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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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Hotel Firm Offers to House Mother-in-Laws for Christmas
Posted by elf in Christmas News, Christmas Trends
A hotel chain has promised families a stress-free solution to hosting the in-laws over Christmas in Great Britain, Sky News reported. Holiday Inn is offering a special room rate for mothers-in-law during the festive period, so that families can have a break from each other. Relatives can check their partner’s
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Can You Objectively Watch Disney’s ‘A Christmas Carol’?
Posted by Christmas Movie Critic in Christmas Movies
The world wide media clamoring for Disney’s new release of “A Christmas Carol” is marketing for a movie like few of us have ever seen. Not only has the train been criss-crossing North America for six months but now they have hijacked the flip switching of London’s Christmas lights as
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Oct
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Disney Hijacks London’s Christmas Lights
Posted by Christmas Movie Critic in Christmas Movies
It’s a movie and what’s worse — it’s a movie that has been made and remade probably more than any other movie in history. But that isn’t stopping Disney from hyping their new 3-D instant classic A Christmas Carol. They have paid off three premiere London neighborhoods to coordinate their
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7
Oct
Nintendo Spins The Cheap Wii — Available Everywhere
Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Marketplace
Oh, we hate to be I-told-you-so’s. But I told you so. Nintendo of America’s CEO was on MSNBC this week touting the lower price — and the fact that he has warehouses full of — Nintendo’s once mighty Wii. Fils-Aime remained confident that Wii sales would pick up after its
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6
Oct
Nicholas of Myra Movie Preview
Posted by elf in Christmas Movies, Christmas News
Our friends at Clausnet had this and I just had to share it: SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Nicholas of Myra Movie Preview”, url: “http://www.realchristmas.com/2009/10/nicholas-of-myra-movie-preview/” });
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6
Oct
Neiman Marcus Christmas Book Delivers (Dumb) Dreams
Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Marketplace, Christmas News
Money is no object when you don’t have it, right? Back in the day Sears published what they called their Christmas Wishbook. I used to dream I had won a lottery that allowed me to pick one item from every page for free and that a big truck would deliver
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29
Sep
WalMart Launches Holiday Toys for $10
Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Marketplace
This year, Wal-Mart Stores Inc is supersizing its $10 holiday toy offering. Last October, the world’s biggest retailer cut its prices and began selling 10 popular toys for $10 each in its U.S. Walmart stores to win sales from early bargain hunting holiday shoppers. This year, the retailer has ramped
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18
Sep
Billy Ray Cyrus Filming Christmas Flick for Hallmark
Posted by Christmas Movie Critic in Christmas Movies, Christmas News
Actor/country singer Billy Ray Cyrus will be starring in the upcoming Hallmark Channel holiday film, entitled “Christmas in Canaan.” According to an article on HollywoodReporter.com, “The telefilm, slated to air in December, is based on a novel co-written by another country star/actor, Kenny Rogers, and Donald Davenport.” The movie is
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16
Sep
Toys R Us Plans Christmas Blitz
Posted by The Merchant in Christmas Marketplace
With Christmas just a few months away, Toys R Us Inc. is boosting its holiday lineup with hundreds of new toy shops. The toy giant is expected to announce plans today to open about 350 Holiday Express toy locations throughout the country by early October in an effort to drive
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16
Sep
Disney Does Christmas – Before Halloween
Posted by Christmas Movie Critic in Christmas News, Christmas TV
Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” is getting in on the holiday spirit a little early this year. Before Halloween is underway, a new Christmas-themed holiday special, “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo Choo Express,” is set to premiere on Disney Channel on Sunday, October 25th. Based on the #1 “Playhouse Disney” series, the
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