Showing posts with label Christmas gifts to children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas gifts to children. Show all posts

Sunday, December 19

Christmas Shoppers Crowd Stores Last Weekend

The last weekend before Christmas is one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year as people headed out to grab those last minute gifts. Many shoppers were met with big crowds, and in some cases, big sales.
J.C. Penny Supervisor Duane McConnell says, "Last minute it's pretty much whatever's left on the table and as I said the MIP'S, Men In Panic come in here and they just need to go home with something."

But not all shoppers were in panic mode. There were plenty of gifts to choose from, and a lot of it was on sale. Some say they wait till the last minute on purpose.
Shopper Ann Reed says, "I kind of save it up for the week before so I have all week to finish up so I have no pressure no problem."

And at Kmart, some shoppers were just looking for bargains.

One shopper says, "We started back in June my wife and I started in June and we're just out looking for a deal, last minute markdowns."

Over at Target, last minute shoppers were greeted by long lines and busy aisles.

Shopper Miles Eason says, "100 percent doing last minute shopping. I put it off to the last minute and now I have no idea what to get of anyone in my family."

Target says last minute shoppers help make this one of the biggest sales weekends of the year. And while shoppers searched for gifts they say they brought along plenty of patience.

One shopper says, "It's been really hectic trying to get everything done the traffic, but the people have been real nice and everything so it's been great."

And with the stress of trying to find that perfect gift, retailers say their goal is to make the shopping experience as easy as they can.

McConnell says, "There are so many customers in here that we just really try to take care and touch base with each and every one and really try to make it like they're visiting someone's home."

Experts say the final ten days leading up to Christmas account for nearly one-third of total sales for the holiday season.
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Friday, December 17

Christmas Soft discount

Christmas Software discount,
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Monday, December 13

Capital Christmas celebration

It was Christmas caroling to the max as Mariah Carey, Andrea Bocelli and Annie Lennox got into the songs of the season on Sunday at a star-studded holiday concert at the National Building Museum.

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Matthew Morrison, Miranda Cosgrove and Maxwell also were part of this year's Christmas in Washington, an annual special which will air at 8 p.m. ET/PT Friday on TNT. Ellen DeGeneres hosted.

President Obama and Michelle Obama showed up, along with Sasha, Malia and Marian Robinson, the first lady's mother.

A very pregnant-looking Carey, who was the first to perform, said in an interview before the show that the invitation was "an honor." Last month saw the release of her Christmas album, Merry Christmas II You, and this "seemed like the perfect way to highlight this holiday season." The mom-to-be, fittingly, belted out her new Christmas song One Child. Carey, dressed in a festive red sparkling dress with a large bow tied right above her burgeoning baby bump, sang against the backdrop of a group of singers made up of the Washington Youth Choir and the American Family Choir.

DeGeneres followed Carey's number. The host began by welcoming "the president, Mrs. Obama, family, friends and security that patted me down too much." She continued, "I think we all know why I am here — because Oprah is in Australia."

Broadway veteran Morrison — also known as Mr. Schuester on Fox's Glee— was happy to sing for the president, something he has done in Washington a couple of times before in the past two years. "When Obama calls, I'm there," Morrison joked before the show. As for Glee, "I know Michelle definitely does (watch the show) ... Obama said he watched two episodes. I don't know if I believe him!"
Morrison sang a medley of I'll Be Home for Christmasand the Hawaiian-themed Christmas song Mele Kalikimaka.

"We had a lot of Christmas carols going on in the house when I was growing up, so to come and actually sing them and indulge in the whole Christmas spirit is kind of exciting," said Morrison, who in the fall recorded a holiday album with the Glee cast. After Morrison's set, Lennox, who also just released a Christmas album, sang her original song Universal Child. "I'm really honored to sing it in front of the people here," she said before the show.

DeGeneres kept the jokes rolling between performances, making sure to cater to the inside-the-Beltway crowd. "I have some bad news. ... I've just been told that Santa's naughty-and-nice list has shown up on WikiLeaks."

The evening's "special guest performer," Italian tenor Bocelli, was up next with White Christmas.

Nickelodeon's iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove, 17, picked up the evening's pace with the pop hit Last Christmas. The day before was a busy one for the teen star: She preceded the concert's rehearsals by taking the standardized ACT test at a local high school. "There were breaks, so I ended up hanging out with some of the other kids. ... It was fun," says Cosgrove, who "really wants to go to NYU and USC. ... My ultimate dream is two years at each."

Maxwell sang the heartwarming Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.

For the concert's finale, all of the stars and both choirs returned to the stage to sing a medley of revered classics includingJoy to the World, Away in a Manger, Angels From the Realms of Glory, O Holy Nightand O Come All Ye Faithful.

"What a wonderful show," the president said in closing the special and reflecting on the reason behind the season. "It's a message that guides my Christian faith. ... We hold in our hearts those who have fallen on hard times this holiday season." Obama wished the audience a happy holiday and, along with his family, joined everyone in a rendition of Hark the Herald Angels Sing.

The TNT telecast marks the network's 12th presentation of Christmas in Washington, which is in its 29th year overall and benefits the Children's National Medical Center.





(source:usatoday.com)
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Sunday, December 12

Christmas art, Christmas gifts: It’s a festive season

Christmas art,
The family of the late Marion Gunderson, of Rolfe, is selling prints of her art work to benefit the Rolfe library. She worked at the library for 35 years and was instrumental in getting the new library built. It opened in 2003, the year before she passed away.

"She had a vision for it," said Louise Shimon, of Perry, a daughter of Gunderson and her husband, Deane. "I know Mother would be smiling right now if she knew how her watercolors helped perpetuate projects she worked on."

Profits from selling prints of Gunderson's works will be used by the library to digitize 101 years of the Rolfe newspaper - from 1888 to 1989.

Through at least 1983, Gunderson had indexed those papers for genealogical information, which was put on microfisch at the Pocahontas library.

"This is just perpetuating a project Mother worked on with old technology," Shimon said.

Gunderson painted for most of her life, doing both realistic and abstract paintings. She even exhibited her work at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum.

"We know she started painting watercolors as early as 1933," Shimon said. "What area natives from the Rolfe/Gilmore City/Pocahontas areas have been most interested in are Mother's watercolors of grain elevators. Because of its rich reds and greens, my favorite of the three is of the Gilmore City grain elevator/train depot."

Prints have been sold for a while already, with $3,300 so far donated to the Rolfe Public Library Trust.

By the way, all the scanning and printing is being done by a Rolfe business called Wild Faces Gallery, owned by Mona and Mike Majorwicz. Prints can be seen there and also at the library.

"We know of at least 150 watercolors that she did," Shimon said. "But if anybody has a watercolor of Mother's we might not know about, we'd like them to contact us." That number is 465-2746.

So, there. You can find local art by a local artist and help out the Rolfe library at the same time. It doesn't get much better than that.





(source:messengernews.net)
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Christmas gifts to children of incarcerated parents

Think buying Christmas presents for one child puts the squeeze on your wallet? Imagine six.

But that's what Janice Bishop's been doing for the past eight years since taking in her six grandchildren, whose mother and father are incarcerated. Beyond the holidays, Bishop has been providing for their every need, including clothes, school supplies and basics like food and shelter.

Helping Bishop over the holidays and throughout the rest of the year is His Prison Ministries.

"They call us the Brady bunch," she said. "We love coming here."

The ministry works with local women who are incarcerated and also helps their families, helping provide basic needs and support for the caretakers of children of incarcerated parents. At Christmas, the organization collects gifts for the children on behalf of the mothers.

"It basically lets the kids know that your momma didn't forget you," Christie Wimes, assistant director, said.

This year, nearly 200 children will receive Christmas presents from the program. Wimes said the program is helpful to both the children and their caretakers, who in most cases are grandparents and other family members.

Wimes said creating a sense of normalcy is important for the children, who have endured a major disruption in their lives because of their parents' incarceration. Wimes said these children must deal with the consequences of their parents' actions, and are often bullied at school.

"It's an esteem issue," she said.

Lamarcus Bishop, 12, visits his parents every other weekend or so. He says seeing them in prison makes him sad, but his face lights up when he talks about the Christmas gift program.

"The hard part is waiting until the 25th to open them up," he said.





(source:dothaneagle.com)
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