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Posted by elf in Christmas TV, Slider on 12. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
NBA Announces All-Star Christmas Day Matchups
When Santa gets done making his Christmas rounds he is likely to do what alot of Americans: tune his big screen to a big game. Traditionally sports on Christmas in America usually means an early college bowl game. But professional basketball could easily steal the holiday spotlight this year. For
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Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Marketplace on 11. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
What WiFi Means for Your Christmas Shopping
It must be dead of summer and difficult to find much Christmas to talk about. But trust me — this is really big Christmas news. It comes from the Queen Mother of all retailers: Walmart, who also does business as Sam’s Club (which is just a Costco that takes Mastercard).
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Posted by elf in Christmas Information, Christmas News on 10. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
New York Touts Christmas 2010 Plans
Every Christmas holiday season New York City transforms into a winter wonderland. The City radiates with holiday spirit as the five boroughs offer world-renowned performances, shopping, dining and more. NYC & Company, the City’s official marketing, tourism, and partnership organisation, encourages visitors to plan their holiday travel now to take
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Posted by elf in Christmas Information, Christmas Marketplace, Christmas Trends on 10. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Bah Humbug 2010: Cost of Christmas Travel
Going home for the holidays? Get your tickets now. Word on the street amongst travel agents is that there won’t be a fare war in 2010 for Christmas. The airlines are in hype-cost-cutting mode and giving few deals. Fares vary depending on where you want to travel, so you should
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Commodore 64 Coming Back for Christmas?
Posted by elf in Christmas Marketplace
There she is, the wanna-be PC of the early 1980s that inspired a whole generation of geeks. It was a $200 computer in an age where real computers were out of reach to the common person. With a creaky floppy drive and two-tone graphics at best, the Commodore gave a
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Is the iPad this year’s Tickle Me Elmo?
Posted by elf in Christmas Marketplace
It’s already been said that the iPad will be this year’s “Tickle Me, Elmo.” With that idea firmly embedded (kicking and screaming) in your brain, if you’re planning on putting Apple tablets under the tree this Christmas, you should probably order now. Currently, all models of the iPad are listed
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Jun
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New Gadgets Line up for Christmas Release
Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Information, Christmas Marketplace, Christmas News
Eager electronic fans and gamers could very well have a Merry Christmas this year. Microsoft has already announced the launch of Kinect, their motion sensing technology that basically plays like a Wii without a remote. Apple has their new iPhone technology on standby to stuff stockings and now Nintendo is
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Jun
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Electronic Show Predicts Christmas Future
Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Marketplace, Christmas News, Christmas Trends
E3 is the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which showcases the Next New Things in interactive video entertainment. Almost 46,000 people from 90 countries attended this year’s expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center to showcase their wares and eyeball the competition. And, of course, to get media types like me excited
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Jun
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Santa Convention Organizers Smear Santa
Posted by elf in Christmas News, Christmas TV, Christmas Videos
We’ve heard off-and-on coverage of this story for more than a year. The Santa community online has debated and decried those who have organized a major convention for professional Santas — and have failed to pay their bills. Here is a news report from a local Tennessee station where a
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Jun
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Christmas Parties on the South Coast of England
Posted by elf in Christmas Information, Christmas Marketplace
The maritime town of Portsmouth is one of the most popular Christmas party destinations on the south coast as it attracts partygoers from throughout Hampshire and from nearby Isle of Wight too. Christmas party nights in Portsmouth can certainly be lively affairs as this is a town that knows how
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Jun
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Phineas and Ferb – A Very Perry Christmas on the Way
Posted by Christmas Movie Critic in Christmas Movies, Christmas News
After a pair of DVD releases in late 2008 and early 2009, things have been quiet, but now Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is announcing that a new disc is finally in the works with their October 5th release of Phineas and Ferb – A Very Perry Christmas. Cost is
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In Memory of Mr. Christmas
Posted by elf in Christmas News
Connecticut is full of people who add bright stitches to the state’s fabric. Mervin Whipple, 81, of Killingly, who died April 17, was one. A third-generation gravedigger who oversaw eight cemeteries, he created the character “Mr. Christmas” and for decades welcomed thousands to his spectacular Christmas display. Created in memory
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Only Half of Christmas Shopping is Completed
Posted by elf in Christmas Marketplace, Christmas News
Here we are a week before Christmas — and we’re not even half done with our shopiing. In a survey released Wednesday, the National Retail Federation said the average person had completed just 46.7% of their holiday shopping by the second week of December. That’s slightly less than the 47.1%
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The Christmas Truck
Posted by elf in Christmas Hands-On, Christmas Trends
Here is Christmas decorating done right — red-neck style! Central Iowa has had many versions of the Christmas truck over the last 25 years. Here’s how it began. Kris Marshall was carrying a generator and some Christmas lights to his church in his $50 used truck. Much like peanut butter
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