christmas shopping

Counting today, there are only six more shopping days until Christmas. The final week of shopping is always fun as "the clock is ticking". But what is really fun are the final hours of shopping.

I guess you really can get ANYTHING on Amazon.

We all have them, usually we're related to them: people that are nearly impossible to buy Christmas presents for. I don't know this for a fact, but I would bet one of the most common reason people dread Christmas shopping is the anxiety involved in finding gifts for hard-to-buy-for people. What do you do? Here are a few ideas that might help.

If we keep it up, there will be specific names for every single day in the holiday shopping season. It starts with Black Friday, then there's Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. I also heard something this year about "Green Monday," but I'm not sure what that is, exactly. The latest day name that I read about made me laugh. "Panic Saturday," the last Saturday before Chris

Attorney General Lisa Madigan today released her annual Safe Shopping Guide highlighting hazardous toys, children’s products and household items that have been recalled over the past year to help Illinois families ensure their home is a safe for the holidays.

The holiday shopping season "officially" begins on Black Friday, but plenty of people get started early. In fact, I know some people that buy Christmas gifts all year around, which means that they end up with a pretty stress-free December. (I wish I could plan ahead like that!) The results of a new holiday shopping survey have been released by online marketplace Rakuten, and I thought th

A much anticipated event for early Christmas shoppers for over four decades returns to Palmyra High School Saturday, November 8.

Have your kids mentioned anything for their Christmas lists, yet? What do they want for Christmas? Toys"R"Us has put together its 2014 Hot Toy List, which includes the "Fabulous 15," the best new toy introductions of the year that are expected to be at the top of kids' wish lists. Toys"R"Us says that by releasing their list well in advance of the holiday season, they

While it is still too hot outside for most people to get into the holiday spirit, new research suggests that more people are already trying to beat the Black Friday rush by getting a jump start on their holiday shopping.