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What happens to all those unsold Valentine’s Day cards?

by Janet Nguyen
Feb 18, 2021
Out-of-date cards are sometimes greeted by being discounted or returned to the supplier.
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Mall Santas are doing things a little differently this year

by Emily Siner
Dec 17, 2020
There are fewer lines, mandatory masks, socially distanced photo-ops and even video calls with Santa.
At the Mall at Green Hills in Nashville, no one sits on Santa Claus’ chair this year except the man himself.
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How neighbors saved Christmas — and the family farm

by Rose Conlon
Dec 24, 2019
"The bank had shut us down and we didn't know how we were going to go forward."
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What's greener: a real Christmas tree or a fake one?

by Tony Wagner
Dec 24, 2019
It depends! The Christmas tree a potent symbol not just for the season but for the sustainability of many things we buy.
It's not easy being green.
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The rising demand for Santas of color

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 23, 2019
Some events and businesses are trying to move away from typical portrayals of Santa.
Santa Larry Jefferson poses with a family.
Courtesy of Landon Luther, co-owner of The Santa Experience
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Selling Christmas all year long

by Katherine Wiles
Dec 19, 2019
How do you keep a store with a long off season in business? Make it more than a place to shop.
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland says it gets 2 million visitors a year.
Courtesy of Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
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We're still not sick of Christmas music, believe it or not

by Tony Wagner
Dec 24, 2018
Holiday music is more popular than ever, but that doesn't mean it's easy to make jingle bells rock.
The brothers in Hanson — Zac, Taylor and Isaac — are reissuing their 1997 holiday album "Snowed In" this year. Their second holiday album, "Finally it's Christmas," came out in 2017.
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Can there be TOO many Hallmark Christmas movies?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 21, 2018
We do the numbers.
Danielle Panabaker plays Joy Holbrook in "Christmas Joy," a 2018 original Hallmark movie.
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Amazon tried out a new product this holiday season: real Christmas trees

by Molly Wood
Dec 21, 2018
And it sold out of them.
A truck drops a load of freshly harvested Christmas trees at a tree farm in Philomath, Oregon, in 2017.
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National Returns Day peaks for the first time before Christmas

by Ben Bradford
Dec 20, 2018
UPS estimates it will process a record 1.5 million Black Friday returns before Dec. 25.
Christmas came early this year ... for the returns department, that is.
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