Christmas and holiday season
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Out with Thanksgiving, in with Christmas: Families work off the turkey by decorating the treeWhile Christmas carols have been on a continuous loop in some stores since the start of November, Friday marked the official start of the Christmas season for many families in Naples. And to ring in the yuletide spirit, that meant packing... In this article: Naples and Christmas season |
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NBC | 2 hours ago
Downtown Indy hopes for holiday boost
...will start with downtown Indianapolis. Also, another tradition continues in downtown Indianapolis. The cherub has re-appeared for the Christmas season. It's sitting on the clock outside the Carson Pirie Scott store at Washington and...
In this article: Indianapolis, Recession, Christmas season, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Indiana Pacers, and America's Got Talent
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washingtonpost.com | 7 hours ago
Black Friday bargain-hunters start long before dawn
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USATODAY.com | 8 hours ago
Upscale retailers may get lift from high-income shoppers
...shopping season may just prove a little merrier than expected. Investors are betting that upscale shoppers will open their wallets this Christmas season after pinching pennies a year ago. Shares in luxury retailers Tiffany, Saks and...
In this article: Christmas season, Bureau of Economic Analysis, J. Crew, Saks, Nordstrom, Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, and Costco
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ChicagoNow | 8 hours ago
Top 8 Geeky Holiday Movies
...Thanksgiving, and you know what that means. First, trampling. And second, it's the beginning of the Christmas season. I know that the Christmas season really begins after Halloween nowadays, but like a younger Andy Rooney with thinner...
In this article: Christmas season, Thanksgiving, Blu-ray Disc, Batman, Alan Rickman, Bruce Willis, Danny DeVito, and Modern Warfare 2
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Washington Times | 13 hours ago
EDITORIAL: The true meaning of Xmas
It's not only about sales at Macy's or the winter solstice Thanksgiving is over and Black Friday has arrived. With the Christmas season now semiofficially upon us, tradition dictates that consumers flood shopping malls and online...
In this article: Thanksgiving, Arizona, Christianity, Islamic, Chain store, Passover, Christmas season, and Black Friday
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CNN | 14 hours ago
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: November 27, 2009
...prices and using social media to promote their deals. With hopes pinned on the day after Thanksgiving, the traditional kickoff to the Christmas season, many planned to open well before dawn. Jerusalem Post: PA intensifies attacks on...
In this article: Barack Obama, White House, Thanksgiving, Los Angeles Times, Plaintiff, Defendant, Fiscal year, Christmas season, and Black Friday
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L.A. Times | 1 day ago
Retailers ready as Black Friday dawns
...doing whatever it takes to lure shoppers to the malls Friday. On the day after Thanksgiving -- the traditional kickoff to the Christmas season and one of the biggest shopping days of the year -- stores are offering freebies, slashing prices...
In this article: Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Jcpenney, Christmas season, and NPD Group
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 1 day ago
Now Turnbull shares the love
...powerful reminder of the importance of love and family, Mr Turnbull said. "Many of those in our armed forces will be serving during the Christmas and holiday season and will not be spending Christmas and the new year with their families," Mr...
In this article: Malcolm Turnbull, Wayne Swan, Buckingham Palace, and United States
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Minneapolis Star Tribune | 2 days ago
Judge orders Hecker to pay monthly support to estranged wife
...drunken driving during one of the deadliest holiday periods of the year. More Families seeking help are flooding Salvation Army this Christmas season - November 25, 2009 Families seeking help are flooding Salvation Army this Christmas...
In this article: Christmas season, Salvation Army, and Bankruptcy
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 5 days ago
US retailers seek holiday season rescue
...the holiday season starts as retailers key off of each other. It is almost impossible to avoid thinking how such a promotional Christmas and holiday season in 2009 is going to add pressure to margins at almost all of the first-line...
In this article: Black Friday, Recession, US, Sears, Mesirow Financial, Balance sheet, and Unemployment
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"Christmas season" redirects here. For other uses, see Christmas season (disambiguation).
In the Northern Hemisphere, the Christmas season or (winter) holiday season is a late-year season that surrounds the Christmas holiday as well as other holidays during the November/December timeframe. It is sometimes synonymous with the winter season. It has been found to have a disproportionate effect on health, compared to the rest of the year. Its reference and naming by schools and governments has been the subject of controversy. It incorporates a holiday shopping season which comprises a peak season for the retail sector (the Christmas shopping season), and a period of sales at the end of the season (the January sales).
The exact definition, name, and celebratory method of the period varies from culture to culture: According to Yanovski et al, in the United States the season "is generally considered to begin with Thanksgiving and end after New Year's Day". According to Axelrad, the season in the United States encompasses at least Christmas and New Year's Day, and also includes Saint Nicholas Day. The U.S. Fire Administration defines the winter holiday season as the period from December 1 to January 7. According to Chen et al., in China the Christmas/winter holiday season "is generally considered to begin with the winter solstice and end after the Lantern Festival". Some stores and shopping malls advertise their Christmas merchandise beginning after Halloween or even in late October, alongside Halloween items. In the UK Christmas food appears on supermarket shelves as early as September.
Many people find this time particularly stressful. As a remedy, and as a return to what they perceive as the root of Christmas, some practice alternative giving.
- Name:
- Christmas and holiday season
- Also Known As:
- Holiday season
- Christmas season
- Christmastime
- Yuletide season, other
- Holidaytime
- Type:
- Secular
- Observances:
- Gift giving, family meetings, religious services, parties, other
- Significance:
- Use of "holiday season" as means of including those who do not celebrate Christmas in an end-year festive spirit.
- Observed By:
- All who celebrate year-end holidays.
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