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Canada Boxing Week Deals in Plentiful Supply
For everyone who didn’t get the holiday gift they wanted or for those who simply love to get a good deal, Canada Boxing Week sales are here. From a sales blowout at Wal-Mart to a suit sale at Tom’s Place, everyone can find something at a bargain.
Some department stores, such as Sears, are holding large boxing week sale in every department. For the ladies, items such as lingerie, handbags...
Shoppers Celebrate Canada’s Boxing Day
Canada’s version of “Black Friday” starts today in various Canadian cities but is also a day off for many to take part in ice hockey events throughout the country, one of them being the Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
In areas like New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Labrador and Ontario, stores are not open and the holiday is actually celebrated on December 27th.
Stores...
Track Santa Online With NORAD, Where Is Santa Now?
Tips To Track Santa Now
It’s Christmas Eve and you can find out exactly where Santa Claus and his reindeer are located now. Using military tracking software from NORAD, finding Santa is easy. Track Santa’s global flight on Facebook and you will stay current on Santa’s Christmas Eve journey. Find Santa at http://www.facebook.com/noradsanta. This popular Facebook page already has over...
Merry Christmas Wishes From Around The World
Wishing You a Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas is a common greeting this time of year.
Around the world people celebrate this time of year, each with their own expressions.
It is generally accepted that the word Christmas itself is from the Old English Cr?stesmæsse, meaning literally “Christ’s mass”, which is the annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Many languages...
U.S. Christmas Tree Tax Shot Down
Christmas Tree Tax?!?!?!
On Tuesday a U.S. tax was announced in the Federal Register for 15-cents per Christmas Tree.
In other words, real Christmas tree buyers would be paying an extra 15-cent tax on trees to pay for a new board which would have been tasked with promoting the Christmas tree industry.
Christmas tree growers across the United States were very much in favor of this tax as they would...
Famous Christmas Quotes
Famous Quotes for the Holidays
There are many ways to offer greeting during the holidays. Traditionally we wish someone “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukah,” or “Happy Holidays.” If you are looking for a new and unique way to offer your greetings, try some famous quotes from favorite movies or famous people.
Here are some of the top quotes of all time from movies.
“God bless us, everyone!”...
“Merry Christmas” is the Traditional Greeting Wrong?
For years, many organizations have been crying out for Christmas greetings to be removed from Holiday festivities. Nativity scenes should not be displayed in towns; Christmas caroling should be removed from school including children’s Christmas pageants. Sales posters should not have the word “Merry Christmas” on them, and should only use the greeting “Happy Holidays” instead of the traditional...
Peter Billingsley In ‘A Christmas Story’ A Holiday Classic
Fans of the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” always look forward to the time of year as a sort of tradition.
The 1983 film, an adaptation of Jean Shepard’s memoir of a boy in the 1940s, was set in Indiana but largely filmed in Ohio. The movie starred Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker, a young boy determined to get a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas.
The film was a modest theatrical success,...
The Christmas Song, Still Considered A ‘King’ Classic
No matter how old you are, where you are shopping, watching TV or just listening to the radio, you are guaranteed every single holiday season to hear the classic, “The Christmas Song”. Despite the redundancy to cover this song roughly 400 different ways in many countries besides the U.S., the most famous version just about everyone knows and even likes the best, is the Nat King Cole version.
History...
Most Expensive Christmas Tree found in Abu Dhabi Hotel (PHOTO)
Most Expensive Christmas Tree found
An elaborate hotel in Abu Dhabi has the most expensive Christmas Tree in the world. The price of the tree cost a total of $11 million. The hotel is the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi. This hotel is known for its lavishness. They also have a marina, a heliport and a gold dispensing vending machine.
The Emirates Palace has been recorded in the Guinness World Records...
