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The future of security in Germany

by David Brancaccio
Dec 22, 2016
The Berlin site of Monday's attack has reopened.
Visitors walk through the reopened Breitscheidplatz Christmas market, only a short distance from where a truck plowed into the market, killing 12 people and injuring dozens. 
Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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On the avenues, holiday windows with attitude

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Dec 20, 2016
Manhattan department stores update window displays to lace nostalgia with attitude.
People wearing Santa Claus hats walk in Times Square on December 24, 2015 in New York City.
Kena Betancur/Getty Images
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Christmas gifts were all about grown-ups, in post-war America

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 16, 2016
Sarah Archer explores Christmas gift giving in post-war America in her book, "Midcentury Christmas."
A holiday advertisement for Westinghouse, 1950s. Reproduced with permission.
CBS Corporation
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Post-war economic prosperity increased America’s interest in Christmas decor

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 2, 2016
Sarah Archer explores economic prosperity in post-war America in her book, "Midcentury Christmas."
A New Year's card issued in the USSR between the 1960s and 1970s.
Courtesy Sarah Archer
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Make Cyber Monday Great Again

by Kai Ryssdal
Nov 28, 2016
Is Trump's red hat ornament: naughty or nice?
Official Donald J. Trump Shop
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Christmas time during WWII, Americans were encouraged to ‘Make do and Mend’

by Daisy Palacios
Nov 24, 2016
Sarah Archer explores the material culture of Christmas in post-war America in her book, "Midcentury Christmas."
A Office for Emergency Management War Production Board poster and a window display at Marshall Field & Company, circa 1943.
National Archives and Records Administration, Chicago History Museum
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Retailers already worrying about holiday sales

by Reema Khrais
Jul 4, 2016
Peak shopping season is still months away, but retailers' ordering is all but done.
The manager of "Black Market, a Los Angeles boutique, said she recently finished placing orders for the holiday season.
Reema Khrais/Marketplace
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For studios, Christmas Day is for opening movies

by Amy Scott
Dec 25, 2015
The December 25th movie release has a long history.
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Some tire of tinsel, others see a new way to shine

by Marketplace Contributor
Dec 24, 2015
Meet the people behind tinsel.
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What it's like to be Santa Claus in NYC

by Clare Toeniskoetter
Dec 24, 2015
Santa Claus is everywhere this time of year ... what's it like to be him?
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