Christmas Shopping

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Girlfriends' Guide: Christmas Can't Come Soon Enough!

Vicki Iovine | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, The Balanced Life, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Christmas Stress, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Gifts, Vicki Iovine, Girlfriends Guide, Holiday Stress, Christmas Shopping, Living News

It was one thing last year for everyone to hunker down into a holiday of uncertainty and frugality, but this year the pretend-poor has turned into real poor, which is much less fun.

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Eek -- It's Halloween

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York

Read More: Halloween, Samhain, Christmas Shopping, New York City, Christmas, Jack-O-Lanterns, New York News

It is easy to go through several hundred New York dollars' worth of candy by the time the crowd tapers off on our street. We're looking forward to seeing Michael Jackson again and again.

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop. More Real Than Reviewers

Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 02.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rob Schneider, Holiday Shopping, Entertainment, Kevin James, Economy, The New York Times, New York Times, Malls, Shopping Mall, Adam Sandler, Christmas Shopping, Shopping Malls, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

How dare we derive pleasure from a movie that elitist reviewers writing for a minute collection of fellow elitists have deemed prosaic, unimaginative, and beneath them.

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A Credit Crunch Christmas: Lessons for Next Year

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 01.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Christmas Shopping Season, Economic Downturn, Economy, Credit Crunch, Christmas Shopping, Recession, Holidays, Holiday Shopping, Unemployment, Chicago News

I wondered how the six kiddies in my family would take their first - but certainly not last - credit crunch Christmas.

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Are Americans Becoming Less Acquisitive?

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 01.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Herbert, U.S. Economy, American Consumerism, Consumerism, Christmas Shopping, Shopping, Recession, Living News

Standing in the nearly empty mall observing the lack of buying interest, I wondered if maybe the American way of measuring status by stuff and price tag is getting turned upside down.

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Stores cut prices to entice post-holiday shoppers

AP | LAUREN SHEPHERD | Posted 01.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Bargains, Sales, After Christmas Shopping, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Christmas Shopping, Portland Oregon, Business News

Two hours before the doors were set to open Friday morning, a Miami-area Wal-Mart parking lot was full of cars _ and possibility. But in a Christmas s...

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Shoplifting Soars As Economy Tumbles

nytimes.com | IAN URBINA and SEAN D. HAMILL | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Recession, Holiday Sales, Shoplifting, Christmas Shopping, Business News

Richard R. Johnson is the first to admit it was a bad idea. Recently laid off from a job building trailers in Elkhart, Ind., Mr. Johnson came up a...

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Political-Ish Holiday Stocking Stuffers

Eric Kuhn | Posted 01.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Christmas Shopping, Books, Happiness, Christmas Gifts, Christmas, Shopping, Presents, Holiday Gifts, Entertainment News

Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer? I've got for you three interviews with authors who recently published fictional novels with political overtones.

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Bleak Holiday Shopping Season For Local Retailers

Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 01.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Crate and Barrel, Chicagor Retail Forecast, Retail Sales, Holiday Shopping Season, Recession, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Chicago Retail Sales, Chicago News

With Christmas just a few days away, the holiday shopping season is bearing out predictions that it will be the worst in decades. Local retailers suc...

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Mexicans Stream Across Border, Save Retail In Tucson

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 01.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Retailers, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Economic Recession, Mexican Shoppers, Mexico, Christmas, Recession Fears, Tucson, Nogales, Arizona, BORDER ISSUES, Recession, Style News

While retailers across the country struggle to survive some shops in Tucson are counting their blessings in the form of pesos.

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Guilt, Gelt, and The Gift of Giving

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Holiday Shopping, Chanukah, Hanukkah, Holiday Season, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Christmas, Presents, Ornaments, Story of Chanukah, Christianity, Menorah, Christmas Shopping, Jews, Judaism, Jewish Culture, Religion and Values, Living News

Holiday compassion, which most of us value but seldom practice, is the opposite of holiday commercialism, which most of us practice but never value.

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Glitz, Glam, & Green Too: Vintage Costume Jewelry, the Perfect Recycled Gift

Neil Zevnik | Posted 01.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Christmas Gifts, Green Living, Green Gifts, Christmas Shopping, Jewelry, Green Living Tips, Jewelry Gifts, Vintage Costume Jewelry, Style News

You want to get some killer jewelry as the perfect Christmas gift, but another anonymous, mass-produced bit of sparkle from the mall doesn't fit the bill anymore. May I suggest vintage costume jewelry?

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Green Gift Guides Abound: Deep Green, Light Green And In Between

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Gift Guide, Holidays, Holiday Shopping, Shopping, Christmas, Environment, Green Gifts, Holiday Season, Christmas Shopping, Green Gift Guide, Green News

Perhaps you have already had the chance to take a look at our green gift guide, but consider these other options, too. Happily, eco-friendly gift are ...

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Recovering the Magic of Christmas

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.04.2009 | 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 01.03.2009 | 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 01.02.2009 | 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 12.31.2008 | 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 12.31.2008 | 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 12.28.2008 | 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 12.22.2008 | 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 12.20.2008 | 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 12.18.2008 | 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 12.11.2008 | 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 11.14.2008 | 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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Stocks End Flat After Uneven Sales News

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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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