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'Real Housewives of New Jersey' recap: Tawkin' turkey with Teresa Giudice Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 11:11PMShe blames the family rift in part on cheap Christmas cookies
Why Mother’s Day cards are cheesy - and why we should love them Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 11:25PMIf you don’t like them, you should. Unjustly maligned, greeting cards express emotions that many can’t articulate: ‘You have my love and respect, dear precious beloved Mother’
Finish your Christmas on schedule Monday, April 18, 2011 @ 4:21PMThere are just 13 days left until Christmas, which means that mothers everywhere are coming unglued at this very moment. Forget about eggnog and caroling: They're worried about finding the time to bake reindeer-shaped cookies, address holiday cards, wrap gifts and track down the year's hottest toy.
Finish your Christmas on schedule Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 6:08AMThere are just 13 days left until Christmas, which means that mothers everywhere are coming unglued at this very moment. Forget about eggnog and caroling: They're worried about finding the time to bake reindeer-shaped cookies, address holiday cards, wrap gifts and track down the year's hottest toy.
Angelou, Emeril set for new Hallmark series Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 4:32PMAn unscripted lifestyle series with Maya Angelou, an original musical film and more Martha Stewart primetime interview specials are among the Hallmark Channel's programing slate for 2011-12.
Upfronts 2011: Hallmark Channel Opens Up 'Table' To Maya Angelou Series Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 4:11PMNew York -- Crown Media Networks, the new umbrella name for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel and other related properties, made a good amount of programming rain during its upfront luncheon presentation to the press here on a wet, snowy spring day.
Upfronts 2011: Hallmark Channel Sits Down at Table With Angelou Series Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 3:56PMManhattan -- Crown Media Networks, the new umbrella name for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, made a good amount of programming rain during its upfront luncheon presentation to the press here on a dreary, snowy spring day.
Infosys Delivers Holiday Cheer to Hallmark.com Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 6:00AMThis holiday season Infosys gave Hallmark.com the perfect gift: A digital consumer solution that allowed customers, during peak holiday traffic, to quickly create, manage and send their personalized holiday greetings faster than ever. Â The Infosys solution helped Hallmark.com double its online holiday sales.
Franklin: In an electronic era, sympathy cards endure Friday, March 4, 2011 @ 8:42AMI’ve never been a fan of greeting cards, labeling them trite, a waste of money, obligatory. This all changed last month when my mother died at 81, after a 10-year struggle with Alzheimer’s. Not to be improper, but I’ve counted every sympathy card I’ve received (45 so far) since Anne ‘Dotty’ Campagna passed away in January. I’ve never kept score of the number of birthday cards I receive, never ...
Love from a toddler Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 2:48AMOne of the most endearing moments for me was the first time Melise, my two-year-old, told me she loved me. I was starting to wonder when the concept of love would sink in, since we tell her we love her every other minute.
CBS shuts down 'Two and a Half Men' for rest of season; sitcom may be done Friday, February 25, 2011 @ 2:26AM"Two and a Half Men" has been cut down to zero. CBS last night pulled the plug on the top-rated sitcom for the rest of the season after a ranting and raging Charlie Sheen tore into the show's creator as "a stupid . . little man and a p- - -y...
So many parties; so little time... Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 10:06PMSOOO many parties... and that’s just Kaya - the four year old party animal!! Yes, it’s been a busy week keeping up with the social lives of everyone around me.
Susan Pease Gadoua: Valentine's Day "Love-Romance Scale" Wednesday, February 16, 2011 @ 1:04AMValentine's Day is the perfect occasion people have to gauge how much love and romance is in their marriage because, unlike holidays tied to religion...
Cards, flowers, candy top Valentine's Day sales Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 4:14PMChances are you received a Valentine Card, flowers, candy or a gift today, and if you didn't receive one, you may have given one. Dave Simpkins, the owner of Leslie's Hallmark in Helena, said that next to Christmas, Valentines Day is the biggest card and gift-giving occasion of the year.
Savvy Shopper: Send your love on the wings of email and Facebook Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 2:15PMNone more than $5 If you're an incredibly Savvy Shopper, you've already snipped and clipped those Christmas cards into a brand new Valentine's greeting. Or you've soaked tissue paper, old newspapers and other bits and pieces, created your own pastel paper sheets and written a love sonnet to your honeybunny.
Flower shops spread love Monday, February 14, 2011 @ 12:26AMSAN BERNARDINO - After a certain day set aside to honor moms, Valentine's Day is the second-busiest time of the year at Stephenson's Flowers on Del Rosa Avenue. "Everybody has a mother," said owner Bob Stephenson. "Not everybody has a sweetheart."
Mizoram lovers say it with cards and roses Sunday, February 13, 2011 @ 11:21PMAizawl, Feb 13 : As the cupid’s arrow is set to strike, cards, roses and chocolates have sold like hot cake in Aizawl.
ROMANCE: The 10 Cities Where People Spend The Most On Valentine's Day Friday, February 11, 2011 @ 1:51PMMoney can't buy any of us love — or so the Beatles would argue — but every year, during the second week of February, Americans open their wallets and fork out money on their loved ones to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Gift shops feeling the love as Valentine's Day nears Friday, February 11, 2011 @ 1:28AMBy JON CHAVEZ BLADE BUSINESS WRITER The love, apparently, is back. Indications are growing that total consumer spending this Valentine's Day is going to be up nearly 7 percent over last year, with merchants divvying up a $15.7 billion heart-shaped financial pie. "Having surpassed expectations during the holiday season, it seems consumers are not done spending on gifts, which bodes well for the ...
Viagra demand surges before Valentine's Day Thursday, February 10, 2011 @ 7:28AMValentine’s Day is notorious for spiking sales of chocolates, roses and Hallmark cards, but new research shows that demand also rises for a surprising lovers’ secret: erectile dysfunction drugs.
Romance, chocolates now in season Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 10:17PMLove is in the air, and by Monday, it should pretty much permeate everything as Valentine’s Day takes over hearts—and stomachs—of romantics everywhere.
Joel Schwartzberg: I'm With Cupid: Valentine's Day Truths Wednesday, February 9, 2011 @ 12:10PMSome people even think Valentine's Day was manufactured by greedy card companies, much like "Buy a Card From a Greedy Card Company Day," which never really took off.
The Myth of Valentine’s Day Exposed Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 10:00PMIt’s coming: V-Day 2011, the holiday that can be the most romantic or, for some, the most depressing day of the year. The meaning of Valentine’s Day is unique to all. For some, innocent cupids represent nothing less than infantile demons wielding the deadly bow and arrow of consumerism.
Brilliant Frugal Living Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 4:40PMOK, where did January go? Did anybody get the license plate as that month flew by? Personally, it’s just a hazy memory of blizzards, snow days and torpedoed New Year’s dieting resolutions blurring together at this point.
Kelsey Rohwer: A month of celebrations and sacrifice Sunday, February 6, 2011 @ 11:28PMThe Super Bowl and Valentine's Day fall just 8 days apart this year, and while you may think that no two days have less in common, you'd be wrong.
Betsy Elliott; helped build greeting card firm; at 95 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 8:54AMIn today's rush of impersonal greetings via e-mail, the small greeting card business that Charles and Betsy Elliott started and nourished in their Beverly home in 1946 might seem obsolete.
COLUMNIST: Keep giving cards to St. Jude's Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 9:50AMYou’ve all heard the old saying “Don’t change horses in the middle of the stream.” Well, right in the middle of the stream I have to make some changes.
Angel Tree gives to kids in need Wednesday, January 19, 2011 @ 12:37AMThe Salvation Army has two different Christmas charities, an angel tree program and a money collection program with bell ringers and red kettles scattered across the country, collecting money and “doing the most good” for needy individuals throughout the country.
Christmas shopping season leaves local retailers merry Wednesday, January 12, 2011 @ 12:50PMDecent weather and a strong farm economy helped boost Christmas season sales for local retailers here in December. Stores reported a nice bump over the holidays and into the new year.
Memories of mom’s haircuts Monday, January 10, 2011 @ 7:47AMMemories while preparing for mother's birthday.
Angel Tree gives to kids in need Saturday, January 8, 2011 @ 12:43AMThe Salvation Army has two different Christmas charities, an angel tree program and a money collection program with bell ringers and red kettles scattered across the country, collecting money and “doing the most good” for needy individuals throughout the country.
Dog that touched many hearts, served as grand marshal, passes away Thursday, January 6, 2011 @ 5:55AMGeri Krolicki lost a big part of her family over the weekend when she had to put down her beloved dog, Muffy.
Christmas shopping season leaves local retailers merry Wednesday, January 5, 2011 @ 3:20PMDecent weather and a strong farm economy helped boost Christmas season sales for local retailers here in December. Stores reported a nice bump over the holidays and into the new year.
tinyprints - An Inspiration for the New Year Sunday, January 2, 2011 @ 10:36PMAs my friends have gotten married and started having kids, I’ve been subject to a new phenomenon. It’s the annual wave of Christmas cards. If your experience is anything like mine, you have 25, maybe more of these cards propped up around your house… at least for a few more days.
Damaged, returned cards blamed on cheap envelopes Friday, December 31, 2010 @ 3:30AMThe U.S. Postal Service is blaming cheap envelopes for a spate of damaged Christmas cards this holiday season.
Merry Christmahanakwanzaka! Or, The Minefield of Holiday Greetings Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 11:43AMI hope everyone has been having a nice holiday season. Whatever you celebrate. Which brings me to an interesting subject: the PC-ness of the holidays and the awkward hilarity that ensues. I’m not really talking about whether you say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays or whatever. It’s more about how I’m an idiot. I have [...]
Retailers see mixed results from their pre-holiday sales Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 10:17AMRetailers had mixed feelings about sales in the run-up to Christmas with some seeing an upturn in takings and others continuing to struggle in the current tough economic climate.
Angel Tree gives to kids in need Wednesday, December 29, 2010 @ 12:53AMThe Salvation Army has two different Christmas charities, an angel tree program and a money collection program with bell ringers and red kettles scattered across the country, collecting money and “doing the most good” for needy individuals throughout the country.
Shoppers hunt for bargains Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 11:46PMA combination of gift card redeemers and other bargain hunters were out in full force Monday, pushing post-holiday sales further to attractive levels for some Evansville area retailers.
Remember When: A community review Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 7:40PMDeaths: Roy A. Ambrose, 79, Connersville, Ind., died Dec. 7, 2000; Leslie Ann Coldsmith, Parker, Colo., died Dec. 9, 2000; Timmothy C. Cummings, Sr., 46, Platte City, Mo., died Dec. 6, 2000; Archie William Dearinger, 79, Basehor, died Dec. 6, 2000; Esther Mae Kemler Lohman, 78, Grandview, Wash., died Dec. 11, 2000; Laura T. Smith, 63, died Dec. 6, 2000, in Tonganoxie; Johnnie Edward Tucking, 89 ...
Through the eyes of a child Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 2:24PMWhen Phyllis Bass was young in the 1930s, black girls received white dolls to play with for Christmas.
One stop, two shops Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 9:28AMThere are 18 more days left until Christmas and if you have yet to complete your shopping, there is one location you need to remember: 1430 Pelham Road South. There you’ll find two stores and the prefect gift for anyone left on your list.
'Twas the day after Boxing Day in Sault Ste. Marie Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 5:30AMDolores Guzzo is ready for Christmas 2011. The retired CIBC personal banker stocked up on Christmas cards, wrapping paper and five spools of red and green ribbon during Boxing Day sales at Station Mall Monday.[...]
York County shoppers look for after-Christmas deals Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 1:36AMShopping at Walmart, Target, Kohl's and JCPenney, Rose Colville of New Freedom came away Sunday with a pair of khakis for $3.49 and exchanged a pair of slippers -- received as a gift -- for two pairs of pants and two shirts.
Writers on the Range: The way mom used to make them Tuesday, December 28, 2010 @ 1:09AMI always tell people that my husband married me for my mother's brownies. She was famous for them. When she died, I listed the Rebekahs as one of her organizations. A member kindly told me that she was not actually a member, but Copyright 2010 Summit Daily News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Summit Daily ...
Post-holiday shoppers in Anderson not stopped by snow, church Monday, December 27, 2010 @ 9:16PMSnow on the ground and church sermons did not stop shoppers scouting for after-Christmas sales.
Gifts worth keeping Monday, December 27, 2010 @ 12:11AMArea retailers report post-holiday shoppers are laid-back and happy, returns are running slow and people are most interested in the clearance discounts on holiday items and spending gift cards. On South Seminary Street merchants saw good traffic and consumer spending on Sunday. “We are having very good traffic because it’s Sunday and people are still spending time on the street, eating at the ...
Shoppers brave the malls for day-after-Christmas deals Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ 9:35PMLocally and nationally, 2010 seems to be one of the best holiday seasons for retailers since 2006.
Artist helps Hallmark with greetings, season after season Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ 2:13AMEven before Christmas arrived, Hallmark, like a fashion house, was hard at work on next year's line of greeting cards.
"PAP" Foundation will continue Lester Cline's work Saturday, December 25, 2010 @ 11:05AMYou can't talk to anyone who knew Lester Cline without hearing how generous the Shippensburg man was in his life.