TAG: christmas
Consumer retail shopping to continue post-Christmas leading up to New Year
BY KATHARINE SKELDON CHARLESTON — The shops are back open now as consumers make their post-Christmas returns and exchanges and take advantage of their gift cards and the stores’ continued sales. The after-Christmas deals was the draw for a Charleston Town Center shopper ...
Fun learning what’s behind Christmas carols
This year I’ve had the words of a few traditional Christmas carols brought to my attention. “Now, bring us some figgy pudding, and bring it out here,” followed by the insistence that the carolers won’t leave until they get some, is a phrase I’ve taken a closer look at ...
Study: WV’s regifting economy is worth $63M
Twenty-nine percent of West Virginians admit to re-gifting or selling unwanted presents. Though 1-in-3 believe it is morally wrong to sell or re-gift. The anticipation of Christmas and the excitement of unwrapping presents never grows old. But, as adults, the charm of the holiday ...
The season of gifts
It’s Christmas Eve, and we find ourselves thinking about gifts. After all, tonight Santa Claus will shimmy down chimneys across the globe, leaving presents wrapped in paper and bows for the good girls and boys. And tonight and tomorrow, families will gather and exchange ...
My Christmas wish book
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a reprint of a commentary Hoppy wrote a few years ago. This time of year always makes me think of the Christmas catalog. I’m not talking about the season-specific sale circulars you still get in the mail, but rather the all-encompassing catalogs that used to come ...