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You can call it the holiday wrapping paper index or whatever you'd like but if wrapping paper sales in the U.S. are any indication it will have been a very good holiday season for U.S. retailers.
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As millions of Americans spend time with friends, family and loved ones in celebration of the holiday season one family has received a much needed and welcomed gift, a $20,000 gift certificate from home improvement chain Home ...
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Holiday travelers with access to a Skype Wi-Fi account will be able to take advantage of the service for free starting on Wednesday, December 21st through December 27th.
Under the program Skype is offering one hour of completely ...
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It is that time of year again. We have the candles ready to light, the presents bought and Adam Sandler is probably writing a nice little number to make us laugh during the Jewish Festival of Lights.
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Web monitoring firm comScore has marked a recent 15 percent weekly increase in online holiday sales in what could possibly be the busiest week of the year.
According to the research company shoppers have spent $30.9 billion online ...
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The Calgary Hitmen couldn't defeat the Medicine Hat Tigers this weekend, but the night wasn't a total loss. More than 25,000 children will have a new teddy bear thanks to the Calgary fans who donated a stuffed animal ...
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When considering household cleanliness, fridges are almost forgettable, a place where leftovers and all kinds of science projects can collect behind the impermeable, sealed-shut door.
Yeah, you remember when you go in for a Mountain Dew that the ...
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Actually, there are two.
One is in October, but today is often dubbed International Caps Lock Day- sorry, INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY- because it also marks the anniversary of the unexpected death of popular TV pitchman Billy Mays. ...
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How did you spend your Christmas vacation?
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With holiday travel foremost on just about everyone's minds these days the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is issuing a set of vouchers for you to use to help you on your way, and to possibly clear up ...
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It happens twice a year, and today is one of those two glorious celebratory days: INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!
The first instance of International Caps Lock Day, the less established one, was added in honor of the much ...
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As the popularity of text messages and other degraded forms of communication rise, "grammar nazis" have really gotten the short end of the stick, especially on the internet.
Heaven forbid you gently correct someone with an abomination of ...
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Google is getting into the habit of changing the Google logo from time to time. Last time we saw some cryptic crop circles and UFOs, but this time it doesn't take much effort to guess it...I think.
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(Pictured: Rhonda Dehn of Morkes Chocolate holding an anatomically correct chocolate heart, which she will rip out of your chocolate chest if you chocolate think about corrupting her charitable holiday.)
Like many holidays that became national tradition, what ...
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With Halloween coming around the corner it’s time to start making plans for the great costume that will set you errr your kids apart from the rest of the crowd. Thanks to the team at Random Good ...
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Even to this day it absolutely amazes me the degree to which people will post stuff on places like Twitter than any sane person would think twice of. It’s one thing to tell the ...
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Here's a holiday everyone can get on-board with: Today, May 15, is National Chocolate Chip Day. Had I known about this back on National High Five Day, I certainly would have slapped some skin in its honor.
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Gimme some skin: Today, April 16, 2009, is National High Five Day. Yes, apparently there is such a holiday. National High Five Day falls on the third Thursday of April every year.
National High Five Day Origins
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Audrina Patridge's closet got turned upside down and half emptied-- but don't worry, it was all for charity. The Hills' gal blogged yesterday that she was thinking of others in need, and "clothes, shoes, hats, scarves" were all ...
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Lily Allen wrote earlier this year that "it’s no secret I don’t like wearing bras, besides i don’t need to," and that extends to her bikini choices! She's currently on a warm holiday break, where she was spotted ...
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Brad Pitt gave another one of his positive interviews to Hello! in which he explained that he's planning on settling down in France for the next three years. Oh yeah, and the whole clan is still really ...
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Maybe a blanket "Happy Holidays" would've sufficed as Britney made her promotional rounds in Japan, but she won points with me after barely looking like the overwhelming crowd/simultaneous translation/general awkwardness got to her. Brit's totally back in ...
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