Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - How to Tap in to the Holiday Publicity Bonanza

If your product or service can be given as a gift, a publicitywindfall awaits at the end of the year - but you need to startworking in June. Each December, media outlets cover the newest,the hottest and the most unusual Holiday gifts. The reportersassigned to develop these pieces typically depend... Read More

50 Ways to Acknowledge Your Employees Before and After Labor Day

For most people, Labor Day symbolizes the end of summer, back to school, and another long weekend. Deep down however, when we stop for a moment and reflect as we often do on bank holidays, we all know that Labor Day is, in reality, meant to signify a time to... Read More

Quick and Easy Holiday Decorating

You're tired. You've worked hard all week. Suddenly, the kids shout gleefully... "let's decorate!" ... in anticipation of the coming holiday. The "let's not" is miraculously not permitted to escape your lips. Instead you take a deep breath while you wonder about how this decorating could become an easier and... Read More

Ten Tips for a Real Holiday Season

Holidays and the start of a new year inevitably make us think about how we can improve ourselves, and have the life we want in the future. We make resolutions - I must lose weight, I will save more money - and then lose our way. That's because we aren't... Read More

The Holiday Shopping Experience - Rewarding or Traumatic?

Picture this scenario! It's December 24th, the day of Christmas Eve. On this day you should be relaxing, enjoying time with family and thinking of all the precious memories you have created throughout the year.No, wait! It's the last day of shopping before Christmas and you haven't even started to... Read More

Making Time to Write this Holiday Season

As the countdown to Christmas day continues, most everyone is naturally all wrapped up in preparing for the big day (and the eve of the big day and the day after the big day?).Whether it's shopping, baking, or hosting holiday gatherings, you are probably engaged in time-consuming activities related to... Read More

10 Tips for More Meaningful Holidays

No matter how many lists you make, cards you send, gifts you buy, or packages you wrap, there will be things you intended to do this holiday season that won't get done. If you do manage to get everything done, but you're too tired to enjoy the season, everyone suffers.Consider... Read More

10 Steps to a Relaxing Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! Family, friends, good food ? and no presents to buy. To make it your best holiday ever, consider these organizing tips:? Choose your preferred style: formal with everyone dressed up and using their best manners ? or a more informal relaxed style. If you've invited... Read More

Going Solo on Valentines Day: Advice For Singles

The stores are decorated in candy hearts, flowers and bears. Every TV or radio commercial reminds you that it's time to remember your sweetheart on this special day for lovers. Your feelings range from sadness, to revulsion to anger. What's a single person to do? The following suggestions are designed... Read More

Tips For Singles on Surviving (And Enjoying) The Holidays

Here you are, facing the holiday season alone. Have you been thinking about?*how alone and lonely you feel*excuses you can give family members as to why you can't come this year*what friends may be available to spend those long days with*how another year has passed and you are (still) single*how... Read More

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Kansas City Star

What is Labor Day? - An Explanation of the National Holiday
Damego
Labor Day is a United States federal holiday which is observed on the first Monday of September. It started unofficially on September 5, 1882 in New York ...
This Labor Day may lack that holiday feelCharlotte Observer
Politicizing Labor Day: DOL's Solis Uses Holiday Address As Propaganda and ...NewsBusters (blog)
For some, Labor Day is just another day in the trenchesMinneapolis Star Tribune
Headlines News (blog) -Kansas City Star -World Magazine
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DUI Patrols Over the Holiday Weekend
KOLO
With more special events and holidays around the corner, they say you can expect to see more of these patrols. "Drinking and driving is against the law," ...

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New York Daily News

Gov. Paterson: Mosque talk should take week off to honor Jewish, Muslim ...
New York Daily News
... Paterson suggested that New Yorkers honor this week's intersection of Jewish and Muslim holidays with the September 11 anniversary to take a one-week ...

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WVNS-TV

Police and Others Busy this Labor Day Holiday
WVNS-TV
But many people we spoke with say, working on the holiday is nothing new to them. "Usually every holiday, but like I said, if you're going to work retail ...

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Astros Hate Holidays, Lose to Cubs 5-4
The Crawfish Boxes (blog)
More photos ยป Brian Kersey - AP about 2 hours ago: Houston Astros' Matt Downs, left, ...

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Jewish Communities Around the World Welcome Approaching High Holidays
Chabad.org
As the High Holidays approach, Chabad-Lubavitch centers around the world are urging Jews everywhere to participate in a season of ...

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KOMO News

Seattle makes do with yet another soggy holiday
KOMO News
As is par for the course this summer, it's raining on a holiday in Seattle. But some hearty locals aren't letting a few raindrops get in ...
Seattle completes rare holiday soggy hat trickKOMO News (blog)

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Babble (blog)

What Labor Day Means to Me
Babble (blog)
Labor Day is one of America's oldest holidays, having been celebrated longer than Mother's Day or Father's Day, according to The New York Times. ...
Labor Day films, facts and moreGainesville Sun
Advertiser editorial: Celebrate value of honest workMontgomery Advertiser
A wee bit of Labor Day historyNorthJersey.com

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Labor Day No Holiday At Lake Delhi This Year
KCRG
Lake residents say on past holidays, many people would drive around the lake -- or better yet, bring a boat or a fishing pole. ...

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