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Some of the customs, such as gift-giving, may have influenced Christmas traditions.
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Although Thanksgiving and Christmas may show up at retailers earlier each year, it seems Halloween may have to fool Mother Nature in order to bump up its roll-out schedule.
The decision was made to dissuade people from giving pets for Christmas which may be unwanted later.
But the bigger fight over a budget package is yet to come and may be resolved by Christmas.
The problem in the short term is that the European autumn consumer slowdown may herald a chilly Christmas season.
That spanking new table saw or nail gun under the Christmas tree may deliver quite the thrill to the handyman in your house.
It may be a merry Christmas for some homeowners, now that they are able to refinance their mortgages due to plummetting interest rates.
This autumn, a second generation will be coming out, and Adobe and Microsoft have produced software to make the type more readable CoolType and ClearType respectively so the market may take off this Christmas.
Marketing requirements in Australia and South Africa may demand five Tests over Christmas and New Year.
There is a real possibility here that European Christmas phone season may have been derailed by the economic turmoil.
The presents were not wrapped and may have been taken in Christmas sacks.
Rick Dungey, Public Relations Manager for The National Christmas Tree Association, says higher Christmas tree sales may be due to millennials who are more apt to buy a real tree than a fake one.
And may actually want one for Christmas.
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On a day when thousands of people around the world are preparing to explain how a web cam works to elderly relatives in a vain attempt to wish them a merry Christmas, some may just go straight to the old-fashioned use of a telephone.
If sales do not respond soon to interest-rate cuts, some retailers may resort to deep discounts as Christmas approaches.
But a narrowly averted strike over pay by airline staff in the run-up to Christmas delayed, and may block, the switch.
Although it may not rank with Thanksgiving or Christmas in holiday status, Halloween is big business for certain industries, including the candy and costume businesses.
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This means, of course, that some buyers may not receive the device until after Christmas.
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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.
Christmas in the credit crunch may add to family tensions, and another survey, published on Wednesday, found relationship counselling had risen as the downturn has started to bite.
Buying a high definition TV may cost as much as an iPad this Christmas.
However, the message from the retail industry so far is that Christmas sales were acceptable, and may have been a little higher than last year.
She said that some may survive, thanks to last-minute Christmas shopping, but that others would be hit by the quarterly rent day, which falls on Christmas Day, as well as fierce competition and pressure to keep profit margins low.
The change may come in February or perhaps as early as Christmas.
Some banks, however, have warned they will deal in euros only from January, so you may want to get rid of your money before Christmas.
There was a slight rise in cases of flu over Christmas, however, the real number may be higher as many doctor's surgeries closed on bank holidays.
Ira Epstein, director of the Ira Epstein division of The Linn Group, cited quantitative easing and early expectations for improvement in Christmas-related sales as factors that may help commodities.
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