The first featured a pilgrimage to the resting place of Buddy Holly whose untimely death was later declared in American Pie as the day the music died.

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"Online's piece of the holiday pie is growing every day, and all the key dates are growing with it, " Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru told Associated Press news agency.

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Ms. Reid and her dozen assistants also recently experimented with several Christmas beers, brewing a peppermint stout as well as gingerbread, raisin and apple-pie ales that might one day make their way to store shelves.

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Make some room for pie by adding a morning workout to your day.

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As we celebrate Independence Day with hot dogs, hamburger and apple pie, we might pause to tell our personal stories of immigration to America, celebrating the uniquely American character of ambition, hope, daring, tolerance, and vision that will ensure the continued liberty and prosperity of our diverse peoples.

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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.

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