During Christmas week all retail surveys I read became pessimistic about holiday sales this year.
During Christmas, the government also runs several programmes to make overseas workers feel appreciated.
The local authority changed the time in Warwick District to 01:00 until 06:30 GMT during Christmas holidays.
There are as many stores open in this neighborhood during Christmas as there are in the aftermath of a hurricane.
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Residents in an East Yorkshire village who were flooded during Christmas have been told it may take weeks before waters subside.
In conclusion, when I went down to Brazil to visit my parents during Christmas I was astonished by the high cost of living.
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Showing up to spring training that early is like a high-school kid going back to class during Christmas break because he just felt like reviewing the Franco-Prussian War.
There are typically fewer rail travellers during Christmas week than at normal times, but the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said people would still make 20 million rail journeys between 23 December and 3 January.
During Christmas week, the president-elect of Ecuador, Rafael Correa (he is taking the oath of office on January 15, 2007) visited Chavez and upon his return tensions between Ecuador and Colombia increased as Ecuador demanded that Colombia stop fumigations on the coca fields that border with Ecuador.
Remarkably, video game sales dropped back to 2005 levels during the Christmas sales period.
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Several new Asha 200 and Asha 300 series models were ramping up during the Christmas quarter.
The milestone visitor crossed the threshold of the attraction on Sunday afternoon during a Christmas concert.
Doctors' surgeries close or curtail hours during the Christmas season, and hospitals are more short-staffed than usual.
The 76-year-old suffered a fall while practising cross-country skiing during the Christmas holidays.
One day you have to come and visit us during the Christmas holidays because the house is really pretty.
Football matches played during the Christmas truce of World War I could be recreated for next year's centenary celebrations.
The full list of species recorded during the Christmas Bird Race can be viewed on the Manx BirdLife website.
"It wasn't our fault, but during the Christmas holidays it's not easy to do a transaction, " Varney told BBC Sport.
Research suggests there is a fall in suicides during the Christmas period followed by an increase just after the New Year.
Perhaps the biggest question for the global economy may now be how deep into malaise the EU consumers dive during the Christmas.
Nearly 87% of its flights during the Christmas season arrived on time.
For the time being, however, the two companies have to concentrate on selling as many systems as they can during the Christmas season.
Target will be counting on those loyal shoppers to spend during the Christmas season, which is when the company generates the most cash.
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At the High Court in Glasgow, the woman told how she had been at the Drimsynie Estate during a Christmas away-day from her work.
Room number 12, by the way, was the favorite of Craig Claiborne, who came to Le Village for many years during the Christmas holidays.
Extra ambulance staff are on standby this New Year's Eve after paramedics saw numbers of callouts increase during this Christmas compared with last year.
And the former Leeds Tykes winger admitted he and his players are determined to set a platform for Falcons success during the Christmas period.
The big push, he expects, will come during the Christmas season, thanks to all those people with a long gift list and so little time.
During the Christmas selling season we stayed at a nearby hotel and dedicated our lives to servicing the throngs that would visit the toy department.
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Pope Benedict XVI has called for a political solution to the violence in Syria during his Christmas message, the Urbi et Orbi, in Vatican City.
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