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We're still not sick of Christmas music, believe it or not

by Tony Wagner
Dec 24, 2018
Holiday music is more popular than ever, but that doesn't mean it's easy to make jingle bells rock.
The brothers in Hanson — Zac, Taylor and Isaac — are reissuing their 1997 holiday album "Snowed In" this year. Their second holiday album, "Finally it's Christmas," came out in 2017.
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Can there be TOO many Hallmark Christmas movies?

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 21, 2018
We do the numbers.
Danielle Panabaker plays Joy Holbrook in "Christmas Joy," a 2018 original Hallmark movie.
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Amazon tried out a new product this holiday season: real Christmas trees

by Molly Wood
Dec 21, 2018
And it sold out of them.
A truck drops a load of freshly harvested Christmas trees at a tree farm in Philomath, Oregon, in 2017.
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National Returns Day peaks for the first time before Christmas

by Ben Bradford
Dec 20, 2018
UPS estimates it will process a record 1.5 million Black Friday returns before Dec. 25.
Christmas came early this year ... for the returns department, that is.
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In your hunt for holiday deals, don’t forget the Christmas tree

by Adrian Ma
Dec 18, 2018
Christmas trees are in short supply, but deals are still doable.
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Tips for a successful office Secret Santa

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 13, 2018
Gift giving at the office can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be
A man dressed as Father Christmas aka Santa Claus 
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Holiday jobs outlook full of good cheer

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 14, 2018
Seasonal hiring likely to be so strong, employers will vie to fill jobs.
Amazon's 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Kent, Washington.
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U.S.-China trade tensions worry Christmas exporters

by Jennifer Pak
Aug 7, 2018
Most imported Christmas decorations in the U.S. are made in China and trade fears loom.
Suppliers say that the cost of making Christmas products has gone up — even without U.S.-China trade tensions. 
Jennifer Pak/Marketplace
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Let's do the numbers on Hallmark's Christmas movie empire

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 27, 2017
Before there was Neflix's "A Christmas Prince," there was Hallmark.
Move over "A Christmas Prince," there is a new prince in town. This weekend, Hallmark will air one of its 2017 holiday movies: "Royal New Year's Eve." 
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Inside New York City's 24-hour Christmas tree stands

by Ryan Kailath
Dec 22, 2017
A few days before Christmas, our reporter sets out to find a tree for the office.
Danny Abbott hangs lights for the night crew at Soho Trees in New York City.
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