Whatever your holiday budget, you won’t feel Scrooge-like for long when shopping in Michigan’s most over-the-top holiday destinations.
Just be prepared for the unexpected when exploring the towns of Christmas and Holly on streets such as Jingle Bell Lane. Jokester street actors may haul you off to pick-pocket school. Or snow might fall on your head [...]

One in four people who ran up debt last Christmas are still repaying the bill, a survey has shown.
Four out of 10 people used credit cards or other forms of borrowing to meet festive costs last year, according to price website Savebuckets.com.
But only 29% of these people had managed to clear their debt during January, [...]

Nintendo says that Wii production is at an all-time high, but that massive consumer demand means it still might not be able to satisfy all punters hoping to get their hands on one this holiday.
“Nintendo has continually raised the production levels of the Wii hardware,” said Reggie Fils-Aime, the company’s US president.
“We’re now producing 2.4 [...]

All the modern computer systems and past performance reports in the world cannot prepare retailers or shoppers for what to expect for the 2008 holiday shopping season.
An unusual series of events have combined to create a very uncertain environment on both sides of the cash register.
Shoppers have money. While much has been made [...]

A new survey has revealed that less than three quarters of the kids in Britain know that Christmas is celebrated to mark the birth of Jesus Christ.
Some kids even believe that Father Christmas, or Santa Claus, was born on the December 25.
The survey led by www.youngpoll.com has revealed that 11 per cent of the youngsters [...]

A celebration and convention are being planned in Cleveland to mark the 25th anniversary of the classic yuletide movie “A Christmas Story,” organizers said.
A Christmas Story House & Museum is orchestrating the events, which are to take place Nov. 28 and 29.
Cleveland is where many exterior scenes of the movie were shot and [...]

SANTA CLAUS, Ind. - The grandsons of two of the more famous men to don Santa Claus suits plan to meet Sunday in this southern Indiana town to sign and dedicate a newly created oath for the jolly gift-givers.
Charles Howard of Albion, N.Y., a famed Macy’s Day Parade Santa, and Jim Yellig, who became [...]

The 2008 Christmas Book was unveiled today by luxury retailer Neiman Marcus in Dallas. The 82nd edition of this world-renowned book continues Neiman Marcus’s longstanding tradition of offering its customers the ultimate in awe-inspiring gifts.
This year’s edition of the Christmas Book caters to a broad range of consumer tastes and interests with gifts sure to [...]