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    Alys Brangwin has a huge talent: I celebrate Buy Nothing Day every year by putting up the Christmas decorations and making the house glitter with lights. Buy Nothing Day is for those ... more »
    deitybox: Please help out a sheltered Jewish girl -- after spending the majority of my adult years living in Israel I need to know the holiday gift-giving etiqu... more »
    randomnessish: December 26th is just as bad as Black Friday. Seriously, everything is mobbed with people trying to return shit. I recall one harrowing experience w... more »
    Dorilys: December 6th is the night that Saint Nick comes! (Tiny consumption climax) more »
    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: December 25th, 2008: I open the one gift Mr. Foibles has for me. It is a square box tied with white satin ribbon. The box is that wonderful shade of r... more »
    belle TL: In happier news, December 5th is also Repeal Day, aka the anniversary of when Prohibition was ended: [www.repealday.org] more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: I consider Black Friday to be an extension of my birthday. It's the day when all the retailers get together to make sure that I get everything I want... more »
    BetteD: December 21: BetteD's birthday! Anyone who's anyone is invited to my house to escape relatives, smoke weed, drink wine/beer/booze/water, watch Fast T... more »
    morninggloria: I participated in Cybar Monday this year by buying this for my brother. [www.shopplasticland.com] My brother is an adult. I am the best sister in t... more »
    TheFormerJuneBronson: They're trying hard, but I have to say that despite having money to spend and people to buy for, I'm just not feeling anything that anyplace has to of... more »
    TransFat: Cyber Monday, can't trust that day, Cyber Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way Oh Monday morning, you gave me more reasons to avoid human comp... more »
    Penny: I have to say, I feel downright gleeful about how little I have to buy. My family pulls names and our limit is 100 bucks. Easy cheesy. And more mon... more »
    femme-bot: Do people actually DO this stuff? I come from a family of hermits/people haters. None of us really shop from nov-jan. We talk about "skipping xmas" ev... more »
    Penny: I sat in a meeting this morning to review our BF weekend (it sucked--the only winners were big box and Aeropostale, apparently). I think that Cyber M... more »
    Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): Christmas Eve = Penultimate Pie Day more »
  • #advertcalendar

    The 9 Days Of Ridiculous Holiday Marketing

    Today is Cyber Monday — the online version of Black Friday — leading us to wonder if there's any day in November or December without some bullshit holiday benchmark attached to it. After the jump, eight more offenders. More »
  • #stickyfingers

    Tough Times: Is Shoplifting Ever Okay?

    With the holidays fast approaching and the economy continuing to get worse, police are reporting a 10 to 20 percent increase in shoplifting across the country. How should retailers deal with this increase?