This article is presented by Kelly Whalen, Consumerism Commentary staff writer. With only one more day until Christmas you may still be in the market for a few last minute gifts. If you are like me, the idea of driving through traffic and elbowing through crowds to find gifts is not going to bring you any ...

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How Boxing Day started Image from Flickr. In many countries, Dec. 26 is Boxing Day. However, in countries such as Canada, where Boxing Day is a bank holiday, Boxing Day will be observed Monday. That means banks and some other businesses will be closed. Boxing Day, in general, simply refers to the day after Christmas. Boxing Day traditions ...

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Richard Heene gets jail time Image from Flickr. I don't know how it happened, but the day Richard Heene pulled the Balloon Boy prank, everyone in the U.S. heard about it. For hours, "balloon boy," "Falcon Heene," "boy in spacecraft" and other various related phrases were the only ones people were typing into their Google search bars. Richard ...

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Is Christmas a waste? Don't let all of your wrapping paper end up at the dump. Image from Flickr. Christmas is a time of joy, when we get to see loved ones we haven't seen for a while. Christmas in many families is filled with history and tradition. Christmas has a lot of pros, but it also ...

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Restaurant.com is offering a 80% off with the coupon code SANTA, resulting in a $25 “certificate” for just $2. Offer good until end of December 25th, 2009. Despite my initial skepticism about these things, many readers responded that they indeed found these certificates very useful in savings some money. Read their comments here. Here’s ...

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