart, Black Friday Shopping, Hoarding, Style News

This morning the news features stories of a stressed economy, but that takes second place to the smashing in of a Wal-Mart door by gluttonous Americans seeking deals on X-Box toys.

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Stating the Obvious: Don't Be Caught Dead At Wal-Mart

Anita Thompson | Posted 11.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Bush Economy, Violence, New York Times, Teddy Kennedy, Wal-Mart, Christmas Shopping, Living News

I'm not a sociologist or a psychologist, but can anyone explain how you can continue to shop after a man has just been trampled to death?

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Black Family Black Friday

Liz Black | Posted 11.27.2008 | Style

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Black Friday Shopping, Insanity, Shopping, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fashion, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Sales, Thanksgiving Commentary, Style News

For every Thanksgiving day that I've stuffed my face, there has been a five am wake-up call provided by my mother in order to begin the wonderfully stressful day of Black Friday shopping.

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We Want Your Holiday Gift Ideas!

Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2008 | Style

Read More: Christmas Gifts, Gift Ideas, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Gift Ideas, Style News

'Tis the season to stress out about holiday shopping, and we need your help. Please take a moment to fill out the Survey Monkey form below with your b...

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Focus on the Family Saves Christmas -- Thank God!

Phil Bronstein | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phil Bronstein, Focus on the Family, War on Christmas, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Politics News

Warning to anxious retailers -- make sure you don't shy away from the using word "Christmas" in your crass annual attempt to pander to all those secular customers.

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Cancel All Gifts! Sorry, But No One Gets Anything This Year

Vicky Ward | Posted 11.17.2008 | Style

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Economy, Economic Crisis, Style News

In a naked effort to make us forget that we are living in an economic meltdown, the stores are full of Christmas trees and fairy lights.

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Macy's State Street Cost Cuts Christmas

Mike Doyle | Posted 11.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Holiday Season, Terry Lundgren, Macy's on State Street, Federated, Macy's, Christmas Shopping, Macy's Christmas Windows, Chicago News

Macy's State Street has cost-cut its Chicago Loop holiday windows and Christmas tree so deeply this year, it isn't worth bothering to make that time-honored family foray downtown to see them.

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Amid Fears, Retailers Shifting Strategies

USA Today | Jaybe O'Donnell | Posted 10.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Family Finance, Depression, Christmas Shopping, Finance, Economy, Personal Finance, Recession, Business News

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at some of the nation's stores, as retailers struggle to find ways to make shoppers forget about their bat...

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What To Watch For Economically In Early 2008

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 12.30.2007 | Business

Read More: Economy, Gas Prices, Housing Market, Stocks, Stock Market, Credit Crisis, Credit Crunch, Consumer Spending, Housing Slump, Bush Economy, Commodity Inflation, High Gas Prices, Consumerism, Stocks Down, Inflation, Christmas Shopping, Business News

There are a ton of homes on the market. As this number increases, expect more downward pressure on home prices.

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Stocks End Flat After Uneven Sales News

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 12.26.2007 | Business

Read More: Target, Oil Prices, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Wall Street, Stocks, Business News

Stocks finished largely flat Wednesday as investors returned from the Christmas holiday to news of weaker-than-expected retail sales. A jump in oil pr...

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Retailers Get Holiday Wish: Last-Minute Shopping Surge

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.25.2007 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping Weekend, Holiday Shopping Season, Holiday Shopping, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Business News

Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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The Shoppers Who Saved Christmas

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 12.24.2007 | Business

Read More: Shoppers, Holiday Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Business News

Just weeks ago, the holiday shopping season seemed headed for disaster. But in the waning hours before Christmas, the nation's retailers got their wis...

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Ladies Who Launch: My Favorite Gift This Year

Sharon Ronen | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Christmas Shopping, Ladies Who Launch, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

My favorite holiday gift this year is on youaremyinspiration.org, an interactive online gift house where women can thank the visionary people in thei...

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Retailers Hope For Strong Final Push

Wall Street Journal | Richard Gibson | Posted 12.24.2007 | Business

Read More: Retail Sales, Holiday Season, Holiday Shopping, Shopping Levels, Christmas Shopping, Business News

The final weekend of the holiday shopping season will likely bring a sigh of relief from many retailers who feared that sales would be weak. Although...

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The Fruitcake That Keeps On Living

Emme | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Fruitcake Christmas, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Tips for Holiday Season, Living News

A quirky family Christmas tradition began completely by accident about 15 years ago and it --believe it or not--involves a fruitcake.

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"Shopdropping" Brings Art And Anarchy To The Aisles

New York Times | Ian Urbina | Posted 12.24.2007 | Living

Read More: Shopdropping Consumerism, Shopdropping Anarchy, Shopping, Shopdropping Capitalism, Shopdropping Christmas, Shopdropping, Christmas Shopping, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

This is the season of frenetic shopping, but for a devious few people it's also the season of spirited shopdropping. Otherwise known as reverse shopl...

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'Tis The Season For Shopping

Brent Kessel | Posted 12.20.2007 | Living

Read More: Christmas Shopping Season, Brent Kassel, Christmas Shopping, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

Now, imagine that all your family, friends, and co-workers are saying "Wow, can you believe how _____ she is!" about you. Does that fill you up? For how long?

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The Fascination Index

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 12.17.2007 | Living

Read More: Kara Walker, Christmas, Gift Ideas, Christmas Shopping, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

There are lots of stores, let's face it, that you want to visit only once and then forget they ever existed. The pop-up store - here today, vanished tomorrow - fills that need.

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Giving - The True Gift of Christmas

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.17.2007 | Living

Read More: Giving, Child Watch, Marian Wright Edelman, Christmas Shopping, Christmas, Holiday Season, Living News

Bending to the pressure, many of us join the legions of shoppers hunched over and weighted down by bags full of holiday things. Amidst it all, we lose sight of the meaning of Christmas.

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Best Online Holiday Shopping

Carole Bayer Sager | Posted 12.07.2007 | Living

Read More: Shopping Online, Christmas Shopping, Carole Bayer Sager, Christmas, Preparing for the Holiday Season, Living News

You can be smiling knowingly because your gifts are shipping today (for free) and arriving by the 14th guaranteed, gift wrapped, with personal cards on top.

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The Five Stages of Shopping

Sandra Fu | Posted 11.20.2007 | Living

Read More: Bratz, Holiday Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Girls Presents, Boys Presents, Christmas, Living News

Who exactly is buying Bratz dolls? They are a mother's marketing nightmare. The name alone: Who wants to glamorize and encourage daughters to become brats?

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"It's Christmas. Buy This Crap."

Peter Smith | Posted 11.18.2007 | Business

Read More: American Economy, Consumerism, Christmas, Christmas Shopping Season, Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Black Friday, Business News

Every day from here to Christmas, experts will extract some giant rectal thermometer from the sphincter of the economy, read the retail sales numbers, and announce them to a hovering Wall Street.

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