Kmart, Sears to welcome shoppers on Thanksgiving, stay open overnight

Kmart is going on a holiday all-nighter, opening for bargain hunters at 6 a.m. Thanksgiving morning and keeping the lights on for 41 straight hours. Sister company Sears also is gearing up for an overnight shopping marathon, welcoming patrons at …
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Christmas Comes Early to Venezuela, by Presidential Decree

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro wished Venezuelans a “merry early Christmas” on Saturday and kicked off the festivities by flicking on the Nativity lights at the presidential palace. The reason for the early celebration, he explained …
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Chicago’s 2013 Christmas Tree Revealed As 57-foot Colorado Blue Spruce (PHOTO)

Tree hunting may be a ways off for most people, but the City of Chicago has already picked out its Christmas evergreen of choice. Monday, city officials announced the selection of a towering 57-foot Colorado blue spruce for Chicago’s 100th …
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Christmas arrives at Tucson’s Copper Country Antiques

at individual booths as well as in the Christmas section. Fred’s Recycle Bin in the back of the store, which offers discounted items, also has holiday bargains. Copper Country offers a wish list for customers who are looking for something specific …
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Kmart, Sears to welcome shoppers on Thanksgiving, stay open overnight

The day after Thanksgiving has long been considered the kickoff to … also has suffered eight straight quarters of declines in same-store sales. Sozzi also put up photos of misspelled signs, empty shelves, products displayed on dingy pallets …
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Turkeys take flight and time travel in Thanksgiving comedy ‘Free Birds’

“Free Birds,” out in U.S. theaters on Friday, follows the tale of Reggie (voiced by Owen Wilson), a lone turkey pardoned by the U.S. president and saved from becoming Thanksgiving dinner. Reggie, accustomed to being alone, is forced into a time-traveling …
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Wal-Mart kick starts holiday shopping online

NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is upping the ante on holiday shopping. The world’s largest retailer … also soured shoppers’ confidence. The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, expects an increase …
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New Jersey school bans religious Christmas music

The angels will not be allowed to hark their herald nor will the little Lord Jesus sleep on the hay after a New Jersey school district announced a ban on all religious Christmas music. Constance Bauer, the superintendent of the Bordentown …
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Cheesy TV Christmas Movie Test: Which Ones Are Real and Which Ones Are Fake?

Starbucks has busted out their red cups so that means it’s officially holiday season. And you know what else is coming your way: cheesy TV Christmas movies from Lifetime, Hallmark and the like that you can’t help but watch. Are you addicted to …
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American Thanksgiving and Hanukkah make hybrid holiday

The Jewish holiday Hanukkah and the American Thanksgiving both fall on the same day — Nov. 28, an occurrence so rare it won’t happen again for 77,000 years. That means Jewish families with American relatives will have a complicated holiday menu and a …
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