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• Retailers' December seen as among the worst in 40 years
  Sales numbers coming out tomorrow are expected to show declines for almost everybody but Wal-Mart. Despite discounts, January could be bad too. Just how grim was the Christmas season for the nation's retailers? The bad news comes Thursday -- at least officially -- when major chain stores report December sales figures.
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• Best-selling "God" author faces plagiarism claim
  AP - Neale Donald Walsch, best-selling author of "Conversations with God," said Tuesday that he unwittingly passed off another writer's Christmas anecdote as his own in a recent blog post.
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• Have yourself a merry Facebook Christmas?
  CNET - Did we turn to Facebook for Christmas cheer, or to cheer up Christmas?
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• Land office weighs $10 annual lease of Christmas Mountains with property owners association
  Some West Texas property owners and their guests could gain fishing, hiking and horseback-riding privileges in the Christmas Mountains — a state-owned, 9,269-acre tract — for a lump sum of $10 a year.
  www.statesman.com
• Churches, schools can sell Christmas trees on grounds again
  Christmas tree sales can once again return to churches, schools and clubs in Murfreesboro, but those raising funds should expect fees and regulations.
  www.dnj.com

Blog and News Digest

• Sainsbury's surprises with best-ever Christmas
  ...the chief executive, said the chain pulled in 22.6 million shoppers at Christmas, with its "best-ever Christmas performance completing a good...
  www.guardian.co.uk
• Worst Christmas Ever
  discount stores for liberal yuppies, Target and Costco. Thanks to American consumers and their new-found thrift, Christmas next year has been cancelled. Holiday Sales Were Dismal, New Retail Figures Show [New York Times]
  wonkette.com
• Christmas sales in US disappoint
  US retailers including Wal-Mart saw disappointing sales in the key Christmas trading period, as consumers reined in spending.
  news.bbc.co.uk
• Colonel Carter's Christmas and The Romance of an Old-Fashioned
  Language: English...
  www.gutenberg.org
• one last christmas post
  ...of one more piece of Christmas kitsch, especially one that someone, at some point, obviously put some love into. See you next Christmas, little...
  www.shelterrific.com
• The President-elect's surprise visit to a Mess Hall on Christmas Day
  W. Ward, base inspector, Base Inspector's Office, HQBN, also enjoyed a greeting from Obama while eating Christmas dinner with his family at...
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• Barack Obama’s Wii Sports Christmas revealed!
  He’s our next leader, an Apple lover, and today he can add one more impressive accolade to his resume: He got a Wii for Christmas.
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• Some villages could not celebrate Christmas because of famine
  Some villages in Chin state could not celebrate Christmas 2008 because of famine, caused by bamboo flowering. A report said that the 80 per...
  myamarnews.blogspot.com