October 2014 – My Merry Christmas | Merry Forums of My Merry Christmas

U.S. Postal Service Announces Holiday Shipping Deadlines

The U.S. Postal Service is gearing up to help customers ship 15.5 billion cards, letters and packages in time for Christmas. It’s also aiming to cash in on the holiday by offering festive stamps, packaging and even gift cards. To make sure your package is delivered on time, the agency …

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Which Stores are Open and Which are Closed on Thanksgiving

You are soon to be hit with a terrible choice. Will you side with those retailers who open on Thanksgiving Day or those who refuse to? More than anything else it may be your politics that make the choice for you. Seriously. If you’re conservative, you’re pro-Thanksgiving shopping. Evidently, you …

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Federal Workers Want the Day After Christmas Off

Most people do not know that Christmas as a national holiday in the United States came about because of a labor dispute with federal workers. Society at large hardly worked on Christmas in 1870 and federal workers were jealous that they didn’t get the day off with pay like their …

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Utah Town Brings Halloween and Christmas to Sick Little Boy

In a close-knit Utah town where time has become a precious commodity for one family, the Christmas lights are already up and Halloween is in full swing 10 days early. The town of West Jordan has come together to ensure that a 4-year-old boy with only a short time to …

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Legend of La Befana

By Jeff Westover Of the many images of Halloween none can be scarier for a child than that of a witch — an ugly, stern, mean old woman with a broom. It is an element of Halloween that defies explanation, a betrayal of both history and tradition. The image of …

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Ideas for Frugal Gift Giving

By B. Francis Morlan “The year was 1931, I was 7 years old and I had the best Christmas,” Charles Barsdale says. As he nears age 87, his wide open grey eyes appear to twikle. The memory touches him deeply. “My father walked me to the store and spent fifteen …

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Pentatonix Releases That’s Christmas to Me

Pentatonix had the surprising top video hit of 2013 with Little Drummer Boy and they’ve followed up this year with the release this week of a new Christmas album titled That’s Christmas to Me. Hear that song in preview here: [mp3j track=”http://mymerrychristmas.com/music14/thatschristmastome.mp3″ title=”” volslider=”n” style=”bigger3″] The new album is available …

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Halloween Photo Contest

Show us your ghosts! Show us your goblins! Show us your costume! Show us your pumpkins! It’s time once again for the annual Halloween Photo Contest on the Merry Forums. Open to all members, the contest is a simple exercise of sharing your photos or videos of your Halloween celebration. …

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Sara Evans Announces New Christmas Album

Country superstar Sara Evans has announced that her new album titled “At Christmas” will debut on November 17th. The CD features nine classic Christmas and one original work, including a song where she sings with her daughters. “I was very emotional recording this,” Evans told ETonline. “I was doing ‘Have …

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Consumers Cry Cash is King Over Credit Cards

The credit card breach at Target stores during the 2013 Christmas shopping season affected 70 million shoppers from Black Friday forward. The effects of that event have been far reaching. Target suffered a horrible holiday sales period and has since struggled to recover. The whole nasty situation has left a …

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Dukes of Hazard Christmas

It has been 35 years since the debut of Dukes of Hazard. So it’s time to come out with a Christmas album, right? John Schneider and Tom Wopat — that 70s era duo who played Bo and Luke Duke — sing lead on a brassy, big-band backed album of Christmas …

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LeAnn Rimes Releases Her First Chapter of Christmas

Pop star LeAnn Rimes is out with her “first chapter” of Christmas — which we assume to mean there is more. On this first one, she releases these six songs of Christmas: One Christmas: Chapter 1 1. Silent Night Holy Night 2. I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas 3. Blue …

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October 2014 – My Merry Christmas

U.S. Postal Service Announces Holiday Shipping Deadlines

Which Stores are Open and Which are Closed on Thanksgiving

Federal Workers Want the Day After Christmas Off

Utah Town Brings Halloween and Christmas to Sick Little Boy

Legend of La Befana

Ideas for Frugal Gift Giving

Pentatonix Releases That’s Christmas to Me

Halloween Photo Contest

Sara Evans Announces New Christmas Album

Consumers Cry Cash is King Over Credit Cards

Dukes of Hazard Christmas

LeAnn Rimes Releases Her First Chapter of Christmas

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