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Present Tense: The Changing Ethics of Holiday Gift-giving

This 2003 article features links to resources about traditions related to holiday gift-giving for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Eid al-Fitr (during Ramadan), and Diwali. Also includes a list of experts on holiday gift-giving for different religions a ...

http://www.religionlink.org/tip_031118a.php

10 Tricks for Shipping Holiday Gifts With Ease

These tips "will help you ship holiday packages safely and in the least expensive way, depending on your needs." Covers timing, packing, choosing a shipping service, and understanding when to pay more. Includes links to major consumer ship ...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16059156/

Christmas Little Women Style: Celebrate Christmas Like the March Girls in Alcott???s Novel

This article describes how to celebrate a less commercial Christmas in the manner of the March girls in Louisa May Alcott's novel "Little Women." Topics discussed include giving up a personal self-indulgence in order to give to a loved one, ...

http://americanfiction.suite101.com/article.cfm/christmas_like_little_women

Regiftable.com

Humorous website on the financial and personal aspects of regifting. Includes "Regifting 101" (with matters to consider such as the condition of the gift and keeping the regifting secret), user-submitted regifting stories, and a blog. This ...

http://www.regiftable.com/

Give a Good Card

Information about how to purchase "a gift card for charity where the recipients get to donate to their charity of choice." The site notes that "[w]hen you purchase a Good Card it is tax-deductible for the buyer. When the recipient rede ...

http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=699

Holiday Shopping, Circa 2008: Tips From the Federal Trade Commission

This consumer tip sheet provides holiday shopping advice for staying on budget, with suggestions such as making a shopping list and budget before shopping, comparing prices, checking sale ads and bargain offers, tracking your spending, and considerin ...

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt082.shtm

12 Rules for Regifting Without Fear

This article provides a "frank discussion" on regifting, "a grand old holiday tradition we all practice and pretend we don't." Presents a dozen rules for regifters including not mentioning that you are regifting, updating wrapping ...

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/Advice/12RulesForRegiftingWithoutFear.aspx

Black Friday

Official site for the "Black Friday ads as they are reported to ... [the site] during this holiday season." These ads are from major U.S. retailers for the day immediately following Thanksgiving, which is known as "Black Friday."

http://www.blackfriday.info

U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: The Holiday Season

Facts and statistics about the winter holiday season, including Christmas trees, ornaments, shopping, sales, gift manufacturers, winter sports, and holiday-sounding place names. From the U.S. Census Bureau.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/012876.html

Holiday Watch

This site features information and statistics about trends in holiday shopping back to 1999. Topics include "hot" gifts, busiest shopping days, data on tracking holiday sales figures, and winter holiday season sales as a percentage of total ...

http://holiday.icsc.org

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