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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A Shop 'Til You Drop 2012 Holiday Season

Early Thanksgiving means more shopping time.

While you may just be putting the Halloween decorations away, retailers are already getting out the Christmas trees, Hanukkah menorahs and Kwanzaa candleholders, prepping for the longest holiday shopping season possible. For decades, now, Black Friday has heralded the start to the month-long holiday shopping season. Thanksgiving, celebrated the fourth Thursday in November since 1941 when Congress passed a law, falls on Nov. 22 this year, which means that there are a whopping 32 days of shopping, assuming you are not the type who buys gifts of lottery tickets and beef jerky from the convenience store on the way to your Christmas celebration. In that case, you have 32 days during which to procrastinate. Get local stories delivered right to …

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Layaway Makes a Big Comeback for the 2012 Holiday Shopping Season (in Kensington Patch)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights

Celebrations will be held in Annapolis at Kneseth Israel and Kol Shalom.

Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights, began yesterday at sundown. The festival celebrates the rededication of Second Temple in Jerusalem which had been desecrated by the soldiers of the Syrian king, Antiochus IV. The dates for the eight-day festival are calculated according to the Hebrew calendar. The holidays are celebrated between the 25th day of Kislev to the second or third day of Tevet. In 2010, the dates are Dec. 2 to Dec. 9, though since the Jewish day begins at sunset, Hanukkah celebrations typically start the evening of the previous day. The Hanukkah celebration has its roots in 2nd century B.C. The heroic Judah Maccabee and his brothers, Jonathan and Simon, carried on numerous battles against …

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Hanukkah Time for Reflection, Hope (in Pikesville Patch)

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