Stranger in a Strange Land of Wretched Holiday Excess
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The malls are packed -- and the internet is sizzling -- with increasingly desperate "consumers," as the ever-lengthening holiday feeding frenzy reaches its crescendo. What a pitiful tableau. Commentary by Tony Long.
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An absurd premise hampers Peter Carey's latest novel, a herky-jerky affair that lurches between the compelling and the lackadaisical.
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Nearly every year about  this time we get a holiday comedy in which characters celebrate  the season as poorly as possible for 95% of the movie. Then an  epiphany arrives in a nick of time to remind everyone how to  correctly celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Let's call this  the Dysfunctional Christmas Comedy.
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Once again the holiday season is here, and frenzied shoppers have begun scrambling to find interesting and meaningful gifts for the friends and family on their lists.
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In some places, holiday givers are coming up with creative alternatives this season.
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Wii-weary CNET News.com reporter Daniel Terdiman drives 62 miles in search of the impossible-to-find holiday gift.
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(Indianapolis-December 27, 2004) - The holiday nightmare that many air travelers experienced during the past few days isnât over yet.
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If the home-furnishings retailer can't get things right by the holidays, look out below.
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The holiday creates so much pressure that it's a common time for relationships to end.
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Europe is reeling from the waves, not just because of the ever-rising death toll but because of the growing realization that among the dead could likely be several thousand tourists who had traveled to southern Asia for the holidays.
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In the birthplace of Jesus, Muslims and Christians used to celebrate the season in peace. A TIME correspondent recalls holidays past in a troubled land
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Many people are finding themselves cornered by a loquacious stranger, especially one whom theyâre paying.
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What does it take to lure harried Christmas shoppers away from the malls and the prepackaged convenience of an already decorated plastic Christmas tree in a box?
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The holidays have been in the bag for this luxury retailer.
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Frenzied shoppers have given the day after Thanksgiving a sharp-elbowed edge.
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Moviegoers seeking a bit of seasonal entertainment are being offered blood and terror alongside Santa and his reindeer -- much to the horror of U.S. religious groups.
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A Frenchman lost his wife and three children. British honeymooners disappeared. Vacation getaways for Christmas, far from Europe's cold climate, turned into nightmares.