The spring selling season is like Christmas for home-improvement retailers, and this year, Christmas is coming early.

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Christmas is coming, a period of the year where Best Buy makes 60% of its annual profit.

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"Christmas is coming up, there's going to be some bowl games, and politics will be on the back burner except for in the mail, " Dawson said.

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Since the World Championships I have been just chilling and enjoying being lazy and as Christmas is coming, it is a great excuse to party a little!

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The Christmas shopping season is coming !!

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But one of our favorite things is always coming to the base on Christmas Day and having a chance just to meet you, those of you who have families here, and to say thank you for the extraordinary work and service that you guys do each and every day.

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"There's stress and worry all year, but then you add that it's Christmas time, which is all about being with family, and everyone is coming home, but your spouse is still out there pulling triggers and shooting bullets, " said Bill Durdin, who heads the family liaison program for the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, north of San Diego.

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Coming in at number three on the list of computer animation is Arthur Christmas, a recent seasonal film that has some simply wonderful animation and lots of smart humor.

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