Posts Tagged ‘holiday’

Shoppers warned on buying tickets as holiday gifts 

Experts are warning holiday shoppers who want to give tickets to concerts or sporting events as gifts to read the fine print.

In an effort to crack down on scalping, an increasing number of events only offer paperless tickets or will-call tickets – meaning the buyer has to appear in person with their credit card to get in.

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Hassle-free holiday returns

Save that receipt!

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Jennifer Angel’s Astro Holiday Gift Guide – 2011

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New York City’s holiday markets and fairs offer unique Christmas gifts

You see them take shape in sites from Grand Central Terminal to vacant lots around town, a Christmas vision of sugar plums and completed shopping lists.

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Hazards included: Popular holiday toys have hidden dangers

Hidden dangers lurk in some of those less-expensive toys that parents might grab as stocking stuffers this time of year — like a Sesame Street Oscar the Grouch doll.

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Retailers have a robust start to holiday season (AP)

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, customers shop at a Best Buy store in Burbank, Calif. The official kickoff to the holiday shopping season underscored a big challenge to retailers: shoppers will only come out when they believe they're getting a big discount. Stores' own version of the Super Bowl got off to a robust start, helped by early store openings and heavy price cutting. But many analysts worry that the heavy marketing hype that pulled in the crowds will steal some thunder from the rest of the season. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP – More Americans hunted for bargains over the weekend than ever before as retailers lured them online and into stores with big discounts and an earlier-than-usual start to the holiday shopping season.


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Occupy movements nationwide celebrate holiday (AP)

Occupy Wall Street protestors show they disapprove of police demanding that drums not be played in Zuccotti park due to a noise complaint from nearby residents on Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, in New York. Although the crowd insisted they had a right to play, the drummer in question opted to refrain from playing to avoid a confrontation with police. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)AP – Most Americans spent Thanksgiving snug inside homes with families and football. Others used the holiday to give thanks alongside strangers at outdoor Occupy encampments, serving turkey or donating their time in solidarity with the anti-Wall Street movement that has gripped a nation consumed by economic despair.


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