Toys R Us, the nation-wide toy retailer struggling in recent years from relentless competition from Walmart, has launched its Christmas Savers Club, a throwback to depression-era tactics used by many retailers to build holiday sales. The plan is designed to help parents save for holiday toys, and to guarantee that they will spend those ...
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Toys R Us Launches Christmas Club
Toys R Us Launches Christmas Club
National Chirstmas Center to Open New Historic Exhibit
The National Christmas Center will open a new exhibit on Saturday, July 10, 2010 featuring the Santa Claus Oath traveling display and photographs. The new exhibit will include information on Santa Claus portrayers of historical significance throughout the last century. This permanent exhibit will be donated to the National Christmas Center by the Santa Claus ...
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NY Times Reports Elf the Musical Coming Soon
The New York Times is reporting that a musical version of the movie “Elf” is headed to Broadway:
A musical adaptation of the 2003 film “Elf,” which starred Will Ferrell as a human raised among Santa’s little helpers, will help kick off the holiday season on Broadway in November with a limited run at the Al ...
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Holiday World Owner Passes Away
Will Koch, owner of Holiday World, the family-oriented theme park, passed away Sunday at the age of 48 due to complications related to Type 1 diabetes. Since the 1997 closure of Nashville’s own Opryland theme park, Holiday World in nearby Santa Claus, Indiana has become a popular alternative, and worth every minute of the three-hour ...
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Outdoor Decorating Trends Increase
People’s passion for holiday and seasonal decorating is moving outside. In 2009 Americans spent nearly 40 percent of their annual seasonal decorations budget on new outdoor decorations, up from only 22 percent back in 2004, according to a recently released report from Unity Marketing, Christmas and Seasonal Decorations Report 2010 UPDATE.
Overall sales of outdoor ...
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Wilson Phillips Reunites for Christmas Album
One of the best selling female groups of all time, Wilson Phillips is back together and releasing their first ever Christmas album this October 2010 on Sony MASTERWORKS / DRW Entertainment. The award-winning trio consisting of Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson and Wendy Wilson will be reuniting with their original music producer Glen Ballard on ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Wilson Phillips Reunit
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Mariah Carey Readies New Christmas Album
Most people don’t start thinking about Christmas in April. For Mariah Carey, though, now is as good a time as ever to prep for the holidays, and prep for her new 2010 album. Although it’s been over 15 years since her last Christmas album, released in 1994, Carey has apparently decided to get back ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mariah Carey Readies New Christmas Album", url: "http://
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Mommy’s Little Piggy Comes Home to A Christmas Story House
Ian Patrella, better known in Christmas lore as the kid brother Randy (Mommy’s little piggy) in A Christmas Story, is coming home to the house in Cleveland where the movie was made. During the months of July and August Patrella will be there to greet tourists who pay to visit the house-turned-museum. (No word on ...
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Santa Community Grapples with Issues of Integrity
Defending Santa.com has published a timeline of events tied to the latest episode of fraud in the community of Santas. The timeline shows how a large gathering of Santas called Celebrate Santa fell apart amidst charges of corruption, mismanagement of funds, and dishonesty that has shaken the Christmas-centric countryside surrounding Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
In 2011 Hollywood ...
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Radio City Announces Christmas Spectacular Open House
Radio City Music Hall will host a public open house in conjunction with the 2010 edition of The Radio City Christmas Spectacular from noon-3pm on Saturday, May 1.
This year’s show will run November 5-December 30. The Spectacular features numerous numbers spotlighting the world-famous Rockettes, including “The 12 Days of Christmas” and “New York at ...
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