New Centre for Consumer Science report on Christmas gifts
( University of Gothenburg ) The stereotypical Christmas gift shopper is a stressed-to-the-max individual with a filled-to-the-rim shopping cart in a busy shopping mall. The shopping hysteria during the weeks before Christmas is frequently debated in the media. Professor Helene Brembeck from the University of Gothenburg is moving the focus from the Christmas overflow as something entirely bad to ...

Police Arrest Alleged Christmas Grinches
Police have charged a Luzerne County couple with stealing Christmas gifts from a single mother and her two children.

Ateneo urges students, public to donate extra Christmas gifts to ‘Sendong’ victims
MANILA, Jan. 10, 2012—Got Christmas gifts you have no use for? Donate them to the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) than keep them on the shelf to gain dust and your gifts may just feed a family who was left homeless because of Typhoon Sendong’s wrath. read more

Amazon Kindle tops list of 'unused' Christmas gifts
eBook Readers such as Amazon's Kindle have come top in a list of unused Christmas gifts.

Marine reunites with family for a Christmas celebration with all the trimmings
Robin Winkler-Pickett got one of the best Christmas gifts a mother could ever receive -- even though it came more than a month late

Music Magpie site has busiest day
A business that buys and sells used CDs, DVDs and video games online enjoyed its busiest ever day last month as people sold unwanted Christmas gifts to free up cash.

Thoughtless Christmas gifts burden RSPCA
FOR Launceston RSPCA, Christmas was the best and worst of times. The shelter saw increased adoptions with 119 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens going to new homes between December 1 last year an

Families, friends ready welcome for troops returning from Afghanistan
Wrapped Christmas gifts still sit under a trimmed tree at Susan and Walter Engh’s house in Ortonville.

Man accused of stealing Christmas presents pleads not guilty
JACKSON COUNTY - A Murphysboro man charged with residential burglary and theft after allegedly stealing Christmas gifts intended for children waived his right to a preliminary hearing and entered not guilty pleas in Jackson County court Thursday.

Local kids donate Christmas gifts to organizations in need
Call it a lesson in re-gifting.