Christmas

A lot of us utilize layaway to purchase holiday gifts now and pay for them on time. While Wal-Mart recently dropped its layaway fee from $15 to $5 MoneyTalksNews.com reports that Sears and K-Mart have completely dropped theirs meaning no interest or service fees to factor into buying decisions. Toy's R Us is doing away with their layaway fees too which indicates a growing trend among competitive retailers. There are, however, possible downsides.

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Blake Shelton seems to be working on new music. According to Nashville keyboard player Gordon Mote, Shelton is working on a Christmas album. “Had a great day working on a new @BlakeShelton Christmas album,” Mote tweeted on Wednesday. “He’s pretty fantastic!”

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Wynonna Judd got perhaps the Christmas gift of a lifetime this year. According to PEOPLE, Judd became engaged to her boyfriend, Cactus Moser, on Christmas Eve. The pair have been dating since 2009 and together make up touring group Wynonna and the Big Noise.

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During the Christmas holiday season, a phrase may come up in song, "Here We Go A Wassailing", which always had me asking, "What's wassailing"? For that matter, "What's wassail"?

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Christmas may have come and gone but there is still magic to marvel at from this joyous holiday, like the magic that granted the wish of a little girl who only wanted her soldier father back for the holidays.

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Did Santa bring you everything you wanted this year?  Matt Herkimer unexpectedly received a new electric guitar, while his wife got a new bowling ball.  I on the other hand get to hang up my new Keith Urban calendar in 4 days.  It's the traditional gift each year and I'm glad Santa didn't forget.  The calendar is filled with pictures taken by fans during his tour and the best part is, all the money from the calendars each year go to St Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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If you were lucky enough to score a few gift cards this Christmas you will probably be able to use them to your advantage as a number of retailers are starting big after Christmas sales today. Savings on toys, jewelry and clothing are just the beginning. Lucky magazine has come up with a list of retailers offering up savings of up to 80%.

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The excitement of Christmas is wearing off but the kids still have a few more days off from school. What can you do to keep them busy? Maybe keep them occupied with the new toys and games they got from Christmas. Take them to a movie. There's no snow so sledding and tubing is out. Board games? Maybe. I came across a website that might be of use.

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Like most people my wife and I gave each other some pretty strong hints as to what we wanted for Christmas. But again like most people we both wanted to surprise each other with something unexpected. She got me a new Fender acoustic guitar, something I have wanted for a long time but thought I had kept a secret. And what surprise gift did I get her?

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The industry, er, holiday known as Christmas dominates not only the last two months of each year, but has also spawned its own genre of film. There are good holiday flicks (‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’), mediocre ones ('Jingle All the Way') and ones so awful, we'd rather drink expired egg nog than be forced to sit through them ('Christmas With the Kranks'). And then there are the films set during Chri

Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' characters have become timeless classics, thanks to their long-lasting presence in newspapers and their many animated TV specials. (“It's Arbor Day Again, Charlie Brown!”) A big part of the characters' success is thanks to the classic 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' TV special.

Since it first aired in 1965, the beloved special has practically become required viewing for families celebrating the holiday season. It’s message of anti-commercialism and good will towards man mixed with Schulz’s trademark humor of caustic kids in a cynical world is a perfect remedy for the holidays that can get sappier than your aunt’s homemade egg nog.

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Every family has its strange holiday traditions and some of those include dressing up tiny, innocent infants as the world's most famous elderly gift giver. Here's a list of the 7 different kinds of Santa Babies you might end up meeting online or in real life this holiday season. And lest yo