Robin LaMonte, founder of New Jersey-based Rooms Revamped, which specializes in decorating indoors, has seen interest at the holidays increase as well.
Like Punxsutawney Phil's shadowgazing, we can rightfully expect a new Call of Duty game to be announced annually and available at the holidays.
We all like to think about what we might receive at the holidays, and most of us are fortunate enough to take gifts themselves for granted.
"Candy is with us at very special moments we have candy at movies, we have candy at Easter, and we have candy at significant holidays like Valentine's Day, " Kimmerle says.
The Envy X2, which was first demonstrated at the IFA tech show in Berlin that I attended last week, will be available by the holidays at an as-yet unknown price.
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School pupils in Clackmannanshire could be set to have their summer holidays at a different time.
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Even Kiltow's memories of his childhood holidays at a mountain cabin outside Portland revolve around garbage.
He plans to caucus for Obama but will be spending his holidays at home, out of state.
Ashwin Kumar from the watchdog Passenger Focus said the works had caused disruption, particularly for leisure users at weekends and holidays.
Most state schools in England have three long terms with holidays at Christmas, Easter and in the summer, as well as half-term breaks.
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Senior members of the family, with the Queen herself in the chair, got together twice a year, during the holidays at Balmoral and Sandringham.
Many of the dead were children from surrounding villages who had gathered for school holidays at Sissano lagoon, which took the full brunt of the ten-metre (33-foot) wave.
Her novel "To The Lighthouse" is said to have drawn on memories of her childhood holidays at St Ives and the view of Godrevy Island and its beacon.
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This line-up of holidays at the beginning of May gives people almost ten days off of work (a perk that might inspire envy in many industrious people in the US).
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The Connors family enjoyed top-of-the-range cars and expensive holidays at the expense of their victims who lived in squalid caravans on traveller sites as they moved around the country working on their paving and patio businesses.
So are their benefits: in 1995, 96% of full-time workers at large and mid-sized companies received paid holidays and 77% had employer-subsidised health insurance, whereas among part-timers at those companies only 50% had paid holidays and 19% health insurance.
At times of national holidays, Mr Punch is regarded as someone who ought to be there.
Others become less productive at work during the holidays because they simply lose motivation.
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Another reason employees see a dip in productivity at work during the holidays: Colleagues and managers may be on vacation.
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Most people exchange gifts at year-end holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah.
Combine it with the complimentary salad served to every table and take in the view of stunningly expensive cars that whizz past, especially late at night on national holidays.
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Comedian Les Dennis enjoyed a break at Haven's Hafan y Mor site - the former Butlin's holiday camp at Pwllheli - where he spent many of his childhood holidays and won a talent competition at the age of 14.
Book your holidays (or at least diarise them) at the beginning of the year.
While the figure always rises ahead of the holidays, analysts at Capital Economics noted it was a healthy sign.
For musicians who tour for months at a time, the holidays are the perfect time of year to reconnect with loved ones.
Britt Beemer, chairman of America's Research Group, told CNNMoney.com he thinks only 38 percent of Americans will shop at a mall during the holidays.
The company looked at how the most recent holidays, from October last year onwards, impacted virtual goods revenues both during each holiday week and during the holiday itself.
The growth of gaming means that the phone lines offering help or hints are rarely entirely quiet though the most popular playing times are around 6pm at night and during school holidays.
Most demonstrators are middle-class people, he says, who prefer to protest at weekends or on public holidays and eschew violence (he receives frequent calls from the police telling him to stay away altogether).
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