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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Get Free Shipping For Christmas

Procrastinators rejoice: You can still find great deals buying gifts online, with free guaranteed Christmas Eve delivery.

Didn't get everything on your list on Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Not to worry, deals are still to be had. Free Shipping Day is coming on December 17. On Free Shipping Day, you'll find plenty of pre-Christmas deals online with free shipping and guaranteed delivery by Christmas Eve. Many stores who always offer free shipping will lower or eliminate the minimum purchase amounts required for free shipping. FreeShippingDay.com has a list of 1,173 merchants participating in Free Shipping Day this year, from Kohl's and Home Depot to Best Buy, Tiny Prints and Red Envelope. "Free Shipping Day makes procrastination possible," the website proclaims. What's the Catch? You can try to plan ahead and put off making purchases from participating …

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Holiday Road Trip: Christkindlmarkt

Christkindlmarkt is celebrating its 20th year as a popular holiday crafts venue in Bethlehem in the Lehigh Valley.

Christkindlmarkt, the popular festival that takes place in Pennsylvania's own Bethlehem each holiday season, is celebrating its 20th year. Here's what you need to know to enjoy the festivities: 1. Vendors: This year’s festival features 125 vendors each week – the most in the event’s history – and more than 200 in all during its six-week run. 2. Location: Christkindlmarkt is located at PNC Plaza at SteelStacks, 645 E. First St., Bethlehem. For tickets and information, visit www.artsquest.org. 3. Schedule: Christkindlmarkt is open Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 15-Dec. 23 (closed Thanksgiving) Hours are Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 4. Admission: Tickets are $8 for a daily pass and $18 …

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

2012 Gives More Time to Shop for Christmas

The 2012 shopping season is the longest possible. Find out why.

Some residents and businesses started stringing up the Christmas lights before the Halloween decorations came down, but hardcore shoppers know when their dream season begins. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has become the accepted, if unofficial, start time of the Christmas rush. It's a huge day for retailers but only the first of a roughly month-long extravaganza. And thanks to Abe Lincoln, who decreed Thanksgiving a national holiday, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who signed into law that it should fall on the fourth Thursday in November, and Pope Gregory XIII, who blessed the calendar we use by papal bull, 2012 has the longest possible shopping season. To explain: With Nov. 1 falling on Thursday, the fourth Thursday and Thanksgiving, …

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