The week that ended just before Christmas Day (week eight) saw a 53 percent increase in sales.
But the United States has independent intelligence verifying that AbdulMutallab met with al-Awlaki somewhere in southern Yemen before the Christmas Day bombing attempt, according to a U.S. security official with knowledge of the intelligence.
Near Christmas, volunteers put on a dazzling display of lights and, on the day before Christmas Eve, The Ship Inn cooks up a traditional dish of stargazy pie in honour of local lad Tom Bawcock, who supposedly ended a village famine by braving storms to land a bounty of fish.
The day before Christmas, 2004, a terrible tsunami struck the coastline of Indian Ocean countries.
'Twas the day before Christmas and all through the floor, few traders were trading, before walking out the door.
It's the last debating day before Christmas for their lordships (from 11am).
The bonds forged then continue to this day and were about the only positive message I took with me as I left the town the day before Christmas.
The director, Allen Baron, also stars as Frankie Bono, who arrives in New York the day before Christmas to do a job on a mid-level mobster and gets tangled in a skein of annoying practicalities.
Optimists in both camps still talked about how they would reach out to the other side when it was all over, like the World War I infantrymen who played soccer on Christmas Day before going back to their trenches to try to kill each other again.
Many High Street retailers had reported a last-minute surge in shoppers the last weekend before Christmas, and bumper Boxing Day sales, following what had otherwise been a fairly quiet run-up to Christmas, not helped by the rain.
While many holiday revellers spend Christmas tucking in to a bird with all the trimmings, Sydney locals eat from a cold menu of seafood and prawns before heading to the beach on Christmas Day.
Meanwhile, the RMT has announced a third day of rail strikes before Christmas.
Meanwhile, neighbouring Carmarthenshire council is to offer free parking from Boxing Day to New Year's Day, but not before Christmas.
BBC: Free parking in Pembrokeshire to boost Christmas shopping
It was a jubilant finale to a long winter for England and their 3-2 series win provided consolation for Test and one-day series defeats in India before Christmas and a 1-0 reverse in the Test series in the Caribbean.
The generally collegial tone had been a comfort to commuters, many of whom remember a three-day strike that snarled the city just before Christmas 2005.
In addition, Anthony, who had missed the previous two games after suffering a hyperextended left knee on Christmas Day, was considered a gametime decision before opting to play.
Hakkinen tested the car in Rovaniemi on Wednesday and is planning one more day of practice before taking a break for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
The two grief-stricken women donned the Santa outfit on Christmas day and handed out the presents, fulfilling Kevin's last wish, before finally bringing him home.
The data tallies with figures from research firm Experian that suggested the number of visits to retail websites rose 86% on Christmas Eve, 71% on Christmas Day and 17% on Boxing Day compared with a year earlier, as many chains began their online sales before Christmas.
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