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		<title>Post Christmas Retailer Closures Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One day after the &#8220;Mega Monday&#8221; sales of December 26th &#8212; the fourth named shopping day of the 2011 season (after Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Free Shipping Friday and Super Saturday) &#8212; the announcement of store closures begins: Kmart/Sears will close 120 stores it was announced today. This is just the first bomb of 2012 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add Best Buy to List of Retailers Stiffing Online Customers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rash of off-line retailers stiffing online customers just added a big name: Best Buy. Customers who ordered product in November (during key promotional periods!) won&#8217;t get that product before Christmas &#8212; and many will not get those orders at all. “The list of reasons that Best Buy’s board should fire CEO Brian Dunn just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retailers Stiff Online Black Friday Shoppers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a few weeks after Black Friday and basking in the hum of non-discounted Christmas shopping season some retailers are having the last laugh at gullible consumers who bought into their Black Friday hype. &#8220;I ordered just three movies advertised at Target.com as part of their Black Friday promotion,&#8221; said Janice King, of Reno, Nevada. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Christmas Gifting Solution: Chocolate</title>
		<link>http://realchristmas.com/2011/11/the-christmas-gifting-solution-chocolate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas Foods]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a particularly tough day recently I found myself sitting on an airport car rental car shuttle bus fretting over a text message I had just received informing me of a long flight delay. There wasn&#8217;t a thing I could do about it &#8212; the car was turned in and I was headed into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have You Gone Andy Williams?</title>
		<link>http://realchristmas.com/2011/11/where-have-you-gone-andy-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Westover</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sad news out of Branson, Missouri these days as legendary crooner Andy Williams &#8212; frozen in our minds each season belting out Happy Holidays! &#8212; is getting long in the tooth and may not even be able to appear at his annual Christmas variety show. Williams, who next year celebrates 75 years in the entertainment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accident Breaks 11-Year Christmas Light Tradition in California</title>
		<link>http://realchristmas.com/2011/10/accident-breaks-11-year-christmas-light-tradition-in-california/</link>
		<comments>http://realchristmas.com/2011/10/accident-breaks-11-year-christmas-light-tradition-in-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be no Christmas lights at the Brock home on Mercedes Avenue this year, ending an 11-year tradition for the family. There were tears in Renee Brock’s voice when she called the Manteca Bulletin to make the announcement. It was a decision she and her husband, Dale, made with a heavy heart this past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Games WalMart Plays</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WalMart made headlines on a Monday morning in October just as the first real chill of winter is starting hit us. Oh yeah, Halloween is still a week away but in the back of all of our minds is that looming thought of Christmas shopping&#8230;and WalMart knows it. So, their PR department put out a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LED Trees Quickly Growing in Popularity</title>
		<link>http://realchristmas.com/2011/09/ledtrees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LED trees are perhaps one of the biggest changes to Christmas traditions that has hit the holiday market over the past decade. While LED lights certainly have been making an impact, gaining praise, and sparking a lot of debate, making the choice to upgrade to a prelit LED Christmas tree is by far the boldest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Fire: Order it NOW If You Want it for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://realchristmas.com/2011/09/kindle-fire-order-it-now-if-you-want-it-for-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://realchristmas.com/2011/09/kindle-fire-order-it-now-if-you-want-it-for-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon made their splash today with the official announcement of their answer to Apple iPad &#8212; and they dropped the bomb nobody was expecting: it is priced at $199 and it comes bundled with a free month of Amazon Prime. If you want it as a Christmas gift, order it NOW. They&#8217;ve only made about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who says its too early?</title>
		<link>http://realchristmas.com/2011/09/who-says-its-too-early/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>elf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the USA Today says it &#8212; it must be true: retailers are starting Christmas earlier than ever. They call it &#8220;Christmas creep&#8221; and it means that Christmas is showing up when it shouldn&#8217;t. According to those who write these news stories and headlines people are &#8220;quite upset&#8221; to see Christmas in the stores or [...]]]></description>
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