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American Family Association Goes After Chase Over Lack Of Christmas Trees
Fresh off its apparent victory to put the “Christmas” back into Dick’s, the not at all crazy people at the American Family Association have re-focused their laser beams on JPMorgan Chase. Not because...
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Would You Ever Rent Your Christmas Tree?
When we recently asked Consumerist readers if they would ever purchase their Christmas tree online, a few commenters wrote that they kept their tree potted all year round and would just bring it inside...
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I Was Stalked By A Crazed Christmas Tree Salesman
How aggressive do you expect someone to be when they’re selling holiday cheer? Matt writes that he expected a strong sales pitch from the nursery where he went to price out Christmas trees, but didn’t...
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Dept. Of Agriculture Announces Christmas Tree Tax To Help Promote Christmas...
UPDATE: The White House says it has asked the Dept. of Agriculture to press pause on this fee while it rethinks the program. ——————————— In an effort to raise money to promote the use of actual...
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White House Gets Dept. Of Agriculture To Delay Christmas Tree Tax
Less than 24 hours after the Dept. of Agriculture announced a program that would charge a $.15/tree “tax” to Christmas tree growers in order to fund a campaign to promote those very trees, the White...
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5 Tips To Cut Christmas Tree Costs
Many of you may have already snagged your Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, but for those still searching for the perfect fit in a fir, there are ways to find a good tree for right price, so...
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Christmas Trees Sales Perk Up To Pre-Recession Levels
Tis the season to throw down some cash on Christmas trees, and this year the U.S. is finally back to pre-recession levels of spending on the festive firs and spruces. Bloomberg News says the sales of...
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Online Florist Garden Of Discontent: The Christmas Shrub
Erica’s boyfriend is the type of exceptionally thoughtful person who sends his girlfriend’s mom flowers for Christmas. It’s a nice 1800Flowers.com arrangement, with the greenery arranged in the shape...
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The Future Of Sears And Kmart Depends On Cross-Selling, And They Suck At It
(sfxeric)It’s Christmas tree buying season! Alan and his wife shopped around and found a spiffy fake spruce on Sears’ website. “In stock from Kmart,” said the Sears website. Well, then, they’re part of...
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Xmas Tree Lot Owner “Impressed” By Scammer Who Sold His Trees And Pocketed Cash
A man in Tacoma who runs a Christmas tree lot to raise money for his charity is out around $500 because a scammer allegedly pretended to be a lot employee, selling trees at a deep discount and...
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Couple Charged With Stealing 1,970 Trees From Forest
(Eric Spiegel)A man and woman in Minnesota face up to a year in jail and thousands of dollars in fines after they were caught sap-handed in their attempt to steal a huge quantity of spruce trees and...
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It Was Going To Be Your Christmas Tree But Now It’s Dead: The Fir’s Fight...
(Eric Spiegel) The life of a fir means long years spent with its roots digging into the earth, boughs and limbs reaching toward the sky and the dream of becoming someone’s Christmas tree. But for many...
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Christmas Tree Lot Volunteer Spots Diamond Ring & Gets To Play Santa Claus By...
(ABC News) Silly diamonds — they’re constantly going around getting themselves lost, which is a bummer for the owners. But then when they make their way back, it’s all sweetness and light and isn’t...
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Christmas Tree-Shaped Ice Cream Is Here In Time For, Um, Summer
What better way to celebrate “Christmas in July” than breaking out Reese’s peanut butter cups shaped like pine trees? Yeah, we didn’t think that it was such a good idea, either, especially since it’s...
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City Is No Charlie Brown, Kicks Ugly Christmas Tree To The Curb
(WFMZ.com)The opportunity to play the sad Christmas tree music from Charlie Brown in the context of an actual sad, ugly Christmas tree story doesn’t come around too often, but today is that day: The...
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Bunch Of Grinches Take $2K In Christmas Trees From Cut-Your-Own Farm Without...
An example of Christmas trees. (Viseskogen)Everybody’s got to make a living, and for some people, sometimes the most fruitful times to ply your trade only happen for a short period every year. That’s...
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Take Your Christmas Tree Down Before It Burns Your $#&^! House Down
In the weeks leading up to Dec. 25, you were probably pretty good about keeping your Christmas tree watered, hoping to maintain the lush greenness you paid for. But now that you’re in that post-Yule,...
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You Could End Up Paying More For Your Christmas Tree This Year
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in many homes across America, but could tree shortages caused by droughts and other problems in some states dampen holiday spirits? Although you’ll likely be...
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Ho Ho Whoa: Christmas Tree Prices Hit Up To $77 — Per Foot — In NYC
Yes, Virginia, there is a city where $1,000 Christmas trees are real. Where, you ask? In — where else? — New York City. We’re not talking about your jumbo Christmas trees, the kind that pop up in...
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Thief Steals Volunteer Firefighters’ Proceeds From Christmas Tree Fundraiser
While a thief with Grinch-like tendencies didn’t sneak into every home in Spring Lake Heights, NJ with a Christmas tree and steal them, what the thief did was still pretty mean-spirited. Someone broke...
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