Ultimately, Chapman and Stuart said they think the uniqueness of New York around the holidays will make the Pinstripe Bowl a worthwhile trip.

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There's no place like New York for the holidays -- the tree at Rockefeller Center, the decorated store windows, the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall.

WSJ: Proliferators on Fifth Avenue

To combine cooking instruction and holiday travel look no further than Jenni Muir's beautifully illustrated "Cooking School Holidays" (New York, Abbeville Press, 2004).

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Jody Bear, of Valerie Wilson Travel in New York City, says safari travel to Africa is big during the holidays.

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The jury at the Circuit Criminal Court in Dublin was told that Hawkins embezzled the money to fund a lavish lifestyle, including luxury holidays, cars, shopping at designer boutiques in New York and buying 22 horses.

CNN: Story highlights

Since the CME raised the margin downpayment required of gold derivative traders by one-quarter early in August ( widely reported, but hey, pundits take holidays too) leverage across-the-board in New York gold futures stands at 25-to-1.

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David Pogue of the New York Times was asked to join NPR to answer questions from callers regarding consumer electronics gifts for the Holidays.

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It's a social that happens in major cities like New York and Chicago, and all over the country - where single Jewish people who are lonely on the holidays all get together and socialize.

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