Archive for December 24th, 2006
It may be Christmas Eve, but it’s also Emerson’s fourth birthday! Happy Birthday, son!
Tis’ the Week Before Christmas
Tis’ the week before Christmas, we’re all going nuts; With so much to do, there’s no ifs, ands or buts. Buy presents, hang lights, pop cards in the mail, Send gift packs, thread popcorn, find turkeys on sale. Decorations need stringing up all through the house. And you haven’t a clue what to buy for [...]
Chuckling All The Way To The Bank
Cincinnati Enquirer: TMX Elmo could be called “King Elmo” after claiming the throne as the must-have toy of the 2006 holiday shopping season. The 10th anniversary edition of the fuzzy red doll was in such demand at the peak of the Christmas rush that it was selling on eBay for as much as four times [...]
The Washington Post: The gift card made its mark as the all-purpose present: functional but not that much fun. Until now. This holiday season, retailers are rolling out gift cards that can light up like video games, laugh like Tickle Me Elmo, play music like MP3 players and double as DVDs. And did we mention [...]
Lifehacker.com: Website GiftBox.com manages and tracks the gifts you give and receive this holiday season. You can keep track of the gifts you’ve received and the gifts you’ve given to others. You can also store gift ideas you have for future holidays and list where/when gifts need to be returned. In addition, you can compile [...]
Holiday Biz Craze: Painted Poinsettias
The Wall Street Journal: The painted poinsettia craze is spreading, and that’s making some purists see red. This year, big-box stores, independent garden centers and supermarkets are offering poinsettias — the potted plants long associated with Christmas — that have been sprayed with pigments or dyes, dusted with glitter and even coated with metallic effects. [...]
Cuban Exiles Use Internet To Send Gifts
Associated Press: A small but growing number of Cubans in South Florida are getting around the U.S. embargo that limits what can be sent to the communist island by sending their Christmas gifts through foreign Internet sites. At least one Canadian Web site, CubaMaxStore.com allows people to ship items such as beef, jams and even [...]
