santa: Wishing You All A Very Merry Christmas! - 12/24/10 09:17 AM
And so this is Christmas!  Or at least the Eve of it anyway.  Are you done with all your Christmas shopping by now?                                                  I know, me neither.  I'll be going out in a few minutes to pick up just a few more items to put under our tree.
I've heard that Santa is already in his sleigh and beginning to circle around the globe to scout out the naughty and nice list of where and where not to stop.  So, which were you this past year?  I'm going with "nice" and see if it sticks.  ha!

Hopefully you were … (2 comments)

santa: Santa's Stressing, Getting Ready For the Next Holidays - 11/06/10 09:16 AM
Halloween is over, but the trail of empty candy wrappers lingers on.  (And so does the trail of ants!)
The stores are all dressed up for the holidays and ready for the crowd of holiday shoppers. 
But just because they built them (displays), will they come?  
With the constant reminder of a downward real estate market, and upward unemployment, will the hoards of holiday shoppers still rush out, stand in long lines, and hand over their hard-earned cash (or credit cards) on purchases they may not need or even want, but want to buy anyways out of obligation or sheer joy … (4 comments)