The “must have” items this Christmas: zilch, nada and zipRetailers face a big problem this Christmas season: apart from the generally uncertain economy, there is no big “must have” item to sell this year. Where is 2009’s XBox or Tickle Me Elmo?
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Social media: now stuffing your Christmas stocking
Facebook and Twitter are having a big sway on consumers’ gift buying habits this Christmas, with product reviews and online marketing campaigns influencing 28% of US buyers, leading social media types to coin the buzzword of the season: “social shopping”.
PHOTO GALLERY: The Obamas do Christmas with giant trees and an icing Bo
‘Tis the season to be jolly at the White House, with the unveiling of the official Christmas decorations. The intricate white chocolate White House, with icing versions of Bo the dog and the vegetable garden, will surely rally the swing voters.
Crikey’s end of the world Advent Calendar
Join us to celebrate the forthcoming end of the world and Baby Jesus’ birthday all at the same time with the Crikey First Dog On The Moon Advent Calendar! Huzzah! Every day until we get sick of doing it you can relive the magic of your lonely abusive childhood by coming to this cynical simulacra […]
Xmas emails: Christmas card making at the ABC
Want to learn to make Christmas cards, ABC style? Ask Rosemarie from Sydney Bookbinding…
Stuff we like: Xmas emails pt 1: is that a gun in your pocket?
We here at Crikey are always keen to read any internal office missives dealing with seasonal arrangements.
leaked Twas the month before Christmas and all through the ABC…
Silly season stories, they’re the seaonal bane of every newsroom. At the ABC, they even have an elaborate mythology about it, as this internal memo explains.
The hottest toy this Christmas: an $8 toy hamster
For once, the hottest toy of the Christmas holidays is something parents can actually afford: $8 toy hamsters called Zhu Zhu Pets are flying off the shelves.
How the Nazis stole Christmas
A new exhibition of Nazi paraphernalia in Cologne shows how the Nazi Party tried to take Christ out of Christmas with swastika cookies and hand grenade tree decorations. Many of their “paganised” Christmas carols are still unwittingly sung today.
Crikey’s handy seasonal guide to surviving the office Christmas party…
Do not get drunk!
It is late on Christmas Eve, Malcolm sleeps soundly until…
Hmm? What is it?
RATED RUDE The Press Gallery arrive for the Annual Christmas Drinks at the Lodge
Everyone queued up outside…
What did you do on your holiday?
Donkey Rescue!
First Dog On The Moon’s Christmas Spectacular
With a Potato Cake as Andrew Demetriou
