Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - How to Tap in to the Holiday Publicity Bonanza

If your product or service can be given as a gift, a publicitywindfall awaits at the end of the year - but you need to startworking in June. Each December, media outlets cover the newest,the hottest and the most unusual Holiday gifts. The reportersassigned to develop these pieces typically depend... Read More

50 Ways to Acknowledge Your Employees Before and After Labor Day

For most people, Labor Day symbolizes the end of summer, back to school, and another long weekend. Deep down however, when we stop for a moment and reflect as we often do on bank holidays, we all know that Labor Day is, in reality, meant to signify a time to... Read More

Quick and Easy Holiday Decorating

You're tired. You've worked hard all week. Suddenly, the kids shout gleefully... "let's decorate!" ... in anticipation of the coming holiday. The "let's not" is miraculously not permitted to escape your lips. Instead you take a deep breath while you wonder about how this decorating could become an easier and... Read More

Ten Tips for a Real Holiday Season

Holidays and the start of a new year inevitably make us think about how we can improve ourselves, and have the life we want in the future. We make resolutions - I must lose weight, I will save more money - and then lose our way. That's because we aren't... Read More

The Holiday Shopping Experience - Rewarding or Traumatic?

Picture this scenario! It's December 24th, the day of Christmas Eve. On this day you should be relaxing, enjoying time with family and thinking of all the precious memories you have created throughout the year.No, wait! It's the last day of shopping before Christmas and you haven't even started to... Read More

Making Time to Write this Holiday Season

As the countdown to Christmas day continues, most everyone is naturally all wrapped up in preparing for the big day (and the eve of the big day and the day after the big day?).Whether it's shopping, baking, or hosting holiday gatherings, you are probably engaged in time-consuming activities related to... Read More

10 Tips for More Meaningful Holidays

No matter how many lists you make, cards you send, gifts you buy, or packages you wrap, there will be things you intended to do this holiday season that won't get done. If you do manage to get everything done, but you're too tired to enjoy the season, everyone suffers.Consider... Read More

10 Steps to a Relaxing Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! Family, friends, good food ? and no presents to buy. To make it your best holiday ever, consider these organizing tips:? Choose your preferred style: formal with everyone dressed up and using their best manners ? or a more informal relaxed style. If you've invited... Read More

Going Solo on Valentines Day: Advice For Singles

The stores are decorated in candy hearts, flowers and bears. Every TV or radio commercial reminds you that it's time to remember your sweetheart on this special day for lovers. Your feelings range from sadness, to revulsion to anger. What's a single person to do? The following suggestions are designed... Read More

Tips For Singles on Surviving (And Enjoying) The Holidays

Here you are, facing the holiday season alone. Have you been thinking about?*how alone and lonely you feel*excuses you can give family members as to why you can't come this year*what friends may be available to spend those long days with*how another year has passed and you are (still) single*how... Read More

In The News:


Holidays boost Macy's profit 12%
Buffalo News
By Michelle Chapman AP NEW YORK—A strong holiday shopping season and online sales pushed up Macy's fourth quarter net income 12 percent. That topped Wall Street's expectations, and the department store chain's stock hit a 52-week high.

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Portuguese reject governments Carnival holiday cutback plan
HeraldNet
The Portuguese government's attempt to make people work more by scrapping the traditional Carnival holiday has flopped as most companies and public services shut down despite an economic crisis. (AP Photo/ Francisco Seco) A reveler walks past a ...

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The Age

Holidays happier for Saks, Macy's
Sacramento Bee
By Stephanie Clifford The holidays turned out to be a lot brighter at the high end, as four major retailers reported results Tuesday. Wal-Mart, Macy's, Home Depot and Saks Fifth Avenue all reported sales increases for their fourth quarters ending in ...
High-End Retailers Report Strong Profits, but Walmart Still StrugglesNew York Times

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TribLocal

Orland Township honors holiday donors
TribLocal
(Jeff Vorva/Tribune) Orland Township took in more than $21000 and an estimated two-to-four tons of food to feed 204 underprivileged families during the holiday season. The township's board honored some of the bigger contributors — including corporate, ...

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Politico

What Holiday Are We Celebrating Today?
Patch.com
Today's federal holiday is officially called "Washington's Birthday." It was signed into law in 1879, to be observed annually on Feb. 22, Washington's birthday. In 1968, with the passage of Public Law 90-363, Congress moved it to the third Monday of ...
Washington should note Washington's birthdayYakima Herald-Republic
No lie: It's Washington's Birthday, not Presidents DayLos Angeles Times
Free speech: Why I'm lucky to live in America, not IranZDNet (blog)
Christian Science Monitor -CNN (blog) -Waynesville Daily Guide
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DOLE: Too many holidays not good for economy, workers' pay
GMA News
Citing adverse effects on productivity, competitiveness and workers' pay, the Department of Labor and Employment said Wednesday it is not too keen on proposed laws that would add more non-working holidays. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz also urged ...
DOLE opposes more holidaysABS CBN News
Too many holidays? DOLE urges rethinkMalaya
Labor chief calls for review of national holidaysSun.Star
BusinessWorld Online Edition -Business Mirror
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Holiday spending pushes Macy's 4Q profit higher
Boston.com
A strong holiday shopping season and hearty online sales pushed Macy's Inc.'s fourth quarter net income up 12 percent. That topped Wall Street's expectations, and the department store chain's stock hit a 52-week high. Macy's, which runs upscale ...


Hemel Gazette

Headteachers back holidays crackdown
Hemel Gazette
Headteachers across the borough and an MP have backed a crackdown on parents who take pupils for school holidays during term time. There was widespread support for Education Secretary Micheal Gove's proposals, which call for headteachers to no longer ...
UK bans family holidays during school termsgulfnews.com
ASCL supports crackdown on term time holidaysEd Exec

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Classic Holidays Wins Perspective Magazine Timeshare and Fractional Industry ...
PR.com (press release)
Orlando, FL, February 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Classic Holidays now joins an elite list of the world's leading companies in the timeshare and fractional industry after winning the Best Management Company award during the 2012 Perspective Magazine Awards ...

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Premier defends new public holidays plan
ABC Online
The Restaurant and Catering Association says the South Australian Government is failing to take seriously its concerns about a proposed new public holiday regime. The SA Government is planning to legislate for part-day public holidays on Christmas Eve ...
Weatherill 'naive' on holidaysThe Australian
Our half-baked public holidaysAdelaide Now

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